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Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$497k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$72,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationOther
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 arriving37$497k24%
FY202435$355k9%
FY202340$397k15%
FY202246$331k9%
FY202138$320k8%
FY202042$316k43%
FY201940$442k10%
FY201844$291k20%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$902kHuman Services$560kArts & Culture$299kEducation$249kPublic Safety & Disaster$156kCommunity Improvement$148kYouth Development$148kRecreation & Sports$147kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc$191,06590%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$142,00050%
Bridge to Dove Recovery House Inc$112,000223%
Turning Point Inc$108,00089%
Foundation for Youth Inc$106,100819%
Family Services Inc$95,00061%
Just Friends Inc$93,00083%
Mill Race Center Inc$80,00064%
Salvation Army$72,0009n/a
Columbus Fireman's Cheer Fund$65,250625%
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All grantees of Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc$191,06590%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$142,00050%
Bridge to Dove Recovery House Inc$112,000223%
Turning Point Inc$108,00089%
Foundation for Youth Inc$106,100819%
Family Services Inc$95,00061%
Just Friends Inc$93,00083%
Mill Race Center Inc$80,00064%
Salvation Army$72,0009n/a
Columbus Fireman's Cheer Fund$65,250625%
Family Service of Bartholomew County Inc$65,00034%
Chain Breaker Ministries Inc$62,00059%
Columbus Symphony Orchestra$55,000869%
Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives Inc$47,250914%
Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc$44,50070%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Indiana Inc$39,00080%
Developmental Services Inc$39,00030%
Thrive Alliance Inc$32,0007n/a
Happy Hollow Camp Inc$29,25090%
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center$29,00022%
Bartholomew County Historical Society$27,20036%
First Christian Church$24,2509n/a
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$20,00040%
Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches Inc$20,0002n/a
The Arc of Bartholomew County$17,00044%
Columbus Area Arts Council Inc$16,00032%
Love Chapel Foundation$15,000119%
Hoosier Trails Council Boy Scouts of America$13,00030%
Sans Souci Inc$12,40041%
Friends of Columbus Animal Care Services Inc$12,0001n/a
St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc$10,00030%
St Peters Lutheran Church$7,7006n/a
Columbus Child Care Center Inc$7,00013%
Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum$7,00032%
Reach Inc$7,0001n/a
Centerstone of Indiana Inc$6,90020%
Court Appointed Advocates for Children Inc$6,75020%
Greater Seymour Trust Fund$5,50050%
Aviationnation Inc$5,0001n/a
Columbus Scottish Festival Inc$4,50032%
Bartholomew County Humane Society Inc$4,40021%
Columbus Fellowship Club Inc$4,0001n/a
State Street Area Association Inc$3,0001n/a
Mill Race Theatre Company$3,0001n/a
Bull Dog Alumni Association Inc$2,5001n/a
Kidscommons Columbus Community Children's Museum$2,0001n/a
Reins to Recovery Inc$2,00020%
First Presbyterian Church$2,0001n/a
United Way of Bartholomew County Inc$2,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,55020%
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation$1,5001n/a
Damou Christian Mission Inc$50010%
Southwest Barth Volunteer Fire Dept$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOur Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc: $191,065 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $142,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBridge to Dove Recovery House Inc: $112,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $108,000 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetFoundation for Youth Inc: $106,100 over 8y, 19% of budgetFamily Services Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetJust Friends Inc: $93,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetMill Race Center Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetColumbus Fireman's Cheer Fund: $65,250 over 6y, 25% of budgetFamily Service of Bartholomew County Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetChain Breaker Ministries Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetColumbus Symphony Orchestra: $55,000 over 8y, 69% of budgetColumbus Indiana Architectural Archives Inc: $47,250 over 9y, 14% of budgetColumbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $44,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Indiana Inc: $39,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDevelopmental Services Inc: $39,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHappy Hollow Camp Inc: $29,250 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center: $29,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBartholomew County Historical Society: $27,200 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetGleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Bartholomew County: $17,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetColumbus Area Arts Council Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLove Chapel Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHoosier Trails Council Boy Scouts of America: $13,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSans Souci Inc: $12,400 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSt Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Child Care Center Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAtterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: $7,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCenterstone of Indiana Inc: $6,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Advocates for Children Inc: $6,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Seymour Trust Fund: $5,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetColumbus Scottish Festival Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBartholomew County Humane Society Inc: $4,400 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetReins to Recovery Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Bartholomew County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDamou Christian Mission Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Barth Volunteer Fire Dept: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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 38.

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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.

Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent FoundationIN83.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation · Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc · Carl Marshall Reeves and Mildred Almen Reeves Foundation Inc · United Way of Bartholomew County Inc · Hazel M Teegarden Foundation Inc · Robert & Helen Haddad Foundation · Centra Foundation Inc · Repp Associates Foundation · Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc · Visitors Center Inc · The Conover Foundation Inc Agt · The Presbyterian Foundation of Columbus Indiana

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 Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer

How much does Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer give?
Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer reported 37 grants totaling $496,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc ($191k), Ivy Tech Foundation Inc ($142k), Bridge to Dove Recovery House Inc ($112k).
Does Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation, Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc, Carl Marshall Reeves and Mildred Almen Reeves Foundation Inc.
Where is Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer based?
Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer 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 104 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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