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Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$302k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$80,500
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$2.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$252k52%
FY202427$129k19%
FY202332$202k53%
FY202220$127k30%
FY202130$279k57%
FY202022$130kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$747kRecreation & Sports$142kHealth$78kYouth Development$71kReligion$59kPhilanthropy$42kHousing & Shelter$37kHuman Services$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IN
KY
MD
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Evansville$230,50030%
United Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc$36,15050%
Catholic Diocese of Evansville$33,1002n/a
Echo Housing Corporation$33,00012%
Mater Dei High School$32,5002n/a
St Mary's Health Foundation Inc$23,38521%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Evansville Christian School Inc$12,60030%
Evansville Arc Inc$12,00040%
Impact Evansville Inc$8,0001n/a
Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Evansville$230,50030%
United Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc$36,15050%
Catholic Diocese of Evansville$33,1002n/a
Echo Housing Corporation$33,00012%
Mater Dei High School$32,5002n/a
St Mary's Health Foundation Inc$23,38521%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Evansville Christian School Inc$12,60030%
Evansville Arc Inc$12,00040%
Impact Evansville Inc$8,0001n/a
Evansville Police Department Foundation D/B/A Evansville Police Foundation$8,00062%
YWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc$5,70540%
Indiana Forest Alliance Inc$5,00011%
Evsc Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Equal Opportunity Schools$4,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of Evansville$3,45040%
Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated$3,00030%
Wnin Tri-State Public Media Inc$3,00010%
Congregations Acting for Justice and Empowerment Inc$3,0001n/a
Jacob Ball Wish Fund$3,0003n/a
Youth First$2,50030%
Joshua Academy Inc$2,40010%
Evansville African American Museum$2,30021%
Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc$2,05030%
Dream Center Evansville$2,00010%
River City Pride Inc$2,00012%
Indiana University Health Inc$2,00040%
St Benedict Cathedral$2,0002n/a
Evansville P-47 Foundation Inc$2,00021%
St Joseph Catholic Church$1,5604n/a
Easter Seals Southwestern Indiana Incorp$1,50030%
Marshall County Board of Education$1,4001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc$1,30020%
Feed Evansville Inc$1,2502n/a
St Mary's Medical Center Auxiliary$1,10012%
Pearls of Distinction Foundation Inc$1,10025%
Mt Vernon Youth Baseball Inc$1,0001n/a
Historic Newburgh Inc$1,00011%
911 Gives Hope Inc$1,0001n/a
Rivertown Royals Softball Inc$1,0001n/a
St John the Baptist Church$1,0001n/a
Signature School Inc$1,00010%
Evansville Youth Soccer League Inc$1,00011%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$1,00010%
Marian Educational Outreach$1,00011%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$90020%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$60010%
Vanderburgh County Humane Society Inc$52010%
Bridges Community Services Inc$25010%
Gibault Inc$25010%
The Isaiah 117 Project Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($594k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Evansville: $230,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $36,150 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEcho Housing Corporation: $33,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSt Mary's Health Foundation Inc: $23,385 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEvansville Christian School Inc: $12,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEvansville Arc Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEvansville Police Department Foundation D/B/A Evansville Police Foundation: $8,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetYWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc: $5,705 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana Forest Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEqual Opportunity Schools: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Evansville: $3,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSycamore Land Trust Incorporated: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWnin Tri-State Public Media Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth First: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJoshua Academy Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEvansville African American Museum: $2,300 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJunior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc: $2,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDream Center Evansville: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRiver City Pride Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIndiana University Health Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEvansville P-47 Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEaster Seals Southwestern Indiana Incorp: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Medical Center Auxiliary: $1,100 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPearls of Distinction Foundation Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetHistoric Newburgh Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSignature School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvansville Youth Soccer League Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian Educational Outreach: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderburgh County Humane Society Inc: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridges Community Services Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGibault Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Isaiah 117 Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation IncIN63.8× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Koch Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Braun Family Foundation Inc co Jim Burger ONB Trust Co · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Gerling Family Foundation Inc · West Side Nut Club Inc · Holiday Management Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc

How much does Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc give?
Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc reported 43 grants totaling $301,970 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Health (6%).
Who are Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Evansville ($231k), United Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc ($36k), Catholic Diocese of Evansville ($33k).
Does Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc, Koch Foundation Inc, Community Foundation Alliance Inc.
Where is Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc based?
Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc is based in IN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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