Indiana · Community foundation
Franklin County Community Foundation Inc
To nurture and facilitate a spirit of giving and giving back for the betterment of franklin county.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $801k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $240,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Franklin County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 23 | $801k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $209k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $619k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $597k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $272k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $64k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $103k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $46k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Canal Trail | $875,486 | 9 | 77% |
| Town of Brookville | $325,033 | 6 | n/a |
| Main Street Brookville Main Street Brookville | $314,696 | 9 | 44% |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $250,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Franklin County Arts Council Inc | $214,757 | 6 | 93% |
| Franklin County Community School Co | $196,894 | 6 | n/a |
| Avian Research and Education Institute | $49,570 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $43,839 | 7 | n/a |
| Franklin County Girls Softball Organization | $35,300 | 2 | n/a |
| River Valley Resources Inc | $33,750 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Canal Trail | $875,486 | 9 | 77% |
| Town of Brookville | $325,033 | 6 | n/a |
| Main Street Brookville Main Street Brookville | $314,696 | 9 | 44% |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $250,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Franklin County Arts Council Inc | $214,757 | 6 | 93% |
| Franklin County Community School Co | $196,894 | 6 | n/a |
| Avian Research and Education Institute | $49,570 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $43,839 | 7 | n/a |
| Franklin County Girls Softball Organization | $35,300 | 2 | n/a |
| River Valley Resources Inc | $33,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Franklin County | $32,656 | 2 | n/a |
| Miami University | $28,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Metamora Volunteer Fire Department | $25,454 | 4 | 14% |
| Crossway Community Church | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Franklin County Historical Society Inc | $19,760 | 2 | n/a |
| Drewersburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $18,999 | 1 | 23% |
| Franklin County 4h Association | $18,018 | 3 | 2% |
| National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Third Place News Dba Whitewater Publications | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Carmel Cemetery | $13,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Rc Activities Inc | $13,209 | 1 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Batesville Comm School Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Point Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sisters of St Francis | $9,410 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mercies Community Services Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Co Senior Citizens Service | $8,350 | 1 | 1% |
| Franklin County Public Library District | $7,848 | 1 | n/a |
| Ball State University | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| St Michael Catholic Church | $7,645 | 2 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $7,012 | 1 | 0% |
| Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin County Junior Soccer League Inc | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Brookville Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc | $5,320 | 2 | n/a |
| Franklin County Community School Corp | $5,281 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Cedar Cemetery Association | $5,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Whitewater Canal Byway Association Inc | $5,003 | 1 | 9% |
| Food & Growers Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Franklin County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: Brookville Foundation · Ripley County Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Franklin County Community Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Franklin County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Franklin County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Franklin County Community Foundation Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $800,792, out of $1,049,193 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Franklin County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Community Improvement (15%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Franklin County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Whitewater Canal Trail ($875k), Town of Brookville ($325k), Main Street Brookville Main Street Brookville ($315k).
- Does Franklin County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Franklin County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brookville Foundation, Ripley County Community Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Franklin County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Franklin County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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