Indiana · Community foundation
Greater Lafayette Community Foundation
The mission of the community foundation of greater lafayette is to inspire, nuture, and practice philanthropy, stewardship, and leadership in the communities we serve.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 71
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,987
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $217,825
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 71
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $103M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Greater Lafayette Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $302k 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 | 85 | $3.1M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 71 | $2.5M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $2.0M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $1.7M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 57 | $1.5M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $1.2M | 34% |
| FY2017 | 43 | $882k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe County Park and Recreation Foundation Inc | $1,088,385 | 8 | 88% |
| United Way of Greater Lafayette | $673,396 | 8 | 2% |
| Long Center | $540,808 | 8 | n/a |
| Tippecanoe County Child Care Inc | $502,399 | 8 | 2% |
| Wabash Center Inc | $487,030 | 8 | 0% |
| Robert & Ellen Haan Museum of Indiana Art Inc | $450,054 | 8 | 38% |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Greater Lafayette | $419,103 | 8 | 4% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Lafayette | $398,139 | 8 | 2% |
| Purdue International Inc | $364,957 | 6 | 35% |
| Tippecanoe County Historical Association | $353,906 | 8 | 11% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Greater Lafayette Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 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: United Way of Greater Lafayette · North Central Health Services Inc · Sia Foundation Inc · Alfred J McAllister and Dorothy N McAllister Foundation · James K and Mary Jo Risk Family Foundation Inc · Arconic Foundation · Indiana University Health Arnett Inc · The Scheumann Foundation Inc · The Arts Federation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Coffin Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Greater Lafayette Community Foundation
- How much does Greater Lafayette Community Foundation give?
- Greater Lafayette Community Foundation reported 88 itemized grants totaling $3,063,656, out of $3,763,829 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 71 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Greater Lafayette Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (15%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Greater Lafayette Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tippecanoe County Park and Recreation Foundation Inc ($1.1M), United Way of Greater Lafayette ($673k), Long Center ($541k).
- Does Greater Lafayette Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Lafayette Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Lafayette, North Central Health Services Inc, Sia Foundation Inc.
- Where is Greater Lafayette Community Foundation based?
- Greater Lafayette Community Foundation is based in IN.
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