Funding search · EIN 356043926 · Fort Wayne, IN

Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer

Name: Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer grants, 2022–2025
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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.

77
grants reported: $377,468
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Wells County Boys and Girls Club4 grants · $40,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic4 grants · $40,000
Community Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $36,000
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne4 grants · $27,250
Matthew 25 Health Clinic4 grants · $22,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters4 grants · $20,000
Acres3 grants · $19,500
National Aquarium4 grants · $18,000
Healthier Moms and Babies4 grants · $17,750
Turnstone4 grants · $16,500

Giving over time

$96,500

2022

$94,750

2023

$89,218

2024

$97,000

2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Capital campaign
$10,000
Wells County Boys and Girls Club · Bluffton, IN · 2025
Operating support
$10,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Wells County Boys and Girls Club · Bluffton, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$10,000
Community Harvest Food Bank · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operational support
$10,000
Wells County Boys and Girls Club · Bluffton, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$10,000
Community Harvest Food Bank · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wells County Boys and Girls Club · Bluffton, IN · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Community Harvest Food Bank · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Operating support
$8,000
Community Harvest Food Bank · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operating support
$7,500
Acres · Huntertown, IN · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$7,250
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$7,000
Acres · Huntertown, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$6,250
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$6,250
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$6,000
Matthew 25 Health Clinic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Patient medications & supplies
$6,000
Healthier Moms and Babies · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitablecharitable
$6,000
Matthew 25 Health Clinic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$5,750
Healthier Moms and Babies · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Acres Land Trust · Huntertown, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$5,000
Animal Rescue Fund · Muncie, IN · 2025
Memorial gift
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$5,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$5,000
Matthew 25 Health Clinic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wells County Foundation · Bluffton, IN · 2025
Friends of bluffton shelter
$5,000
Ywca Northeast Indiana · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$5,000
Acres · Huntertown, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$5,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$5,000
Matthew 25 Health Clinic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Patient medications & supplies
$5,000
Wells County Foundation · Bluffton, IN · 2024
Friends of bluffton shelter
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$5,000
National Aquarium · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Science Central · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
National Aquarium · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Science Central · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Charitable
$4,750
The Nature Conservancy of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$4,500
Turnstone · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
National Aquarium · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General support
$4,000
Turnstone · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$4,000
National Aquarium · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operational support
$4,000
Turnstone · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$4,000
Turnstone · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$3,000
Healthier Moms and Babies · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Annual gift
$3,000
Science Central · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Science 4u program support
$3,000
Sisters of Providence · St Mary of the Woods, IN · 2025
Operating support
$3,000
Healthier Moms and Babies · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Operational support
$3,000
Science Central · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Sisters of Providence · St Mary of the Woods, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$3,000
Sisters of Providence · St Mary of the Woods, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$3,000
Bridge of Grace · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Sisters of Providence · Saint Mary of the Wood, IN · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022
Charitable
$2,750
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
Scholarships
$2,500
Bridge of Grace Ministry · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Seniors & children programs
$2,500
Bridge of Grace Ministry · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Seniors & children programs
$2,500
Bridge of Grace Ministry · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Seniors & children programs
$2,500
Lc Nature Park · Roanoke, IN · 2023
Volunteer program support
$2,250
Wellspring Interfaith Social · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General support
$2,250
Wellspring · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$2,250
Wellspring · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Annual gift
$2,218
Ymca · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$2,000
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary · Albion, IN · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
Fort Wayne Community Schools · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
"b instrumental" program support
$2,000
St Joseph Catholic Church · Bluffton, IN · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary · Albion, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$2,000
Fort Wayne Community Schools · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
"b instrumental" program support
$2,000
St Joseph Catholic Church · Bluffton, IN · 2024
Annual gift
$2,000
Fort Wayne Community Schools · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
"b instrumental" program support
$2,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Fort Wayne Community Schools Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Wellspring · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
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