Indiana · Community foundation
Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc
The mission of the community foundation: bring caring people and charitable endeavors together, to inspire generosity and strengthen communities. We do this by: 1) serving as the vehicle for donors' charitable dreams, 2) awarding grants to charitable projects and organizations, 3) addressing community needs as a catalyst and convener.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 112
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 127
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,385
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,504,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 92 to 127
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $103M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $996k 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 | 103 | $5.4M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 127 | $5.5M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 115 | $3.5M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 102 | $2.8M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 108 | $5.2M | 16% |
| FY2020 | 109 | $2.2M | 28% |
| FY2019 | 96 | $2.1M | 21% |
| FY2018 | 92 | $1.6M | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciusko Development Land Trust Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $1,751,397 | 3 | 91% |
| Intend Indiana Inc | $1,504,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $1,200,909 | 6 | 48% |
| Warsaw Community Church Inc | $952,780 | 9 | n/a |
| Humanity and Hope United Foundation Inc | $940,018 | 9 | 20% |
| Fellowship Missions Inc | $847,724 | 9 | 21% |
| 2nd Mile Missions | $740,490 | 9 | 19% |
| Grace Schools | $594,922 | 9 | 1% |
| Oakwood Foundation Inc | $579,971 | 9 | 68% |
Show all 242 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciusko Development Land Trust Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $1,751,397 | 3 | 91% |
| Intend Indiana Inc | $1,504,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $1,200,909 | 6 | 48% |
| Warsaw Community Church Inc | $952,780 | 9 | n/a |
| Humanity and Hope United Foundation Inc | $940,018 | 9 | 20% |
| Fellowship Missions Inc | $847,724 | 9 | 21% |
| 2nd Mile Missions | $740,490 | 9 | 19% |
| Grace Schools | $594,922 | 9 | 1% |
| Oakwood Foundation Inc | $579,971 | 9 | 68% |
| Baker Youth Club | $577,823 | 9 | 14% |
| Community Action of Northeast Indiana Inc | $569,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Kosciusko Community YMCA Inc | $539,089 | 9 | 6% |
| Akron Church of God | $470,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Cardinal Services Inc of Indiana | $460,130 | 9 | 1% |
| James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association | $407,419 | 9 | 0% |
| School City of Warsaw | $396,856 | 8 | n/a |
| Diocese of Ft Wayne South Bend Inc | $366,246 | 9 | n/a |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $362,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation | $361,691 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Warsaw | $359,174 | 9 | n/a |
| Lakeland Christian Academy Association Inc | $348,157 | 9 | 3% |
| Joe's Kids Inc | $343,187 | 8 | 5% |
| Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice Inc | $331,261 | 7 | 5% |
| Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church | $330,820 | 8 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $300,735 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasant View Bible Church | $274,841 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Disciples | $270,000 | 8 | 1% |
| North Webster Community Center Inc | $262,617 | 3 | 25% |
| Wawasee Community School Corp | $262,445 | 8 | n/a |
| Animal Welfare League | $259,324 | 9 | 7% |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $249,828 | 9 | n/a |
| Wagon Wheel Theatre Inc | $249,752 | 9 | 6% |
| Seelyville United Methodist Church | $225,551 | 1 | n/a |
| Kosciusko County Council on Aging and Aged Inc | $203,002 | 8 | 13% |
| Michiana Area Council of Government | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of Christ Etna Green | $193,184 | 8 | n/a |
| Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce | $192,484 | 5 | 11% |
| Heartline Pregnancy Center Inc | $179,828 | 9 | 9% |
| Combined Community Services | $175,985 | 9 | 4% |
| Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home Inc | $175,444 | 2 | 0% |
| City Church for All Nations Inc | $175,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Club 720 Development Corporation | $159,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Kosciusko Development Inc | $157,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation | $155,263 | 9 | 3% |
| Ball State University Foundation Inc | $150,368 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa of Kosciusko County Inc | $146,274 | 8 | 7% |
| Purdue Research Foundation | $140,729 | 7 | 0% |
| Operation Read Inc | $140,004 | 8 | 25% |
| Kosciusko County Shelter for Abuse Inc | $134,910 | 8 | 2% |
| World Compassion Network Inc | $126,995 | 8 | 5% |
| Heart Soul Mind Strength Inc | $126,000 | 3 | 74% |
| Saint Anne's Church | $125,736 | 9 | n/a |
| Hoosiers for Good Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Northern in Inc | $119,856 | 9 | 0% |
| Turning Point Inc | $117,110 | 7 | 6% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $115,000 | 5 | n/a |
| A Capstone Free Methodist Church I | $109,473 | 8 | n/a |
| Lost Sparrows Inc | $102,105 | 5 | 13% |
| United Way of Kosciusko County Inc | $101,655 | 9 | 2% |
| Town of Leesburg | $101,053 | 9 | n/a |
| Kosciusko Workforce Housing Corporation | $100,100 | 2 | 75% |
| Leesburg Volunteer Fire Dept | $96,053 | 9 | n/a |
| Anthony Wayne Area Council Inc | $95,379 | 9 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana Inc | $93,538 | 8 | 0% |
| Emit USA Inc | $92,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Grace Village Healthcare Facility Inc | $91,907 | 9 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $91,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | $89,863 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Grace Brethren Church Inc | $88,377 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Hope Inc | $88,150 | 9 | 2% |
