Indiana · Public charity
Fayette County Foundation Inc
To inspire a spirit of philanthropy in fayette county by enhancing the quality of life through impactful grantmaking, strategic endowment building, and community leadership.
- $595k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $289k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,830
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Fayette County Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 18 | $289k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $207k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $235k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $288k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $152k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $216k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Connersville | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Historic Connersville Inc | $95,288 | 6 | 56% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $68,065 | 5 | n/a |
| Fayette County School Corporation | $61,301 | 5 | n/a |
| Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation | $61,169 | 6 | 1% |
| Historic Elmhurst Inc | $60,756 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana Audubon Society | $56,088 | 6 | 5% |
| City of Connersville | $53,864 | 1 | n/a |
| Alquina Blue Arrows Park Inc | $52,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Connersville | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Historic Connersville Inc | $95,288 | 6 | 56% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $68,065 | 5 | n/a |
| Fayette County School Corporation | $61,301 | 5 | n/a |
| Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation | $61,169 | 6 | 1% |
| Historic Elmhurst Inc | $60,756 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana Audubon Society | $56,088 | 6 | 5% |
| City of Connersville | $53,864 | 1 | n/a |
| Alquina Blue Arrows Park Inc | $52,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Imagine Performing Arts | $50,725 | 3 | n/a |
| Fayette County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | $49,011 | 3 | n/a |
| Fayette County Community Voices Inc | $46,325 | 3 | n/a |
| Fayette County Foundation Inc | $45,756 | 1 | 6% |
| Whitewater Valley Railroad Association Inc | $45,090 | 5 | 1% |
| Bentonville Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $39,899 | 2 | 31% |
| Everton Volunteer Fire Department | $38,958 | 3 | 12% |
| St Gabriel Catholic Church Connersville Inc | $30,413 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Christian Church | $29,228 | 5 | n/a |
| Hope Pregnancy Center Dba Hope Center | $24,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Masonic Temple Corporation | $19,925 | 1 | 100% |
| Free & Accepted Masons of Indiana | $19,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Discover Connersville | $16,418 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shelter Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Higher Praise Worship Center | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Christian Church | $14,175 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $13,680 | 1 | 11% |
| Whitewater College Programs Inc | $13,300 | 1 | 7% |
| Neighborhood Health Center Inc | $12,850 | 2 | 0% |
| Connersville Band Boosters | $11,257 | 2 | n/a |
| Heart of Indiana United Way Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Waters Assembly of God Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interlocal Community Action Program Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connersville Youth Football League | $8,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Connection Cafe Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Junior Achievement of Oki Partners | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Bureau Inc | $5,033 | 1 | 0% |
| America Press Inc | $5,010 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fayette County Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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.
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How this is measured
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About Fayette County Foundation Inc
- How much does Fayette County Foundation Inc give?
- Fayette County Foundation Inc reported 22 itemized grants totaling $289,337, out of $594,556 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Fayette County Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (12%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are Fayette County Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: City of Connersville ($105k), Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Foundation Inc ($100k), Historic Connersville Inc ($95k).
- Does Fayette County Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fayette County Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc, Heart of Indiana United Way Inc.
- Where is Fayette County Foundation Inc based?
- Fayette County Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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