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Community Foundation of Wabash County Inc

The community foundation of wabash county serves the citizens of wabash county by implementing their charitable aspirations, making grants, investing and safeguarding charitable assets, providing information regarding charitable endeavors, and convening citizens and linking resources to address issues confronting our shared lives.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$540k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$5.5MEducation$2.8MHealth$1.8MArts & Culture$1.8MReligion$1.4MEmployment$640kCommunity Improvement$356kRecreation & Sports$208kOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 56 grants below total $3,753,596, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,121,386 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $367,790 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $528k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.7M
$22,635
Median grant
1
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
85 HOPE INC$539,929
WABASH FIRST UNITED METHODIST$469,384
WABASH COUNTY YMCA$363,964
LEARN MORE CENTER$302,474
PEABODY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$204,226
WABASH CITY SCHOOLS$165,856
MANCHESTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER$164,503
THE ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME$160,000
HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC$143,284
LAFONTAINE LEARNING COMMUNITY$101,197
BABE OF WABASH COUNTY$99,353
GROW WABASH COUNTY FOUNDATION$98,795
FIRST FRIENDS EARLY LEARNING$81,540
EEL RIVER COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE$56,600
WABASH FRIENDS CHURCH$55,845
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 (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $302k → 12%DANIEL'S PLACE INC: $175k → 12%MANCHESTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $165k → 12%THE ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME: $160k → 12%ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME: $140k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $79k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $71k → 12%MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ASS: $68k → 12%DANIEL'S PLACE INC: $61k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $56k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $50k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $45k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $41k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $40k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $32k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $32k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $30k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $24k → 12%TIMBERCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $23k → 12%MANCHESTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $22k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $22k → 12%LEARN MORE CENTER: $21k → 12%MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ASS: $21k → 12%HOUSTING ACTION OF WABASH COUNTY: $20k → 12%MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ASS: $20k → 12%EDUCATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $17k → 12%MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ASS: $17k → 12%MANCHESTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $16k → 12%DANIEL'S PLACE INC: $10k → 12%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK IN WABASH: $10k → 12%EDUCATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $8k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS THRIFT STORE: $205k → 12%BABE OF WABASH COUNTY: $99k → 12%BABE OF WABASH COUNTY: $93k → 12%BABE OF WABASH COUNTY: $39k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS THRIFT STORE: $38k → 12%JOSIAH WHITE'S: $34k → 12%WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVIC: $33k → 12%WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVIC: $27k → 12%WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVIC: $15k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS THRIFT STORE: $15k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS THRIFT STORE: $15k → 12%BABE OF WABASH COUNTY: $13k → 12%WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVIC: $11k → 12%ARC OF WABASH COUNTY INC: $11k → 12%ARC OF WABASH COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%JOSIAH WHITE'S: $9k → 12%JOSIAH WHITE'S: $9k → 12%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 58 repeat orgs$967k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
29

Total granted

$14M
$842k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+21%

Still filing today

53%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WC
    WABASH COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +11%
  • TH
    THE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $938k · revenue +27%
  • 8H
    85 HOPE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $629k · revenue +224%

Funded once

  • 8F
    8020 FOUNDATION TRUST
    one grant, 2023 · $491k · revenue +21%
  • HL
    Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +21%
  • LC
    LAGRO CANAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $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.

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
Wabash Valley Recovery Center
Health
2
Wabash County Business Alliance Inc

Together, growing a prosperous wabash county.

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3
Wabash Marketplace Inc

The mission of wabash marketplace, inc. is to foster community and economic development of the historic district in downtown wabash, indiana through promotion, design, economic vitality, and historic preservation.

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4
Wabash County Farm Bureau

To improve the economic well being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family life

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5
Wasco Co Historical Museum
Arts & Culture
6
Wabash County Animal Shelter Inc

The animal shelter's mission is to rescue and shelter domestic pets that are sick, injured/abused, stray, or owner relinquished in order to restore the animals to happy healthy lives through permanent adoption.

Animals
7
Wabash General Hospital Foundation

To provide needed grants to wabash general hospital for the purpose of purchasing needed captial equipment and scholarship funding in healthcare related fields.

Health
8
Habitat for Humanity of Warrick County

Habitat for humanity of warrick county, inc. is a not-for-profit christian housing ministry that strives to elimate substandard housing by building in partnership with god and his people, decent, affordable homes in which people in warrick…

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9
Wells County Revitalization Inc

To promote, encourage and foster the improvement and revitalization of the business area and to work toward a total professional and lifestyle rejuvenation of wells county, indiana.

