Surack Family Foundation

• This is a good fit only for 501(c)(3) organisations whose geographic focus is Northeast Indiana and whose request relates directly to mental health, child and family welfare, music and the arts, or economic development; anything outside those areas or that focus falls outside what it funds.
• Most grants to organisations are modest, with around eight in ten falling between $1,000 and $250,000 and a median grant of $10,000, so a request in that range is realistic, even though the foundation has made one grant as large as $4,000,000.
• There is no deadline stated in its filing and it accepts applications, so timing is flexible; the application itself asks general questions about the organisation and the grant request, and you will need an IRS determination letter confirming 501(c)(3) status.
• A notable share of its grant dollars, 62%, has gone to organisations it had already funded in the two previous filings, suggesting it leans towards continuing relationships, so new applicants should apply with a clear, well-matched case rather than expecting an easy first approach.
• Organisations that are not 501(c)(3), that are not focused on Northeast Indiana, or whose request does not directly relate to its four stated areas should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Purdue University Fort Wayne · General support
  $1,000,0002025 tax year
• Canterbury School · General support
  $840,6542025 tax year
• Pearl Arts · General support
  $670,3422025 tax year
• Pearl Arts · General support
  $500,0002025 tax year
• Indiana Institute of Technology · Junction 36
  $500,0002025 tax year
• Pearl Arts · General support
  $400,0002025 tax year
• Marian University · Klipsch educators college initiative
  $300,0002025 tax year
• League for the Blind and Disabled · Building expansion
  $250,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.