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Decatur County Community Foundation Inc
The foundation encourages, prudently manages and distributes charitable contributions to improve the quality of life of decatur county residents, now and in the future.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $682k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,712
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $104,315
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Decatur County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $682k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $292k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $281k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $225k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $305k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $147k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $130k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $254k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speranza Inc | $151,677 | 3 | 16% |
| Community Healthcare of Decatur County Inc | $139,315 | 3 | 88% |
| Greensburg Decatur County Animal Shelter | $138,068 | 6 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic Church Greensburg Inc | $125,887 | 5 | n/a |
| Greensburg Community Schools | $122,471 | 5 | n/a |
| Decatur Shelby County YMCA Inc | $110,235 | 3 | 2% |
| Decatur County Community Schools | $108,462 | 6 | n/a |
| Greensburg Community Bread of Life Inc | $102,712 | 5 | 4% |
| Girls Incorporated of Shelbyville Shelby County | $71,938 | 6 | 2% |
| One Community One Family Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 83 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speranza Inc | $151,677 | 3 | 16% |
| Community Healthcare of Decatur County Inc | $139,315 | 3 | 88% |
| Greensburg Decatur County Animal Shelter | $138,068 | 6 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic Church Greensburg Inc | $125,887 | 5 | n/a |
| Greensburg Community Schools | $122,471 | 5 | n/a |
| Decatur Shelby County YMCA Inc | $110,235 | 3 | 2% |
| Decatur County Community Schools | $108,462 | 6 | n/a |
| Greensburg Community Bread of Life Inc | $102,712 | 5 | 4% |
| Girls Incorporated of Shelbyville Shelby County | $71,938 | 6 | 2% |
| One Community One Family Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Marion Township Volunteer Fire Dept | $59,377 | 6 | 11% |
| The Ark of Decatur County Inc | $45,296 | 3 | 18% |
| Lifeline Weleyan Church Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Westport Christian Church | $38,937 | 3 | n/a |
| Adams Twp Volunteer Fire Dept | $36,289 | 4 | 29% |
| Lifetime Resources Inc | $34,916 | 3 | 0% |
| Carousel Play & Learn Center Inc | $34,100 | 3 | 2% |
| Letts Community Volunteer Fire Dept | $31,691 | 3 | 1% |
| New Directions of Decatur County Inc | $26,085 | 2 | 7% |
| Fair Board of Decatur County Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Covenant Resources Miscarriage Ministry Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Decatur County Council on Aging and Aged Incorporated | $24,624 | 3 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $24,471 | 2 | n/a |
| Developmental Services Inc | $24,204 | 3 | 0% |
| St Paul Volunteer Fire Department | $23,647 | 2 | 30% |
| Project Home Life Dba Lakeview Wellness | $22,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Clarksburg Community Volunteer Fire Dept | $21,730 | 2 | 11% |
| Decatur County 4 Kids Prevent Child Abuse Council Inc | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Decatur County Memorial Hospital | $20,520 | 3 | n/a |
| Decatur County Firemens Assn | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Horizons Rehabilitation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree County Players Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Heritage Bible Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $19,191 | 2 | 5% |
| Sardinia Baptist Church | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensburg Fire Department | $18,814 | 2 | n/a |
| Dsi Diversified Solutions Inc | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Wesleyan Church Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burney Baptist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saltcreek Township Trustee | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westport Area Community Building | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Decatur Elementary School PTO | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Closet of Decatur County | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeastern Baptist Youth Camp | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensburg Youth Football Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A41 Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Westport Police Department | $14,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Westport In | $14,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Discovery Factory | $14,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Heart of the Tree City Inc | $14,430 | 1 | 13% |
| Hickory Creek Healthcare Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur County United Fund Inc | $13,988 | 2 | 2% |
| Historical Society of Decatur County | $13,469 | 2 | 15% |
| Decatur County Tiger Shark Swim Team | $13,350 | 1 | n/a |
| South Decatur Choir | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Villages of Indiana Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Point Comm Vol Fire Department Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Big Brothers Big Siters of Decatur County | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Southeastern Indiana | $11,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Champions of Youth Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Mary's Catholic School | $10,769 | 1 | n/a |
| Centerstone of Indiana Inc | $10,760 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensburg Decatur County Public Library | $10,741 | 2 | n/a |
| Animal Outreach of Shelby County | $10,401 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Paul Volunteer Fire Department | $10,391 | 1 | n/a |
| Wesleyan Church Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts & Cultural Council of Dec County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Decatur County Marching Band | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Decatur County Kids Closet | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Valley Resources Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| More Than a Phone Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youth to Yellowstone Inc | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensburg Community High School | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carousel Plan and Learn Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensburg United Methodist Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 812now Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sand Lake Baptist Church | $7,500 | 1 | 12% |
| So Loved Ripley County Foster Closet | $6,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Decatur County 4-H Council | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke Energy Helping Hands | $5,295 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Decatur County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Decatur County United Fund Inc · Centra Foundation Inc · First Financial Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County Inc · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Round Room Gives Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Decatur County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Decatur County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Decatur County Community Foundation Inc reported 26 itemized grants totaling $681,676, out of $2,530,617 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Decatur County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), Education (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
- Who are Decatur County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Speranza Inc ($152k), Community Healthcare of Decatur County Inc ($139k), Greensburg Decatur County Animal Shelter ($138k).
- Does Decatur County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Decatur County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Decatur County United Fund Inc, Centra Foundation Inc, First Financial Foundation.
- Where is Decatur County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Decatur County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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