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Dent Family Foundation

Accepts applications Laporte, Indiana · EIN 351756493

Dent Family Foundation is a private foundation in Laporte, Indiana. In tax year 2025 it gave $9,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $1,625 and the largest $2,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $7,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$7,0006$123,588
2024$7,0007$145,479
2025$9,0006$222,406

How to apply

ContactSusan D Aaron
3366 West 400 North, Laporte, IN 46350
Phone or email(219) 325-5888
What to submitService to young children under age 21
DeadlinesDecember 31 of the current year
RestrictionsIncludes only laporte county, in and children under 21

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Indiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Indiana6$9,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Laporte County Symphony
Laporte, IN
General operating$2,000
Laporte County YMCA
Laporte, IN
General operating$2,000
Laporte County Habitat for Humanity
Michigan City, IN
General operating$1,750
Individual
IN
General operating$1,500
Individual
IN
General operating$1,000
Laporte Educational Foundation
Laporte, IN
General operating$750

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Dent Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 31 of the current year.

How much does Dent Family Foundation give?

$9,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $1,625.

Who runs Dent Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Susan D Aaron (President) and Thomas W Dent (Vice Preside).

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