The Patricia Mae Adsit Foundation concentrates its philanthropic activity exclusively in the arts, directing large-scale support to a single performing-arts organization. Nearly all recorded giving goes to Heartland Sings (listed as Heartland Sings Inc and Heartland Sings), indicating a strong, sustained commitment to that choral ensemble’s operations or programs. The pattern suggests the foundation functions as a dedicated supporter of regional choral performance rather than a diversified grantmaker.
Highly concentrated giving: very large grants focused on one repeated grantee (two recorded gifts), indicating sustained, possibly multi-year or operating support rather than many small or diversified grants.
Patricia Mae Adsit Foundation Inc has built its grantmaking around a single core relationship: Heartland Sings in Fort Wayne. The foundation’s largest recent awards all went to that choral ensemble, including $513,808 in 2025, $375,000 in 2024, and $444,973 in 2023, showing a sustained pattern of support for one performing-arts organization across multiple years. That concentration points to a funder focused less on broad portfolio-building and more on maintaining a specific regional arts institution. Beyond Heartland Sings, the remaining grants stay close to Fort Wayne and nearby northeast Indiana, with smaller awards to local arts, faith, human-services, conservation, and disability-service groups. The mix includes general support-style gifts rather than project descriptions, which suggests the foundation often backs organizational needs rather than narrowly defined initiatives. Its giving is entirely local and entirely domestic, with every recorded grant going to recipients in Indiana. For researchers, the key feature is the foundation’s unusually tight focus: one major choral beneficiary anchors the portfolio, while a small set of community organizations round out the rest.
Arts and choral performance dominate the record. In 2025, the foundation gave $25,000 to Fort Wayne Museum of Art for support, and it also funded Heartland Sings with substantially larger support in multiple years. That pairing shows an arts interest that includes both visual arts institutions and a regional singing ensemble. Community-based support appears as well. The foundation gave $8,000 to Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne in 2024 and $1,000 to the same organization in 2023, indicating repeated support for one local institution. Human services and child-focused work also appear in the recent grants. In 2025, it gave $5,000 to Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) for support and $1,000 to Crossroad Children & Family Services for support. A smaller 2025 grant to Turnstone Center for Children & Adult Disabilities further shows interest in services for children and adults with disabilities.
Typical grants range from $1,000 at the 25th percentile to $6,500 at the median, with a much higher 75th percentile of $112,500, reflecting a distribution shaped by a few very large awards. The pattern is repeat-oriented rather than one-off: Heartland Sings appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Fort Wayne Museum of Art and Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne also recur in multiple years. The foundation is not a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its grant history shows operating-style support language, with many awards labeled simply “Support.”
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Most grants fall between $1K and $113K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$113K
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Notable grantees: Heartland Sings Inc (Heartland Sings)
Giving is fully concentrated in Indiana: 100% of recorded grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and the top giving state is also IN. Fort Wayne is the main recipient city, including Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN), and Crossroad Children & Family Services. Huntertown also appears through Acres Land Trust. The distribution indicates a local funding footprint centered on Fort Wayne and nearby northeast Indiana.
The clearest pattern is support for a regional choral ensemble: Heartland Sings received the foundation’s three largest recent grants, including $513,808 in 2025, $375,000 in 2024, and $444,973 in 2023. Smaller awards also go to Fort Wayne arts, faith, conservation, disability, and family-service organizations.
Among recorded grants, the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $6,500, and the 75th percentile is $112,500. That spread reflects a portfolio with many smaller awards alongside a few very large grants.
Most of the giving is concentrated in one recipient, Heartland Sings, which appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation also made smaller grants to several other Fort Wayne-area organizations, including Fort Wayne Museum of Art and Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne.
All recorded grants in the data go to recipients in Indiana, and Fort Wayne is the main city of giving. Huntertown also appears once through Acres Land Trust, but the overall footprint remains local.
No. The profile shows that it funds individuals: false and makes program-related investments: false.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Sings Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $513,808 | 2025 | Support |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Crossroad Children & Family Services | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Acres Land Trust | Huntertown, IN | $1,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adult Disabilities | Fort Wayne, IN | $500 | 2025 | Support |
| Heartland Sings Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $375,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Heartland Sings | Fort Wayne, IN | $444,973 | 2023 | Support |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 2023 | Support |
| Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 2023 | Support |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)
$5,000Support
Crossroad Children & Family Services
$1,000Support
Acres Land Trust
$1,000Support
Turnstone Center for Children & Adult Disabilities
$500Support
Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne
$8,000Support
Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne
$1,000Support