Indiana · Community foundation
Adams County Community Foundation Inc
Building partnerships between donors and community to enrich and enhance the quality of life in adams county, indiana.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $482k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,765
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $97,934
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Adams County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $482k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $609k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $521k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $556k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $429k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $678k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $519k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $273k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary of the Assumption Catholic | $712,205 | 8 | n/a |
| North Adams Administrative Office | $662,451 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Decatur | $569,315 | 7 | n/a |
| South Adams Jrsr High | $518,824 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joe Catholic Cemetery | $229,536 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Adams County Inc | $187,203 | 8 | 5% |
| Decatur Chamber of Commerce | $110,800 | 8 | 18% |
| Swiss Heritage Society Inc | $79,990 | 6 | 18% |
| Decatur Church of God | $68,436 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect to Careers Inc | $61,273 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary of the Assumption Catholic | $712,205 | 8 | n/a |
| North Adams Administrative Office | $662,451 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Decatur | $569,315 | 7 | n/a |
| South Adams Jrsr High | $518,824 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joe Catholic Cemetery | $229,536 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Adams County Inc | $187,203 | 8 | 5% |
| Decatur Chamber of Commerce | $110,800 | 8 | 18% |
| Swiss Heritage Society Inc | $79,990 | 6 | 18% |
| Decatur Church of God | $68,436 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect to Careers Inc | $61,273 | 3 | n/a |
| Diocese of Ft Wayne South Bend Inc | $55,657 | 8 | n/a |
| Adams County Economic Development Corporation | $48,980 | 1 | 39% |
| Decatur Cemetery Association Inc | $48,637 | 7 | 5% |
| North Adams Arts Council Inc | $48,253 | 5 | n/a |
| First Missionary Church | $48,240 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Village Inc | $43,415 | 3 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Adams County Indiana Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Adams Memorial Hospital | $34,409 | 5 | n/a |
| Adams County Historical Society Inc | $33,365 | 3 | 24% |
| Adams Wells Crisis Center | $28,802 | 5 | 3% |
| Unfailing Love Clinic Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 8% |
| South Adams Trails Inc | $28,300 | 2 | 8% |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $26,106 | 1 | n/a |
| Adams Public Library System | $22,547 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bridge Community Church | $21,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Adams County Council for Aging Inc | $20,829 | 2 | 4% |
| Friends of the Limberlost State Historic Site Inc | $20,482 | 2 | 28% |
| American Legion Post 43 | $20,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Crossroads Community Corp | $18,061 | 2 | 4% |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $13,687 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hope Inc | $13,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Hope Clinic Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Geneva Proud Inc | $11,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Trinitiy Cemetery | $10,538 | 1 | n/a |
| Purdue Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Marks United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adams Central Community Schools | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Bi-County Services Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Inc of Adams County Indiana | $9,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Swiss Village Inc | $8,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Adams County Lodge 127 Fraternal Order of Police Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Honor Flight Northeast Indiana Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Decatur Indiana Main Street Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Get Sober Stay Sober | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Oaks Christian School Corporation | $5,452 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Adams County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Porter Family Foundation Inc · Dayton Foundation Depository · Adams County Memorial Hospital and Development Foundation · Aws Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Adams County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Adams County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Adams County Community Foundation Inc reported 26 itemized grants totaling $482,202, out of $1,147,279 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Adams County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Arts & Culture (16%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Adams County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Mary of the Assumption Catholic ($712k), North Adams Administrative Office ($662k), City of Decatur ($569k).
- Does Adams County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Porter Family Foundation Inc, Dayton Foundation Depository, Adams County Memorial Hospital and Development Foundation.
- Where is Adams County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Adams County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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