Indiana · Private foundation
German American Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,730
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,731
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations German American Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 7 | $33k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $39k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $34k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $34k | 87% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $25k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $15k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubois County Humane Society | $14,891 | 3 | 2% |
| Community Food Bank | $11,578 | 3 | 3% |
| Community Chew Inc | $11,338 | 3 | n/a |
| Brothers for Veterans Inc | $10,474 | 2 | n/a |
| Crisis Connection Inc | $10,078 | 2 | 1% |
| Mentors for Youth of Dubois County | $9,911 | 2 | 4% |
| Indiana Special Olympics Inc | $9,730 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom Reins Therapeutic Riding Ce | $5,260 | 1 | 7% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Dubois County Inc | $5,078 | 1 | 2% |
| Dubois-Pike-Warrick Eoc Inc D/B/A Tri-Cap | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
German American Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: Dubois County Community Foundation · Tc Energy Foundation · Thomas L Habig Foundation Inc · The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Jjc Charitable Trust · C A Stenftenagel Family Foundation · Thomas W Seger and Cynthia J Seger Family Foundation Inc · TLGC Foundation · The Kimball International - Habig Foundation Inc · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc
How this is measured
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About German American Foundation
- How much does German American Foundation give?
- German American Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $37,842 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does German American Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Crime & Legal (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are German American Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dubois County Humane Society ($15k), Community Food Bank ($12k), Community Chew Inc ($11k).
- Does German American Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does German American Foundation 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 German American Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dubois County Community Foundation, Tc Energy Foundation, Thomas L Habig Foundation Inc.
- Where is German American Foundation based?
- German American Foundation is based in IN.
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