Funding search · EIN 352050475 · Fort Wayne, IN
Ove W Jorgensen Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 76
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $165,000
- Bridge of Grace4 grants · $125,000
- Environmental Defense Center4 grants · $80,000
- Dunn School1 grant · $75,000
- Super Shot4 grants · $55,750
- Ducks Unlimited4 grants · $55,000
- Humane Fort Wayne3 grants · $52,500
- Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation4 grants · $51,000
- Northern Plains Heritage Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- Los Padres Forest Watch2 grants · $49,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 76 reported grants, largest first.
- $75,000
Dunn School · Los Olivos, CA · 2025
General
- $60,000
Bridge of Grace · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $55,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General
- $50,000
Northern Plains Heritage Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024
General
- $50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
- $35,000
Humane Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $25,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
- $25,000
Bridge of Grace · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
General
- $24,500
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
- $23,000
Super Shot · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
General
- $22,833
Lc Nature Park · Roanoke, IN · 2023
General
- $20,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025
General
- $20,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General
- $20,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2025
General
- $20,000
Bridge of Grace · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $20,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
- $20,000
Bridge of Grace · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $20,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
- $20,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
- $15,000
Humane Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $15,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
- $15,000
Super Shot · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $14,000
Lc Nature Park · Roanoke, IN · 2022
General
- $13,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $13,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
General
- $12,500
Wellspring Interfaith Social Servic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $11,500
Ymca of Greater Ft Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $11,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2022
General
- $10,000
Super Shot · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $10,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
General
- $10,000
Indiana Natural Resources Foundatio · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
- $10,000
Mothers for Peace · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
General
- $10,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2024
General
- $10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $10,000
World Women Work · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
- $10,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2023
General
- $10,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
General
- $10,000
Indiana Natural Resources Foundatio · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General
- $10,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General
- $7,750
Super Shot · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $7,500
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $6,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2025
General
- $5,400
Endowment for Youth · Solvang, CA · 2022
General
- $5,000
Canterbury School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $5,000
Fort Wayne Children'S Zoo · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $5,000
Latinos Count · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $5,000
Lc Nature Park · Roanoke, IN · 2025
General
- $5,000
Niwrc · Lame Deer, MT · 2025
General
- $5,000
Out of the Box Theatre Company · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General
- $5,000
Syracuse City Parks Department · Syracuse, IN · 2025
General
- $5,000
Calistoga City Fire Department · Calistoga, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Calistoga City Police Department · Calistoga, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Community Action of Napa Valley · Napa, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Fly Fishers International · Livingston, MT · 2023
General
- $5,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Jorgensen internship
- $5,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Sicangu Co · Mission, SD · 2023
General
- $5,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Wellspring Interfaith Social Servic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $5,000
Womens Building · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Ymca of Greater Ft Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
General
- $4,000
Ymca of Greater Ft Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $3,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Cinema
- $2,500
Camp Potawotami · Wolcottville, IN · 2025
General
- $2,500
Humane Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $2,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Cinema
- $2,000
Junior Acheivement of Northern in · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $2,000
Canterbury School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General
- $2,000
Feed Zimbabwe · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $1,500
Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General operations
- $1,000
National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2025
General
- $1,000
Ymca of Greater Ft Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General
- $1,000
Wellspring Interfaith Social Servic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
General
- $1,000
Summer Stock Stage · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General
- $-2,700
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Cinema
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