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Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc

To improve the quality of life for the citizens of St.

$27M
Granted FY2025still arriving
192
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$12M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$22MHousing & Shelter$14MEducation$6.2MArts & Culture$4.4MHuman Services$4.2MHealth$3.0MYouth Development$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 192 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 192 grants below total $25,983,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $26,734,186 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $750,686 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $197k
  • $10k–50k102 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $6.3M
  • $250k+11 grants · $17M
$25,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$327M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Intend Indiana Inc$12,250,000
Community Foundation of Elkhart County$1,000,400
Marshall County Community Foundation$875,000
South Bend Symphony Orchestra$682,480
St Margarets House$567,707
REAL Services Inc$408,019
LOGAN$396,916
Michiana Area Council of Governments$395,966
Ivy Tech Foundation$320,127
New Day Intake Center$262,500
HealthLinc$250,000
Hope Ministries$244,457
Arise Rwanda Ministries$244,455
REAL Services Foundation Inc$237,746
South Bend Community School Corporation$225,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Cedars Home for Children Foundation: $40k → 13%Team Peace Inc: $70k → 15%Gladden Community House: $13k → 15%Project OZ: $10k → 11%Servants at Work Inc (SAWs): $60k → 16%Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: $38k → 16%Servants at Work Inc (SAWs): $12k → 16%4C for Children: $13k → 16%The Family Center - La Familia: $25k → 11%Play360 Inc: $78k → 18%The Matthews House: $20k → 11%Mr Thomas Gallagher: $72k → 13%Play360 Inc: $50k → 18%The Family Center - La Familia: $15k → 11%Women's Care Center Foundation: $57k → 13%The Family Center - La Familia: $15k → 11%Studio Ten Ministries: $34k → 10%EveryMom Chicago: $20k → 14%Studio Ten Ministries: $20k → 10%Family Housing Network of Fort Collins: $10k → 11%Studio Ten Ministries: $16k → 10%St Vincent de Paul Society of St Joseph County: $31k → 13%St Vincent de Paul Society of St Joseph County: $28k → 13%St Vincent de Paul Society of St Joseph County: $24k → 13%Alzheimer's & Dementia Services of Northern Indiana: $16k → 13%Alzheimer & Dementia Serv of Nrthn IN: $14k → 13%Youth Service Bureau: $94k → 13%Hannahs House: $8k → 13%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc: $16k → 13%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc: $13k → 13%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc: $11k → 13%Puente Desarrollo Internacional Inc: $55k → 13%Youth Service Bureau: $41k → 13%Youth Service Bureau: $35k → 13%Puente Desarrollo Internacional Inc: $10k → 13%Puente Desarrollo Internacional Inc: $10k → 13%Center for Hospice Care: $177k → 13%Center for Hospice Care: $101k → 13%Center for Hospice Care: $98k → 13%Hospice Foundation Inc: $55k → 13%Hospice Foundation Inc: $43k → 13%Christ Child Society: $14k → 13%Christ Child Society: $12k → 13%Christ Child Society: $12k → 13%The Upper Room Recovery Community: $40k → 13%Alzheimers & Dementia Services of Northern Indiana: $18k → 13%Alzheimer's & Dementia Services of Northern Indiana: $17k → 13%Neighbor to Neighbor: $65k → 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

WA
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 144 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 126 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 54 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
50

Total granted

$23M
$804k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+21%

Still filing today

79%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SB
    SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +45% · 31% of their budget
  • TF
    THE FAMILY CONNECTION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.3M · revenue +6% · 95% of their budget
  • IT
    IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $992k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • SJ
    St Joseph County Health Department
    one grant, 2021 · $90k
  • James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +49%
  • TC
    THE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -54%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center (sjrmc) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc is a member of trinity health.

Health
3
Trinity Haven Inc

Trinity haven provides safe, affirming housing for lgbtq youth experiencing housing instability.

Human Services
4
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
5
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center- South Bend Campus Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc-south bend is a member of saint joseph regional…

Health
6
St Joseph Missions Inc

To provide emergency shelter and resources for single homeless women, regardless of their faith, in an environment that respects their dignity as human persons, affords them the opportunity to live indivdiually and collectively with others…

Philanthropy
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
St Jude House Inc

MISSION - ST. JUDE HOUSE, Inc. (St. Jude House) IS a family violence prevention center and shelter; our mission is TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SERVE WITH JOY. Vision - St. Jude House is a catalyst in Northwest Indiana for the prevention,…

Housing & Shelter
9
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
10
Southern Indiana Community Health Care Inc

To provide high-quality, comprehensive, community-sensitive health care utilizing christ-oriented principles. rooted in our faith-driven values, sichc serves as a pillar for accessible, comprehensive care of the whole person and a catalyst…

