Indiana · Community foundation
Blackford County Community Foundation Inc
To seek and accept donations from private and public sources for the purposes of distributing the income for grants, scholarships and other charitable purposes and to enhance and promote philanthropy in blackford county, indiana.
- $313k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $197k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,793
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Blackford County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 12 | $197k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $234k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $289k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $107k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Place Inc | $150,054 | 5 | 5% |
| Elkhart County Youth for Christ Inc | $75,682 | 3 | 1% |
| Blackford County Schools | $69,833 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana Farm Bureau Blackford County Farm Bureau Inc | $55,262 | 2 | 71% |
| Edge of Grace Church Inc | $51,241 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Woodlawn Cemetery Association Inc | $40,629 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Leadership Inc | $18,125 | 2 | 2% |
| Montpelier Youth League Inc | $12,899 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Place Inc | $150,054 | 5 | 5% |
| Elkhart County Youth for Christ Inc | $75,682 | 3 | 1% |
| Blackford County Schools | $69,833 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana Farm Bureau Blackford County Farm Bureau Inc | $55,262 | 2 | 71% |
| Edge of Grace Church Inc | $51,241 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Woodlawn Cemetery Association Inc | $40,629 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Leadership Inc | $18,125 | 2 | 2% |
| Montpelier Youth League Inc | $12,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Harold W McMillen Center for Health Education Inc | $12,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Blackford Youth Soccer League | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carey Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blackford County Civil War Re-Enactment Club Inc | $7,185 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $7,166 | 1 | 0% |
| Blackford County Animal Shelter Inc | $7,010 | 1 | 3% |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Home for Children Inc | $5,406 | 1 | 0% |
| Oblates of St Jude | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis College | $5,406 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gibault Foundation Inc | $5,406 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Foundation Inc | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
| The Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Praise Dallas | $5,406 | 1 | 2% |
| Society for the Propagation of the Faith | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
| St Meinrad Chamber of Commerce Inc | $5,406 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blackford County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Ball Brothers Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Blackford County Community Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Blackford County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Blackford County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Blackford County Community Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $197,495, out of $312,980 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Blackford County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (8%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Blackford County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Arts Place Inc ($150k), Elkhart County Youth for Christ Inc ($76k), Blackford County Schools ($70k).
- Does Blackford County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blackford County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ball Brothers Foundation, Network for Good, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Blackford County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Blackford County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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