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Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc
The community foundation of dekalb county promotes community philanthropy by offering local citizens the opportunity to create a charitable legacy that will sustain and improve life in our county.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,244
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,220,761
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $29M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $1.6M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $445k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $404k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $391k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $420k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $389k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $381k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $228k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Auburn | $1,425,870 | 3 | n/a |
| Dekalb Humane Society Inc | $284,847 | 7 | 21% |
| Dekalb County Outdoor Theater Inc | $210,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Auburn Automotive Heritage Inc | $204,742 | 8 | 2% |
| Auburn Presbyterian Church | $199,326 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Eckhart Public Library Incorporated | $186,845 | 3 | n/a |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $140,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Garrett Community Center | $95,639 | 8 | 2% |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $91,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Southbend United Methodist Church | $90,112 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 65 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: United Way of Dekalb County Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Olive B Cole Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Dekko Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Peoples Charitable Foundation Inc · Noble County Community Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc reported 26 itemized grants totaling $1,594,303, out of $2,081,923 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (29%), Arts & Culture (13%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Auburn ($1.4M), Dekalb Humane Society Inc ($285k), Dekalb County Outdoor Theater Inc ($211k).
- Does Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Dekalb County Inc, The James Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
- Where is Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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