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Centra 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.

$476k
Granted FY2025still arriving
83
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$93k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$712kHuman Services$436kCrime & Legal$219kPhilanthropy$161kHealth$146kFood & Nutrition$145kYouth Development$136kPublic Safety & Disaster$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k73 grants · $209k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $146k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$175k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 37$92,500
UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN$53,192
PAY IT FORWARD$28,268
Individual grant recipient$27,500
SALVATION ARMY NEW ALBANY$13,176
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE COPS AND KIDS JACKSON COUNTY$11,000
SCOTT COUNTY SHOP WITH THE SHERIFF$10,705
GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD PANTRY$10,525
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM$10,272
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC$10,000
ANCHOR HOUSE$9,500
CENTER FOR LAY$9,500
COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOPE INC$7,500
SCOTT COUNTY CLEARINGHOUSE$7,000
SELLERSBURG COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY AND CLOTHES CLOSET$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DISABILITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 9%THE CARING CENTER: $4k → 5%THE CARING CENTER: $3k → 5%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $3k → 15%KIC-IT: $3k → 8%WASHINGTON COUNTY YMCA: $3k → 13%INTERCHURCH FOOD PANTRY OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $3k → 8%SHELBY COUNTY YOUTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 14%KIC-IT: $3k → 8%JEFFERSON COUNTY YOUTH SHELTER: $3k → 12%KIC-IT: $3k → 8%PREVAIL INC: $3k → 5%FAMILY ARK: $3k → 10%HAVEN HOUSE: $3k → 10%NEW HOPE SERVICE INC: $3k → 10%HOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA: $4k → 10%JEFFERSON COUNTY YOUTH SHELTER INC: $3k → 12%JAKE LAIRD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%FAMILY ARK: $3k → 10%FAMILY ARK: $3k → 10%FAMILY ARK: $3k → 10%CHILDCARE NETWORK: $3k → 11%JAKE LAIRD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $5k → 13%FAMILY ARK: $3k → 10%HOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA: $3k → 10%HOPE OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: $3k → 10%NEW HOPE SERVICES: $3k → 10%NEW HOPE SERVICE INC: $3k → 10%OLIVE TREE RESOURCES: $3k → 10%CHILD PLACE: $3k → 10%HOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA: $3k → 10%HOPE OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: $3k → 10%COBURN PLACE SAFE HAVEN: $3k → 16%REACH COLUMBUS INC: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%FIREFLY CHILDREN & FAMILY ALLIANCE: $3k → 13%SU CASA: $3k → 13%CHILDREN INC: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%REACH COLUMBUS INC: $3k → 13%REACH COLUMBUS INC: $3k → 13%SU CASA: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%SU CASA: $3k → 13%OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $3k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IA
IN
CO
KY
VA
NC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 86 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

86 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

86
146

Total granted

$1.2M
$808k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+9%

Still filing today

40%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TP
    Turning Point Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $35k · revenue +80%
  • SS
    SANS SOUCI INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +95%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +223%

Funded once

  • BS
    BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 36
    one grant, 2024 · $90k
  • BS
    BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 34
    one grant, 2022 · $85k
  • BS
    BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 32
    one grant, 2023 · $80k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Indiana County Community Action Program

Provide resources for low income clients.

Human Services
2
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
3
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
4
Heart House Inc

Provide low income and transitional housing to those in need in the aurora, in area.

Human Services
5
2ND Chance Inc

To provide shelter and aid to the victims of domestic violence.

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6
Choices of Manistee County Inc

Choices of manistee county, inc. provides emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and education to survivors of domestic violence in manistee county, empowering survivors to achieve safety and self-determination.

Human Services
7
Shelter Inc

Shelter's mission is to end the cycle of child abuse by providing a comprehensive network of support to children, their families, and our community to create safe, health, and nurturing homes.

