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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 FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$198kReligion$134kCommunity Improvement$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$108kRecreation & Sports$104kEducation$83kEnvironment$68kPublic Benefit$63kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $289,337, the rows itemized in this filing. The $594,556 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $305,219 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 $10k13 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$8,830
Median grant
1
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REID HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
IMAGINE PERFORMING ARTS$15,000
HISTORIC ELMHURST$14,072
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$13,978
FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY VOICES INC$12,075
WHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD$11,237
WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION INC$10,510
FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY VOICES INC$10,000
HEART OF INDIANA UNITED WAY INC$10,000
FAYETTE COUNTY GOVERNMENTFAYETTE COUNTY CEMETERY COMMISSION$9,500
CONNERSVILLE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE$8,830
HOPE CENTER$8,500
ST GABRIEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL$8,499
FAYETTE COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT$7,600
EVERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED$7,208
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INTERLOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10k → 14%CONNECTION CAFE: $8k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $5k → 14%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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$954k · 20 repeat orgs$434k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
19

Total granted

$954k
$309k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

45%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • HC
    HISTORIC CONNERSVILLE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +17% · 56% of their budget
  • WA
    WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +0%
  • IA
    INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $56k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF CONNERSVILLE
    one grant, 2020 · $54k
  • FC
    FAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $46k · revenue +250%
  • MT
    MASONIC TEMPLE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -112% · 100% of their budget
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
Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide fire protection for the citizens of hebron, boone township, porter county, indiana

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Inter-County Volunteer Fire Dept

Community fire protection.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Weston Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Provide fire protection for local community

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4
New Martinsville Volunteer Fire Dept

To protect property and lives of our community.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Co

To provide firefighting services to residents of harrison township in bartholomew county, indiana.

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6
Laurel County Fire Department Inc

The organization operates a fire department for the residents of laurel county, kentucky.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Hopedale Volunteer Fire Department

Providing volunteer firefighting & emergency services

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Graysville & Community Vol Fire Dept

Providing rural fire protection services for the village of Graysville, OH and surrounding community

—
9
Western Wayne Ambulance Inc

To provide ambulance services

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Prairieville Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer fire dept

—
11
Eagleswood Fire Company No 1 Inc

Provide full fire protection and related emergency service primarily to the residents of eagleswood township.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Dow City-Arion Community Fire Dept

To serve the community with fire safety and emergency assistance

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of Indiana United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whitewater Valley Railroad Association Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 43 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF CONNERSVILLE: $105,000 · OtherCITY OF CONNERSVILLEHISTORIC CONNERSVILLE INC: $95,288 · OtherHISTORIC CONNERSVILLE INCFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $68,065 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $61,301 · OtherFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATIONHISTORIC ELMHURST INC: $60,756 · OtherHISTORIC ELMHURST INCCITY OF CONNERSVILLE: $53,864 · OtherCITY OF CONNERSVILLEALQUINA BLUE ARROWS PARK INC: $52,000 · OtherALQUINA BLUE ARROWS PARK INCIMAGINE PERFORMING ARTS: $50,725 · OtherIMAGINE PERFORMING ARTSFAYETTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: $49,011 · OtherFAYETTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTFAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY VOICES INC: $46,325 · Other+19 more: $274,155 · Other+19 moreREID HOSPITAL & HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthREID HOSPIT…HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER DBA HOPE CENTER: $24,500 · HealthHOPE PREGNA…NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $12,850 · HealthNEIGHBORHOO…WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION: $61,169 · EnvironmentWAWASEE A…INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $56,088 · EnvironmentINDIANA A…BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $39,899 · Public Safety & DisasterEVERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $38,958 · Public Safety & DisasterGLENWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $13,680 · Public Safety & DisasterFAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $45,756 · PhilanthropyHEART OF INDIANA UNITED WAY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION INC: $45,090 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTION CAFE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $5,033 · Human Services
Other$916,490Health$137,350Environment$117,257Public Safety & Disaster$92,537Philanthropy$55,756Arts & Culture$45,090Human Services$23,033

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREID HOSPITAL & HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHISTORIC CONNERSVILLE INC: $95,288 over 6y, 56% of budgetWAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION: $61,169 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetINDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $56,088 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $45,756 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION INC: $45,090 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $39,899 over 2y, 31% of budgetEVERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $38,958 over 3y, 12% of budgetHOPE PREGNANCY CENTER DBA HOPE CENTER: $24,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetMASONIC TEMPLE CORPORATION: $19,925 over 1y, 100% of budgetGLENWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $13,680 over 1y, 11% of budgetWHITEWATER COLLEGE PROGRAMS INC: $13,300 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $12,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF INDIANA UNITED WAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERLOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTION CAFE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKI PARTNERS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $5,033 over 1y, 0.0% 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 REID HOSPITAL & HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC CONNERSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BENTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER DBA HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MASONIC TEMPLE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITEWATER COLLEGE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF INDIANA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTION CAFE 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.

Reid Hospital & Healt…Lilly Endowment IncHeart of Indiana Unit…Duke Energy FoundationDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Reid Hospital & Health Care Services IncIN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Heart of Indiana United Way Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Fayette County Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fayette County Foundation 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Fayette County Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Fayette County Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 43 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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