| Boomerang Backpacks Inc | $86,607 | 7 | 5% |
| Destiny Rescue USA Inc | $82,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lakeland Youth Inc Lakeland Youth Center | $81,125 | 7 | 4% |
| Healthy Community Coalition of Kosciusko County Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc | $79,138 | 5 | 0% |
| Little Lambs Preschool Daycare Ministry Inc | $79,128 | 7 | 5% |
| Town of Winona Lake | $78,348 | 4 | n/a |
| Acts Allowing Christ to Shine Inc | $77,500 | 7 | 8% |
| Our Father's House Inc | $74,100 | 7 | 9% |
| Bell Memorial Public Library | $72,374 | 6 | n/a |
| Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministrie | $71,700 | 6 | 15% |
| Animo Inc | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Water for Good | $68,817 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of North Webster | $68,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc | $67,687 | 6 | 0% |
| Headwaters Ministry Inc | $67,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation I | $66,932 | 5 | 17% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $66,799 | 6 | 0% |
| Etna Green United Methodist Church | $66,201 | 9 | n/a |
| Atwood Aldersgate United Methodist | $66,201 | 9 | n/a |
| All Things New Inc | $60,715 | 4 | 8% |
| Lawrence D Bell Aircraft Museum Inc | $60,180 | 9 | n/a |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Limitless Ministries Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 62% |
| Whitley County Consolidated Schools | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leesburg United Methodist Church | $59,881 | 9 | n/a |
| Orthoworx Inc | $59,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church | $58,847 | 4 | n/a |
| Co Mollenhour Conservation Camp | $58,460 | 8 | 15% |
| Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc | $58,441 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $58,131 | 9 | 0% |
| Whitko Community School | $57,417 | 2 | n/a |
| Tippecanoe Environmental Lake & Watershed Foundation | $54,618 | 5 | 4% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $54,340 | 6 | n/a |
| Kosciusko Leadership Academy Inc | $51,558 | 4 | 91% |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Atwood Community Building Inc | $50,247 | 6 | n/a |
| La Casa de la Paz Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 34% |
| Sanibel Community Church | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kosciusko County Historical Society | $49,213 | 6 | 13% |
| Rose Garden Recovery Community Inc | $46,980 | 4 | 11% |
| North Webster Daycare Center Inc | $46,950 | 3 | 6% |
| Warsaw First United Methodist Church | $45,473 | 7 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Mentone | $44,776 | 5 | n/a |
| Marian University | $44,492 | 4 | 0% |
| North Webster Community Public Libr | $43,973 | 1 | n/a |
| Atwood Otterbein Church | $43,129 | 6 | n/a |
| Agaitas Inc | $42,950 | 4 | 12% |
| Kosciusko County Sheriff's Dept | $41,251 | 2 | n/a |
| Magical Meadows Inc | $40,549 | 3 | 10% |
| Indiana Association for Community Economic Development Inc | $40,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Kcv Cycling Club Inc | $40,449 | 4 | 13% |
| Tree of Life Christian Academy | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center of Kosciusko Co Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 75% |
| Friends of Hope Africa University Incorporated | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Early Childhood Alliance Inc | $38,906 | 3 | 0% |
| Right to Life of North Central Indiana Education Trust Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Honeywell Foundation Inc | $36,808 | 6 | 0% |
| Real Services Inc | $36,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Serenity House Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City Gate Ministries | $36,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Treasurer of Kosciusko County | $34,665 | 4 | n/a |
| Volunteer Fire Department of Seymou | $32,297 | 3 | 1% |
| Health First Inc | $31,645 | 3 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake City BMX | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nehemiah Vision Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| World Gospel Mission | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Raise the Dough Inc | $29,869 | 3 | 10% |
| Camp Alexander Mack Inc | $29,595 | 3 | 1% |
| Child and Parent Services Inc | $29,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ancilla Domini College | $29,308 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $27,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowen Health Inc | $27,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Housing for Hope | $27,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry Inc | $27,200 | 3 | 1% |
| C E National Inc | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Etna Green Museum | $25,038 | 1 | n/a |
| Milford Public Library | $24,960 | 4 | n/a |
| Mentone United Methodist Church | $24,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Lifetouch Ministries Inc | $23,578 | 3 | 3% |
| Heroes Foundation Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Franklin College of Indiana | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City County Athletic Complex Inc | $21,822 | 3 | 3% |
| Winona Lake Volunteer Fire Dept | $21,492 | 2 | n/a |
| South Whitley Police Department | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mennonite Central Committee U S | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sign Fracture Care International | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kosciusko County Educational Development Inc | $19,880 | 1 | 25% |
| Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Town of Etna Green | $18,971 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Milford | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Mentone | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc | $18,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Grace Trust Inc Dba Encompass World Partners | $17,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Warsaw Little League Inc | $16,364 | 2 | 8% |
