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Community
Profiles: Fort Wayne
To
develop solid information on nonprofits in the Fort Wayne
metropolitan area we included a special sample of nonprofits
from the region in our 2002 survey
of Indiana nonprofits along with similar samples from
the eleven other communities profiled in the project and drawn
from our comprehensive listing of Indiana nonprofits (see
below). Most of our full survey reports include regional data
in appendix tables. We have also presented some Fort Wayne
area data in our separate series of reports on Indiana
nonprofit employment.
Comprehensive
Profile of Nonprofits in the Fort Wayne Metrolitan Region
Read our
special survey report on Fort
Wayne Nonprofits: Scope and Dimensions (Nonprofit
Survey Series, Community Report #6). This report is based
on our survey of Indiana nonprofits completed in 2002 and
compares the profile of Fort Wayne nonprofits to those in
the rest of the state and to nonprofits in other metropolitan
regions.
Comprehensive Listing of Nonprofits in the Forth Wayne Metropolitan Region
The Fort Wayne community includes Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Wells and Whitley Counties. For our most recent listing of nonprofits in the Indianpaolis region, please see information and links available at our Searchable Database.
Supplementary demographic and economic data on the Fort Wayne community is available from the Indiana Business Research Center. Click on the following communities for more demographic information.
There is a growing list of websites with complementary county-level information. These include the following:
- Indiana Business Research Center: county overviews of demographic and economic information for the state of Indiana (select the county of interest).
- Pennsylvania State University: maps with county level economic indicators available from Amy Glasmeier (select the state of Indiana and then county of interest).
- Census Scope: maps and charts with county demograpic data (select a particular type of data, click on the state of Indiana and then "change location" at the lower left corner to select the county of interest).
- Data Place: maps and charts with a variety of county level housing-related data (click on "build maps" and then type in the county in the search field at the top).
- Mumford Center at the U. of Albany: maps showing the distribution of census-related data by county (select a variable of interest in the upper left corner and then click on Indiana to see distribution across counties).
The data presented in the tables below are based on our comprehensive listing of nonprofits developed in 2001 and 2002 from project sources. These included the IRS list of tax exempt entities, Indiana Secretary of State list of nonprofit incorporations, phone listings of congregations, supplementary local listings, and personal affiliation survey data.
Based
on these sources, the Fort Wayne region has a total
of 5,709 nonprofit organizations, or about 113.7
per 10,000 residents (some may be defunct or otherwise inappropriately
included). We
report the density of nonprofit organizations (per 10,000
residents) for each area to allow comparisons of nonprofits
across region.
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|
| BY
LOCATION |
Population
|
Total
Count of Organizations
|
Density*
|
|
City
|
|
|
|
| Fort
Wayne City |
205,727
|
3,178
|
154.5
|
| County |
|
|
|
| Adams
County |
33,625
|
423
|
125.8
|
| Allen
County |
331,849
|
3,505
|
105.6
|
| De
Kalb County |
40,285
|
464
|
115.2
|
| Hungtington
County |
38,075
|
532
|
139.7
|
| Wells
County |
27,600
|
351
|
127.2
|
| Whitley
County |
30,707
|
434
|
141.3
|
| Metropolitan
Statistical Area |
|
|
|
| Fort
Wayne Metro |
502,141
|
5,709
|
113.7
|
| Sources:
Indiana Nonprofit Project Database |
Date:
02/015/02 |
| *Number
of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier
comparisons across communities. |
|
Classifying nonprofits into major categories further enhances
our understanding of the local nonprofit sector. Using the
National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE)
classification system, the project staff has tentatively classified
local nonprofits to show the composition of the region’s nonprofit
sector by major nonprofit field and by geographic area. The classification was based primarily on the names of the organizations and is known to be inaccurate, so the profile information below should be interpreted with caution.
|
Nonprofit
Field: NTEE "Major Category" Codes
| I: |
Arts,
Culture, Humanities |
VI:
|
International |
| II: |
Education |
VII:
|
Public
Societal Benefit |
| III: |
Environment/Animals |
VIII:
|
Religion |
| IV: |
Health |
IX:
|
Mutual
Benefit/Membership |
| V: |
Human
Services |
X:
|
Unknown |
|
|
| Fort
Wayne Community |
By
Nonprofit Field
|
Total
Count
|
Density*
|
| I. |
Arts,
Culture, Humanities |
232
|
4.6
|
| II. |
Education |
583
|
11.6
|
| III. |
Environment/Animals |
90
|
1.8
|
| IV. |
Health |
292
|
5.8
|
| V. |
Human
Services |
1120
|
22.3
|
| VI. |
International |
16
|
0.3
|
| VII. |
Public
Societal Benefit |
1609
|
32.0
|
| VIII. |
Religion |
1227
|
24.4
|
| IX. |
Mutual
Benefit/Membership |
448
|
8.9
|
| X. |
Unknown |
92
|
1.8
|
| Total |
5,709
|
113.7
|
| Sources:
Indiana Nonprofit Project Database |
Date:
2/15/02
|
| *Number
of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier
comparisons across communities. |
|
|
| Nonprofit
Densities by Field (NTEE Category) and Location* |
| Locale |
I.
|
II.
|
III.
|
IV.
|
X.
|
VI.
|
VII.
|
VIII.
|
IX.
|
X.
|
TOTAL
|
|
Fort
Wayne City
|
6.3
|
16.2
|
1.9
|
9.1
|
25.6
|
0.5
|
52.4
|
28.9
|
10.7
|
2.9
|
154.5
|
|
Adams
County
|
4.8
|
11.3
|
1.8
|
7.1
|
37.5
|
0.3
|
19.0
|
32.1
|
8.3
|
3.6
|
125.8
|
|
Allen
County
|
4.2
|
10.8
|
1.5
|
5.7
|
17.7
|
0.3
|
34.9
|
20.8
|
7.8
|
1.9
|
105.6
|
|
De
Kalb County
|
5.2
|
9.2
|
1.7
|
4.5
|
30.3
|
0.5
|
21.6
|
28.1
|
11.7
|
2.5
|
115.2
|
|
Hungtington
County
|
7.4
|
13.7
|
3.9
|
6.6
|
28.1
|
0.3
|
30.5
|
34.9
|
14.2
|
0.3
|
139.7
|
|
Wells
County
|
3.6
|
17.8
|
1.8
|
6.2
|
23.2
|
0.4
|
31.2
|
30.1
|
12.0
|
1.1
|
127.2
|
|
Whitley
County
|
5.9
|
16.0
|
2.6
|
5.9
|
36.5
|
0.0
|
32.2
|
32.6
|
8.5
|
1.3
|
141.3
|
|
Fort
Wayne Metro
|
4.6
|
11.6
|
1.8
|
5.8
|
22.3
|
0.3
|
32.0
|
24.4
|
8.9
|
1.8
|
113.7
|
| Sources:
Indiana Nonprofit Project Database |
Date:
2/15/02 |
| *Number
of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier
comparisons across communities. |
Updated:
November 30, 2006
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