Funding search · EIN 461372980 · Fort Wayne, IN

The William and Ginny Fink Family

Name: The William and Ginny Fink 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.

40
grants reported: $55,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,300
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

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.

Cato Institute3 grants · $7,600
Future of Freedom Foundation3 grants · $5,350
Children'S Health Defense3 grants · $5,350
Ludwig Von Mises Institute2 grants · $4,500
Independent Institute2 grants · $4,000
Cato Institute1 grant · $2,500
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics1 grant · $2,350
Atlas Network3 grants · $2,350
Competitive Enterprise Institute3 grants · $2,350
Ludwig Von Mises Institute1 grant · $2,250

Giving over time

$13,500

2022

$13,500

2023

$13,500

2024

$14,500

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$2,600
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating support
$2,500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating support
$2,500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating Support
$2,350
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics · Auburn, AL · 2025
Operating support
$2,250
Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2024
Operating support
$2,250
Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2023
Operating support
$2,250
Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2022
Operating Support
$2,100
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Operating support
$2,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Operating Support
$1,850
Children'S Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2025
Operating support
$1,850
Future of Freedom Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Operating support
$1,750
Children'S Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2024
Operating support
$1,750
Future of Freedom Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operating support
$1,750
Children'S Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2023
Operating support
$1,750
Future of Freedom Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support
$1,750
Children'S Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2022
Operating Support
$1,750
Future of Freedom Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Operating Support
$850
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
Operating support
$850
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating support
$850
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Operating support
$750
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Operating support
$750
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating support
$750
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Operating support
$750
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating support
$750
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating support
$750
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Operating support
$750
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating Support
$750
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating Support
$750
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Operating Support
$600
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
Operating support
$600
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
Operating support
$500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Operating support
$500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Operating support
$500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Operating support
$500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating support
$500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Operating Support
$500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating Support

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