| Onmission Partners | $16,250 | 2 | 4% |
| Food Bank of Northern Indiana Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Warsaw Education Foundation Inc | $15,544 | 2 | n/a |
| Mentone Fire Department Inc | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Milford Food Bank Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Warsaw Biblical Gardens Inc | $15,410 | 3 | 48% |
| Lake City Skiers Inc | $14,350 | 2 | 7% |
| ACRES Inc | $14,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Mentone Youth League Inc | $13,750 | 2 | 17% |
| New Beginnings Preschool and Child Care Inc | $13,532 | 1 | 4% |
| Ryans Place Inc | $13,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Claypool Volunteer Fire Department | $12,680 | 2 | n/a |
| Syracuse Parks & Recreation Dept | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Classic Arts Programs Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Catherine Peachey Fund Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Young Tiger Football Inc | $12,439 | 2 | 12% |
| Center for Whitley County Youth Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kosciusko County 4-H Council Inc | $11,650 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Pierceton | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Spoonful Studio Inc | $11,075 | 1 | 26% |
| Harvest With a Heart | $11,051 | 2 | 2% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Science Central Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Butler University | $10,715 | 2 | 0% |
| B2theworld Inc | $10,610 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rose Home Inc | $10,600 | 2 | 4% |
| Center Lake Conservation Association Inc Co Cassandra Stewart | $10,500 | 1 | 27% |
| Winona Lake Preservation Association Inc | $10,100 | 1 | 44% |
| Town of Claypool | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Damascus Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Beginning Resources Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| True Purpose Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Leadership Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milford Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Heart of the Bride Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ripe for Harvest World Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Growth Analysis and Learning Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Unlimited Potential Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Earth Outreach Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Atwood Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $9,451 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University Health Foundation Inc | $9,122 | 1 | 0% |
| Kate's Kart Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Manchester University Inc | $7,896 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Indiana Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Core Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace Christian Educational Association | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Sidney | $7,427 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $7,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Southbend United Methodist Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 2nd Mile Adventures Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lakeland Community Services Inc | $6,727 | 1 | 3% |
| La Casa de Amistad Inc | $6,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $6,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Parents Succeeding Inc | $6,432 | 1 | 9% |
| Impact Middle East Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pleasant Grove United Methodist | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Warsaw Cooperative Pre- School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Bridge to Hope | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Honor Flight Northeast Indiana Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Music for Purpose | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| P4c Paddle Club Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cure Jm Foundation | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Syracuse Food Pantry Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Kosciusko County Teen Court Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| World Missionary Press Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pathway Church | $5,481 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope Pet Rescue Inc | $5,465 | 1 | 11% |
| Kosciusko Soil and Water Conservation | $5,433 | 1 | n/a |
| Blessed Hope Baptist Church | $5,311 | 1 | n/a |
| Seward Townshipburket Fire Departm | $5,159 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Lutherwood Association | $5,118 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 148 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: Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation Inc Aka K21 Health Foundation · Dekko Foundation Inc · The Dr Dane & Mary Louise Miller Foundation Inc · United Way of Kosciusko County Inc · Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Hand Family Foundation Inc · Zimmer Biomet Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Terry L and Sandra K Tucker Family Foundation Trust · Whitley County Community Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc
How this is measured
Compare Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc reported 112 itemized grants totaling $5,434,289, out of $7,113,441 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 92 and 127 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Religion (14%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kosciusko Development Land Trust Inc ($2.0M), Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc ($1.8M), Intend Indiana Inc ($1.5M).
- Does Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation Inc Aka K21 Health Foundation, Dekko Foundation Inc, The Dr Dane & Mary Louise Miller Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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