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Blue River Foundation Inc
The blue river foundation will be a catalyst for igniting action that improves the quality of life in shelby county.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 50
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,475
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $798,837
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 61
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $62M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Blue River Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $431k 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 | 46 | $2.9M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 61 | $2.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $1.6M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.1M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $2.0M | 26% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $1.1M | 22% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $1.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Shelby County | $1,173,285 | 8 | 41% |
| Major Hospital | $1,140,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby County Players Inc | $994,108 | 6 | 49% |
| Early Learning Shelby County | $952,045 | 6 | 64% |
| Shelby County United Fund Inc | $888,975 | 8 | 11% |
| Major Hospital Foundation | $793,236 | 8 | 56% |
| Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation | $675,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Girls Incorporated of Shelbyville Shelby County | $634,574 | 8 | 27% |
| Shelby County Public Library | $582,767 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby Co Council | $551,591 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Shelby County | $1,173,285 | 8 | 41% |
| Major Hospital | $1,140,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby County Players Inc | $994,108 | 6 | 49% |
| Early Learning Shelby County | $952,045 | 6 | 64% |
| Shelby County United Fund Inc | $888,975 | 8 | 11% |
| Major Hospital Foundation | $793,236 | 8 | 56% |
| Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation | $675,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Girls Incorporated of Shelbyville Shelby County | $634,574 | 8 | 27% |
| Shelby County Public Library | $582,767 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby Co Council | $551,591 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby Senior Services Inc | $352,269 | 8 | 11% |
| City of Shelbyville | $340,355 | 5 | n/a |
| Marietta Community Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $331,315 | 8 | 52% |
| Jane Pauley Community Health Center Inc | $213,660 | 8 | 0% |
| Indiana State University Foundation Inc | $209,213 | 8 | 0% |
| Mt Gilead Baptist Church | $209,213 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby Co Masonic Lodge 28 | $209,213 | 8 | n/a |
| Order of the Eastern Star 73 | $209,213 | 8 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral Foundation Inc | $205,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Morristown Methodist Church | $184,222 | 7 | n/a |
| Town of Morristown | $178,568 | 2 | n/a |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $128,678 | 8 | 0% |
| Morristown Community Development Partnership Inc | $112,250 | 2 | 70% |
| Fop Lodge 84 | $107,222 | 2 | n/a |
| Forest Hill Cemetery Assn | $99,300 | 2 | 24% |
| Blue River Career Programs | $95,310 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby County Historical Society | $93,484 | 6 | 28% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Shel | $92,320 | 3 | n/a |
| Division of Overseas Ministries | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Shares Inc | $85,705 | 4 | 1% |
| Fairland Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $82,852 | 2 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $74,537 | 7 | n/a |
| Flat Rock Citizens Committee Volunteer Fire Dept | $67,963 | 3 | 60% |
| The Strand Theatre of Shelbyville | $62,095 | 6 | n/a |
| Geist Christian Church | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cancer Association of Shelby County | $59,360 | 3 | 12% |
| First Baptist Church of Shelbyville Indiana Inc | $55,239 | 8 | n/a |
| Shelby County Tourism & Visitors' Bureau | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $49,928 | 4 | 0% |
| Golden Bear Preschool | $49,040 | 5 | n/a |
| Arc of Shelby County Inc | $47,045 | 4 | 27% |
| Morristown Visionary Committee | $46,568 | 2 | n/a |
| General Assembly of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridge Ministries of Shelby County | $42,184 | 2 | n/a |
| Waldron Volunteer Fire Department | $41,431 | 3 | n/a |
| Nine 13 Inc | $41,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Shelby Arts Alliance | $38,898 | 3 | n/a |
| Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc | $38,262 | 7 | 0% |
| Columbus Regional Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence | $37,339 | 4 | 0% |
| Beta Sigma Phi - Lambda Chi | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby Eastern Schools Building Corporation | $35,484 | 3 | n/a |
| Hancock County Childrens Choir Ltd | $29,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Golden Bear Booster Club | $28,797 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Babe Ruth Inc | $25,754 | 2 | 14% |
| Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Shelbyville Band Boosters Inc | $24,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Shelby Eastern Schools | $23,247 | 3 | n/a |
| Shelby County Youth Assistance Program Inc | $22,960 | 3 | 17% |
| Purdue University | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library Foundation | $21,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Audiences of Indiana Inc | $21,117 | 3 | 1% |
| Shelby Community Band Inc | $20,521 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Bureau Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Services and Prevention | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church Shelbyville Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Development Corp | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Shelby County Fair Association Inc | $18,494 | 2 | 2% |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | $18,475 | 1 | 0% |
| The Villages of Indiana Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Servants at Work Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nameless Creek Youth Camp Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Inc | $15,935 | 2 | 4% |
| Love Inc of Greater Hancock County | $15,580 | 2 | 4% |
| Blue River Youth Choir | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Court & Child Advocacy Group Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Down Syndrome Indiana Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Southwestern Consolidated School District of Shelby County | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dinner Before Bedtime Inc | $12,550 | 2 | 10% |
| Hancock County Senior Services Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| First Christian Church | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis | $12,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $12,225 | 2 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church & Its Affiliated Organizations | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Agriculture Promotion Committees Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hancock County Food Pantry Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Hancock County | $10,645 | 1 | 1% |
| Shelter From the Storm Womens Shelter | $10,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas Espiscopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocesan Council of Indianapolis Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenfield Central School Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| We Ride Bikes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triton Public Schools Community Education | $9,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Mainstreet Shelbville Incorporated | $8,920 | 1 | 4% |
| Human Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Morristown Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $7,111 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Reads Inc | $7,101 | 1 | n/a |
| Hancock Hope House Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shelbyville Seventh-Day Adventist | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Township Education Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana Interscholastic Athletic | $6,154 | 1 | 6% |
| St Paul Volunteer Fire Department | $6,111 | 1 | 16% |
| Fountaintown Community Volunteer Fire Department | $6,111 | 1 | 2% |
| Manilla Community Fire Dept Inc | $6,111 | 1 | 6% |
| Memphis-Shelby County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelbyville Community Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Blue River Friends Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources | $5,820 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Services and Prevention Programs Inc | $5,180 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blue River Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 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.
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How this is measured
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About Blue River Foundation Inc
- How much does Blue River Foundation Inc give?
- Blue River Foundation Inc reported 50 itemized grants totaling $2,937,411, out of $4,351,596 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Blue River Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Education (14%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Blue River Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Clubs of Shelby County ($1.2M), Major Hospital ($1.1M), Shelby County Players Inc ($994k).
- Does Blue River Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue River Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc.
- Where is Blue River Foundation Inc based?
- Blue River Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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