Give to a nonprofit during our #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge!
The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne challenges all nonprofits that hold endowment funds at the Community Foundation to raise money for their endowments during the month of November. The Community Foundation will match any gifts that are contributed to eligible funds by 20% and the top-raising organizations in each of our giving areas will receive a surprise unrestricted gift from the Community Foundation on #GivingTuesday.

- Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society/History Center
- American Guild of Organists/Irene S. Ator Music Fund*
- Artlink*
- Audiences Unlimited
- Embassy Theatre Foundation
- Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
- Fort Wayne Ballet
- Fort Wayne Children’s Choir
- Fort Wayne Cinema Center
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fort Wayne Public Television-PBS 39
- Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society
- Fort Wayne Youtheatre/Sarah Shroyer Smith Fund
- Friends of the Lincoln Collection
- German Heritage Society
- Heartland Sings
- Northeast Indiana Public Radio (WBNI-WBOI)*
- Old Fort/Historic Fort Wayne
- Project Ballet
*A nonprofit with an asterisk listed beside their name is NOT eligible for the 20% match because they follow a different spending policy than the Community Foundation. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
**Any nonprofit with two asterisks listed beside their name is not eligible for the 20% match due to already meeting the match maximum. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
- ACRES Inc.
- Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust*
- Allen County Parks & Recreation*
- Allen County Public Library Foundation
- Angeline Walczyk Friend of the Poor Legacy Fund
- Environmental Education Association of Indiana
- Fort Wayne Astronomical Society Fund
- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
- Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation/Robert and Mary Beverforden Fund
- Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation/Memorial Park Public Servant Memorial Fund
- Fort Wayne Trails
- Leadership Fort Wayne/Greater Fort Wayne
- Humane Fort Wayne
- Little River Wetlands Project
- Three Rivers Junction Playground*
- WBA Endowment (World Baseball Academy)
- Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana (YLNI)
*A nonprofit with an asterisk listed beside their name is NOT eligible for the 20% match because they follow a different spending policy than the Community Foundation. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
**Any nonprofit with two asterisks listed beside their name is not eligible for the 20% match due to already meeting the match maximum. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
- Bookstart Endowment Fund**
- Dave Hefner International Exchange Fund
- Early Childhood Alliance
- Fort Wayne Center for Learning
- Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum*
- Fort Wayne Sister Cities International, Inc.
- Fort Wayne Sister Cities International/Chapman Exchange Students Fund
- The Literacy Alliance
- Martin Luther King Montessori School
- North Side Alumni Association
- Questa Foundation for Education
- Saint John the Baptist of Fort Wayne Catholic School
- St. Louis Besancon Academy*
- Science Central
- South Side High School Foundation
- South Side High School Foundation/GEMS (Technology)
*A nonprofit with an asterisk listed beside their name is NOT eligible for the 20% match because they follow a different spending policy than the Community Foundation. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
**Any nonprofit with two asterisks listed beside their name is not eligible for the 20% match due to already meeting the match maximum. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
- Aging and In-Home Services
- Allen County CASA
- Allen County Jail Chaplaincy
- Amani Family Services
- Animal Care and Control/Helen M. Adams Fund*
- Associated Churches Foundation*
- AWS Foundation
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne
- Boy Scouts of America-Anthony Wayne Area Council*
- Brightpoint
- Camp Watcha-Wanna-Do
- Cancer Services of NE Indiana*
- The Carriage House
- Center for Nonviolence
- Community Harvest Foodbank
- Community Transportation Network (CTN)
- Crossroads Child & Family Services
- Easter Seals ARC
- Erin’s House for Grieving Children
- Fort Wayne Jewish Federation
- Fort Wayne Medical Society Foundation*
- Fort Wayne Medical Society Foundation/Vita McNair Bolman Fund*
- Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Foundation
- Fort Wayne Urban League
- Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana
- Goodwill Industries/Robbins Fund for Client Services
- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne
- Harlan Christian Youth Center
- Headwaters Counseling
- Healthier Moms and Babies/Jean Ford Memorial Endowment
- Junior League of Fort Wayne
- The League
- Lutheran Social Services
- Matthew 25 Health and Care
- McMillen Center for Health Education
- Mental Health America of Northeast Indiana
- Mustard Seed Furniture Bank
- Positive Resource Connection
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Indiana
- SCAN
- Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center
- Stillwater Hospice
- Turnstone Center for Children and Adults with Disabilities
- United Way of Allen County*
- Vincent Village
- Wellspring Summer Camp David B. McCracken Fund
- Women’s Care Center of Greater Allen County
- YMCA Youth Development
- YWCA of Northeast Indiana
- YWCA/Hope House Fund
*A nonprofit with an asterisk listed beside their name is NOT eligible for the 20% match because they follow a different spending policy than the Community Foundation. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
**Any nonprofit with two asterisks listed beside their name is not eligible for the 20% match due to already meeting the match maximum. They are still eligible for the #GivingTuesdayFW Challenge surprise.
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
In short, an endowment is designed for permanency and long-term sustainability. This is typically achieved by preserving both the original contribution(s) and any subsequent contributions that are then invested for long-term growth. Generally, these funds are held by a qualified nonprofit organization or foundations as designated by the original donor(s). An endowment can grow through ongoing contributions and positive investment returns. A percentage of the earnings are used to advance the organization’s charitable mission.
There is instability in government grants, the transfer of generational wealth, and tax laws changing, soit’s important for a nonprofit to have a long-term sustainability plan. Nonprofits are doing such vital work and improving lives in our community, and we at the Community Foundation want to be a resource to help them in becoming sustainable for the long-term, a piece of which is endowment building.
Help your favorite nonprofit be sustainable for the future. Donate to their endowment today!
Please note that gifts must be received by 11/20/2022 at 11:59 PM. If gifts are received the next day they will not count as part of the #GivingTuesday Fort Wayne Challenge. This means gifts need to be received in the mail before 11/20/2022 and even gifts postmarked before 11/20/2022 but received after 11/20/2022 will not count.