Indiana · Private foundation
Foster Orben Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $136k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $864k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Foster Orben Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 9 | $136k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $62k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $88k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | $73,698 | 4 | n/a |
| Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Turning Point Inc | $30,100 | 2 | 3% |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mill Race Center Inc | $5,900 | 3 | 0% |
| La Soupe Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Advocates for Children Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morristown-Beard School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foster Orben Charitable Trust 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: Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation · Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer · United Way of Bartholomew County Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Foster Orben Charitable Trust
- How much does Foster Orben Charitable Trust give?
- Foster Orben Charitable Trust reported 9 grants totaling $136,484 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Foster Orben Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (46%), Religion (20%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Foster Orben Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: First Presbyterian Church ($74k), Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ($68k), Turning Point Inc ($30k).
- Does Foster Orben Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foster Orben Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foster Orben Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation, Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer, United Way of Bartholomew County Inc.
- Where is Foster Orben Charitable Trust based?
- Foster Orben Charitable Trust is based in IN.
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