Funding search · EIN 261925185 · Columbia City, IN

Brian & Sonya Emerick Family

Name: Brian & Sonya Emerick Family grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

100
grants reported: $517,082
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Huntington University4 grants · $133,100
Youth for Christ4 grants · $126,600
Emmanuel Community Church4 grants · $104,500
Unity Performing Arts Foundation4 grants · $25,000
Star 8834 grants · $20,000
Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $16,380
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo4 grants · $11,877
Emmanuel Christian School2 grants · $10,100
The Center for Whitley County Youth4 grants · $8,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes4 grants · $7,250

Giving over time

$163,991

2022

$85,288

2023

$164,717

2024

$103,086

2025

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$65,600
Huntington University · Huntington, IN · 2024
Education/forester fund
$63,500
Huntington University · Huntington, IN · 2022
Education/forester fund
$36,600
Youth for Christ · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Religion for youth
$35,000
Youth for Christ · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Religion for youth
$32,000
Emmanuel Community Church · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Religious
$28,000
Youth for Christ · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Religion for youth
$27,000
Youth for Christ · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Religion for youth
$24,400
Emmanuel Community Church · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Religious
$24,100
Emmanuel Community Church · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Religious
$24,000
Emmanuel Community Church · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Religious
$10,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$5,500
Ronald McDonald House · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Operations
$5,100
Emmanuel Christian School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Religious
$5,100
Whitley Cty 4-H · Columbia City, IN · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Emmanuel Christian School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Religious
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Star 883 · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Community Foundation of Whitley Co · Columbia City, IN · 2024
Wilderness scholarship
$5,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Star 883 · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Star 883 · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Star 883 · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Roanoke, IN · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Ch · Columbia City, IN · 2022
Operations
$2,991
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$2,880
Ronald McDonald House · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,500
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Carmel, IN · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Huntington University · Huntington, IN · 2025
Education/forester fund
$2,000
The Center for Whitley County Youth · Columbia City, IN · 2025
Operations
$2,000
Whitco Ffa · Larwill, IN · 2025
Operations
$2,000
The Center for Whitley County Youth · Columbia City, IN · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Huntington University · Huntington, IN · 2023
Education/forester fund
$2,000
The Center for Whitley County Youth · Columbia City, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Ch · Columbia City, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,000
The Center for Whitley County Youth · Columbia City, IN · 2022
Operations
$1,886
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$1,750
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Roanoke, IN · 2024
Operations
$1,700
Columbia City High School Ffa · Columbia City, IN · 2022
Education
$1,500
North Side High School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,328
Onecause · Carmel, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,100
Columbia City High School Ffa · Columbia City, IN · 2023
Education
$1,000
A Hope Center · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$1,000
Community Foundation of Whitley Co · Columbia City, IN · 2025
Wilderness scholarship
$1,000
Lifewise Academy · Hilliard, OH · 2025
Operations
$1,000
A Hope Center · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$1,000
Camp Red Cedar · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$1,000
Turnstone Center for Children & Adu · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$1,000
A Hope Center · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Camp Red Cedar · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Roanoke, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Indiana Ag Law Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Operations
$1,000
A Hope Center · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Indiana Ag Law Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Whitco Ffa · Larwill, IN · 2022
Operations
$600
Whitley Cty 4-H · Columbia City, IN · 2025
Operations
$550
Whitco Ffa · Larwill, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
Operations
$500
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operations
$500
Fort Wyane Railroad Historical Soc · New Haven, IN · 2025
Operations
$500
Indiana Ag Law Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Operations
$500
Lamb Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Operations
$500
Lc Nature Park · Roanoke, IN · 2025
Operations
$500
Remedy Live · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$500
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Operations
$500
Down Syndrme Assoc of Northeast Ind · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operations
$500
Fort Wyane Railroad Historical Soc · New Haven, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Indiana Ag Law Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Indiana Barn Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Lamb Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Operations
$500
Remedy Live · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$500
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Operations
$500
Crossroads Family Farms · Fortville, IN · 2023
Operations
$500
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Operations
$500
Fort Wyane Railroad Historical Soc · New Haven, IN · 2023
Operations
$500
Indiana Barn Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Operations
$500
Lamb Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
Operations
$500
Remedy Live · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$500
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Operations
$500
Down Syndrme Assoc of Northeast Ind · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$500
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Roanoke, IN · 2022
Operations
$500
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Operations
$500
Fort Wyane Railroad Historical Soc · New Haven, IN · 2022
Operations
$500
Lamb Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
Operations
$500
Remedy Live · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$400
National Multiple Sclerosis Socirty · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Operations
$317
Homestead High School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Gymnastics
$200
Parkview Whitley Foundation · Columbia City, IN · 2024
Operations
$200
Kingdom Collective · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$200
Mansfield Christian School · Mansfield, OH · 2023
Operations
$200
Jesus in Hati Ministries · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Operations
$100
Junior Achievement · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operations
$100
Junior Achievement · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operations
$100
Junior Achievement · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operations
$80
Humane Society Whitley County · Columbia City, IN · 2023
Operations

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