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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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k36 grants · $714k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $511k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SHELBY | $798,837 |
| EARLY LEARNING SHELBY COUNTY | $543,863 |
| SHELBY CO PLAYERS | $335,839 |
| SCUFFY | $123,816 |
| THE INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE | $100,000 |
| SHELBY CO COUNCIL | $98,570 |
| HEALTHY SHELBY COUNTY | $76,521 |
| GIRLS INC | $59,275 |
| SHELBY SENIOR SERVICES INC | $53,007 |
| FOREST HILL CEMETARY ASSOCIATION | $47,500 |
| SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $43,323 |
| MORRISTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $42,750 |
| MHP FOUNDATION | $33,848 |
| GROVER CENTER MUSEUM & HISTORICAL | $28,815 |
| MARIETTA VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT | $28,677 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
67 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SHELBY COUNTY8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +164% · 41% of their budget
- SCSHELBY COUNTY PLAYERS INC6× · 2017–2024 · $994k · revenue +905% · 49% of their budget
- ELEarly Learning Shelby County6× · 2019–2024 · $952k · revenue +604% · 64% of their budget
Funded once
- BSBETA SIGMA PHI - LAMBDA CHIone grant, 2022 · $36k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $35k
- GBGOLDEN BEAR BOOSTER CLUBone grant, 2021 · $29k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Ambulance commission
Promote development in Perry County, Indiana
Provide awareness in the community of mental health needs and suicide rates. provide support, education, and counseling for those in need.
Conduct the annual county fair
Providing an inclusive public private community partnership invested in growth for city of shelby ohio.
Receive and distribute food and related items to help meet the nutritional needs of lower income area residents.
An agribusiness network advocate, representing members' interests within all levels of government and keeping members informed of the latest industry trends and news.
Support our members and the business environment by fostering economic and community development initiatives to improve the quality of life in harrison county.
To provide fire protection services
Shepherd's center of hamilton county is an organization that provides programs to promote and support independent lifestyles for seniors.
Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.
To promote and organize nutritional services, quality care giving, social and educational activities for shelby county senior citizens and create public awareness about senior citizens issues and concerns.
How this is measured
61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 112 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SHELBY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SHELBY COUNTY PLAYERS INC ↗
- Who funds Early Learning Shelby County ↗
- Who funds SHELBY COUNTY UNITED FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MAJOR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HANCOCK REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SHELBYVILLE SHELBY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SHELBY SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MARIETTA COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC ↗
- Who funds JANE PAULEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Indiana State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MORRISTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds FOREST HILL CEMETERY ASSN ↗
- Who funds Shelby County Historical Society ↗
- Who funds SHARES INC ↗
- Who funds FLAT ROCK CITIZENS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds CANCER ASSOCIATION OF SHELBY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SHELBY COUNTY TOURISM & VISITORS' BUREAU ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
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: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Community Foundation of Hancock County Inc · First Bank Richmond Inc Community Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Shelby County United Fund Inc · Johnson County Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Blue River Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue River Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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