Housing & Shelter
8
Chances & Changes Inc

To operate residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

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9
Indiana Dream Center Inc

To provide a christ centered shelter to meet basic needs of housing, clothing, food, emotional and spirtitual needs.

Housing & Shelter
10
Crisis Center of Russell County

The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Beacon Inc

Beacon, inc, (beacon) is a solutions-driven, anti-poverty nonprofit, dedicated to aiding and empowering people experiencing extreme poverty, especially hunger and homelessness. based in bloomington, in, beacon provides six core programs;…

Education
12
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Ark Inc; the most unlike its peers is Olive Tree Resources Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

107 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. 107 of the 270 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/107
Grantees still filing
66/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 29: $145,000 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS 29BURD SCHOLARSHIPS 37: $92,500 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS 36: $90,000 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS 34: $85,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NEW ALBANY: $84,141 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS 32: $80,000 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS 28: $70,000 · OtherBURD SCHOLARSHIPS (27): $67,500 · Other+145 more: $1,083,497 · Other+145 moreOUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesSU CASA COLUMBUS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY ARK INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesHOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesKIDS IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM: $7,500 · Human ServicesREACH COLUMBUS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesNEW HOPE SERVICES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT HELP INC: $7,358 · Human ServicesJEFFERSON COUNTY YOUTH SHELTERINC: $7,000 · Human ServicesJake Laird Memorial Fund Inc: $5,000 · Human Services+15 more: $40,967 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $52,171 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyJOY OF GIVING INCORPORATED: $2,500 · PhilanthropyBLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyHERITAGE FUND - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTurning Point Inc: $34,500 · HealthBOONE COUNTY CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthSPERANZA INC: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · HealthNew Directions of Decatur County Inc: $2,500 · HealthHOPE PREGNANCY CENTER DBA HOPE CENTER: $2,500 · HealthBREE'S BLESSINGS INC: $2,500 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,500 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR YOUTH INC: $24,500 · Youth DevelopmentCASA OF SCOTT COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentJENNINGS COUNTY YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HARRISON COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentChampions of Youth Inc: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHAUTAUQUA STRIDERS INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND: $23,309 · Public Safety & DisasterCOURT APPOINTED ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,500 · Civil Rights
Other$1,797,638Human Services$148,325Philanthropy$62,171Health$57,000Youth Development$42,000Public Safety & Disaster$23,309Civil Rights$19,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $52,171 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $34,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSANS SOUCI INC: $34,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR YOUTH INC: $24,500 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND: $23,309 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetOUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $22,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAnchor House Inc: $21,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN FOOD PANTRY: $20,606 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY CENTER: $17,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSU CASA COLUMBUS INC: $15,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY ARK INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBartholomew County Humane Society Inc: $14,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS REGIONAL SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10,383 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM: $7,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREACH COLUMBUS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEW HOPE SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HELP INC: $7,358 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY YOUTH SHELTERINC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CLARK & FLOYD INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOMELESS COALITION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJake Laird Memorial Fund Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOONE COUNTY CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSPERANZA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCASA OF SCOTT COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLIFEDESIGNS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCHURCH FOOD PANTRY OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $3,967 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY YOUTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF HAMILTON CO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOWN EAST PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJENNINGS COUNTY YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HARRISON COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOY OF GIVING INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDPLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 UNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Turning Point Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANS SOUCI INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FIREMAN'S CHEER FUND ↗
  • Who funds OUR HOSPICE OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Anchor House Inc ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SU CASA COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ARK INC ↗
  • Who funds Bartholomew County Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE SOUTHERN 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.

First Financial Found…United Way of Barthol…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncClarence E Custer and…Heritage Fund - the C…United Way of Central…Elizabeth Ruddick Nug…Duke Energy FoundationThe Brave Heart Found…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Decatur County United…
First Financial FoundationOH43× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Financial Foundation · United Way of Bartholomew County Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer · Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Decatur County United Fund Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Centra Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Centra Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Centra Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Centra Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 270 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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