Health
11
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc

To meet the special needs of each child and family served in order to help improve their quality of life. the board of trustees and staff members of the home are committed to bringing the highest quality resources available to the…

Human Services
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of St Joseph County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ruthmere Foundation. 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

202 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. 202 of the 255 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
197/202
Grantees still filing
141/202
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $19,368,873 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY …COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $1,000,400 · PhilanthropyMARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $875,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $915,523 · PhilanthropyINTEND INDIANA INC: $12,250,000 · Housing & ShelterINTEND INDIANA INC+5 more: $851,315 · Housing & Shelter+5 moreTHE FAMILY CONNECTION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $1,319,453 · OtherTHE FAMILY CONNECTION OF ST…Logan Community Resources Inc: $987,804 · OtherLogan Community Resources I…Indiana University School of Medicine: $942,418 · OtherIndiana University School o…REAL SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $640,689 · OtherTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $576,000 · OtherSt Margarets House: $722,905 · Other+109 more: $9,352,171 · Other+109 moreSOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $1,745,397 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $303,039 · Arts & CultureTHE FISCHOFF NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $222,133 · Arts & CultureSOUTH BEND MUSEUM OF ART: $219,978 · Arts & CultureMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $209,338 · Arts & CultureSOUTH BEND YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $106,807 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $280,802 · Arts & CultureREAL SERVICES INC: $1,215,517 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $473,786 · Human ServicesYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $168,974 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $136,492 · Human ServicesPlay360 Inc: $127,750 · Human Services+18 more: $793,825 · Human ServicesIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $991,945 · EducationScholarship Foundation of St Joseph County: $249,684 · EducationTHE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $242,891 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $231,980 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $207,964 · EducationSCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $155,586 · Education+12 more: $631,500 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION OF SAINT JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $372,603 · HealthNEW DAY INTAKE CENTER: $262,500 · HealthBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $179,148 · HealthFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $95,240 · HealthTHE TINY LIVES FOUNDATION: $82,545 · HealthWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $71,750 · HealthOAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC: $60,000 · HealthALCOHOL & ADDICTIONS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $57,001 · HealthO'HANA HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $56,942 · HealthTRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION: $47,948 · Health+5 more: $105,250 · Health
Philanthropy$22,159,796Housing & Shelter$13,101,315Other$14,541,440Arts & Culture$3,087,494Human Services$2,916,344Education$2,711,550Health$1,390,927

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $19,368,873 over 3y, 50% of budgetSOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $1,745,397 over 3y, 31% of budgetTHE FAMILY CONNECTION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $1,319,453 over 2y, 95% of budgetREAL SERVICES INC: $1,215,517 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $1,000,400 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $991,945 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $987,804 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $875,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSt Margarets House: $722,905 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $683,159 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetREAL SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $640,689 over 3y, 95% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $576,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $473,786 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE INC: $464,904 over 3y, 16% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $439,659 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetRescue Incorporated: $401,772 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF SAINT JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $372,603 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $362,839 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $313,088 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $303,039 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetGlobal Impact: $260,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEROES CAMP INC: $254,165 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetHEALTHLINC INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetScholarship Foundation of St Joseph County: $249,684 over 3y, 25% of budgetArise Rwanda Ministries USA Inc: $244,455 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $242,891 over 3y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $231,980 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FISCHOFF NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $222,133 over 3y, 14% of budgetSOUTH BEND MUSEUM OF ART: $219,978 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $209,338 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $208,905 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $207,964 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $189,097 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $179,160 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $179,148 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFARM TO FAMILY FUND: $179,000 over 3y, 73% of budgetREINS OF LIFE INC: $173,938 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $168,974 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $162,241 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $155,586 over 3y, 24% of budgetSOUTH BEND HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $144,158 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetENFOCUS INC: $140,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $136,492 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRay Bird Ministries: $128,212 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetPET REFUGE INC: $123,912 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF INDIANA INC: $112,562 over 3y, 21% of budgetSOUTH BEND YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $106,807 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHE CASIE CENTER INC: $103,775 over 3y, 4.3% 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.

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.

University of Notre D…1st Source Bank Found…United Way of St Jose…Judd Leighton Foundat…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…Asante Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …The Pokagon Fund IncMuessel Ellison Mem I…Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd …Fields Foundation Irr…Klockow Harvey R and …
University of Notre Dame du LacIN98.5× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: University of Notre Dame du Lac · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Asante Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua · Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd Irr Tua · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · Klockow Harvey R and Doris Fdn

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 Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    63report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 255 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 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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