Community Improvement
10
Wabash County Fair Association

Provide exposition for 4-h youth

Human Services
11
Hamilton County Historical Society

To educate the public about the history of hamilton county, indiana and to preserve historic structures in hamlton county, indiana

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12
Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity

To construct, rehabilitate, sell and finance (0% interest) homes to families in the Wabash Valley, who would otherwise not be able to obtain home loans through conventional means.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wabash Street Level Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Manchester Historical Society. 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

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 94 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/56
Grantees still filing
41/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WABASH COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,872,415 · OtherWABASH COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INCWABASH FIRST UNITED METHODIST: $694,622 · OtherWABASH FIRST UNITED METHODISTNORTH MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $534,053 · OtherNORTH MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARYPEABODY HOME FOUNDATION INC: $487,812 · OtherPEABODY HOME FOUNDATION INCWabash City Schools: $367,455 · OtherPARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $340,437 · Other+51 more: $2,691,476 · Other+51 moreLEARN MORE CENTER INC: $618,024 · Human ServicesLEARN MORE CENTER …Manchester Comm Child Care Assn Inc: $328,618 · Human ServicesManchester Comm Ch…THE ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME INC: $305,500 · Human ServicesTHE ESTELLE PEABOD…WABASH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS INC: $271,958 · Human ServicesWABASH COUNTY LIGH…CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN HOME INC: $257,614 · Human ServicesCHURCH OF THE BRET…DANIELS PLACE INC: $245,881 · Human ServicesDANIELS PLACE INCBABE OF WABASH COUNTY INC: $244,505 · Human ServicesBABE OF WABASH COU…WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $139,107 · Human ServicesWHITE'S RESIDENTIA…+6 more: $120,546 · Human ServicesTHE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC: $937,557 · PhilanthropyTHE HONEYW…8020 FOUNDATION TRUST: $490,934 · Philanthropy8020 FOUND…WABASH RECOVERY SERVICES INC: $765,100 · HealthWABASH REC…85 HOPE INC: $628,529 · Health85 HOPE IN…+1 more: $7,900 · HealthWABASH COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC: $432,742 · Arts & CultureNORTH MANCHESTER CIVIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $199,847 · Arts & CultureHistoric Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLAGRO CANAL FOUNDATION INC: $29,285 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWABASH COUNTY BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $506,461 · Community Improvement+3 more: $43,250 · Community ImprovementMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $190,826 · EducationLAFONTAINE LEARNING CENTER INC: $157,875 · EducationDePauw University: $86,388 · EducationLAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC: $38,572 · EducationWESTMINSTER PRESCHOOL INC: $28,785 · EducationCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · Education+2 more: $14,276 · Education
Other$7,988,270Human Services$2,531,753Philanthropy$1,428,491Health$1,401,529Arts & Culture$741,874Community Improvement$549,711Education$534,722

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 budgetWABASH COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,872,415 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC: $937,557 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetWABASH RECOVERY SERVICES INC: $765,100 over 3y, 85% of budget85 HOPE INC: $628,529 over 8y, 17% of budgetLEARN MORE CENTER INC: $618,024 over 8y, 43% of budgetWABASH COUNTY BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $506,461 over 7y, 80% of budget8020 FOUNDATION TRUST: $490,934 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetPEABODY HOME FOUNDATION INC: $487,812 over 6y, 42% of budgetWABASH COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC: $432,742 over 8y, 48% of budgetPARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $340,437 over 8y, 17% of budgetManchester Comm Child Care Assn Inc: $328,618 over 7y, 19% of budgetTHE ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME INC: $305,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWABASH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS INC: $271,958 over 4y, 43% of budgetCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN HOME INC: $257,614 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDANIELS PLACE INC: $245,881 over 3y, 68% of budgetBABE OF WABASH COUNTY INC: $244,505 over 4y, 44% of budgetLIVING WELL IN WABASH COUNTY COA INC: $228,982 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetNORTH MANCHESTER CIVIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $199,847 over 8y, 36% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $190,826 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMANCHESTER FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES INC: $167,363 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetLAFONTAINE LEARNING CENTER INC: $157,875 over 3y, 19% of budgetWHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $139,107 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOaklawn Cemetery Association Inc: $120,296 over 8y, 25% of budgetDePauw University: $86,388 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Manchester Historical Society: $67,928 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetADVANTAGE HOUSING INC: $65,750 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetKOSCIUSKO COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL INC: $57,361 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetARC OF WABASH COUNTY INC: $51,557 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWABASH COUNTY UNITED FUND INC: $51,500 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetHistoric Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC: $38,572 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFISH OF WABASH INC: $34,286 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetFIELD OF DREAMS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetWESTMINSTER PRESCHOOL INC: $28,785 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEDUCATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION INC: $25,429 over 2y, 49% of budgetHousing Action of Wabash County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetSTOCKDALE MILL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWABASH COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC: $17,250 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNMMS INCORPORATED MANCHESTER MAIN STREET FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPATHFINDER SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $13,896 over 2y, 13% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWABASH VALLEY DANCE THEATER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWABASH STREET LEVEL MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE HOPE ACADEMY INC: $9,169 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMANCHESTER PROJECT INC: $7,900 over 1y, 12% of budgetKOSCIUSKO COUNTY SHELTER FOR ABUSE INC: $7,350 over 1y, 0.5% 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 WABASH COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WABASH RECOVERY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds 85 HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARN MORE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WABASH COUNTY BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds 8020 FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PEABODY HOME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WABASH COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Manchester Comm Child Care Assn Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ESTELLE PEABODY MEMORIAL HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WABASH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds DANIELS PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BABE OF WABASH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVING WELL IN WABASH COUNTY COA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH MANCHESTER CIVIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAFONTAINE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Oaklawn Cemetery Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds DePauw University ↗
  • Who funds North Manchester Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds ADVANTAGE HOUSING 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.

Ford Meter Box Foundation IncIN45.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ford Meter Box Foundation Inc · Wabash County United Fund Inc · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Dekko Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation 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 Community Foundation of Wabash County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Wabash County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 94 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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