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Lagrange County Community Foundation
The mission of the LAGRANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to inspire and sustain generosity, leadership and service. We connect donors to charitable causes, award grants and scholarships, and support community initiatives to enhance the quality of life in lagrange county.
- $739k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $440k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $94,987
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Lagrange County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 | 17 | $440k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $703k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $844k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $322k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $166k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $176k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $299k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $394k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westview Warrior Youth Baseball Inc | $1,039,987 | 3 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Auditor | $480,184 | 9 | n/a |
| The Howe School | $329,459 | 3 | 6% |
| Lagrange County Council on Aging Inc | $148,723 | 6 | 6% |
| Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center Inc | $139,870 | 7 | 14% |
| Mennonite-Anabaptist Information Center Inc | $121,404 | 9 | 18% |
| Junior Achievement of Northern in Inc | $91,396 | 8 | 1% |
| River Oaks Community Church of Elkhart Inc | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howe Military School Alumni Association Inc | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Hope Inc | $78,193 | 3 | 28% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westview Warrior Youth Baseball Inc | $1,039,987 | 3 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Auditor | $480,184 | 9 | n/a |
| The Howe School | $329,459 | 3 | 6% |
| Lagrange County Council on Aging Inc | $148,723 | 6 | 6% |
| Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center Inc | $139,870 | 7 | 14% |
| Mennonite-Anabaptist Information Center Inc | $121,404 | 9 | 18% |
| Junior Achievement of Northern in Inc | $91,396 | 8 | 1% |
| River Oaks Community Church of Elkhart Inc | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howe Military School Alumni Association Inc | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Hope Inc | $78,193 | 3 | 28% |
| Community Health Clinic Inc | $78,123 | 3 | 0% |
| The Farm Place Inc | $70,916 | 3 | 32% |
| Lagrange County Trails Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 84% |
| Clothes & Food Basket of Lagrange County Inc | $59,965 | 6 | 14% |
| Shore Church Inc | $54,843 | 3 | n/a |
| Stroh Volunteer Fire Dept | $48,458 | 3 | 15% |
| Ark Animal Rescue & Adoption | $45,700 | 2 | 4% |
| Lagrange Communities Youth Centers | $45,095 | 2 | 22% |
| Lagrange County 4h Club Association Inc | $35,236 | 3 | 11% |
| Spa Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lakeland School Corporation | $33,829 | 2 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Economic Development Corporation | $33,118 | 2 | 6% |
| Agape Missions of Lagrange County Inc | $28,460 | 4 | n/a |
| Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana Inc | $26,603 | 3 | 1% |
| Boomerang Backpacks Inc | $26,500 | 3 | 3% |
| District 9 - 2 | $25,330 | 1 | n/a |
| St Martins Healthcare Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Berean Community Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arc Opportunities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lagrange County Soil & Water | $19,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Arts Inc | $18,473 | 1 | n/a |
| Lagrange Baseball and Softball League Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Crisis Pregnancy Center of Northeast Indiana Inc | $16,221 | 2 | 7% |
| Coffee & Cream of South Milford Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stroh Church of Christ Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lima Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowen Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wnit | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lagrange Co Habitat for Humanity | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carpenter House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Improvement League of South Milford Ind | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westview School Corporation | $9,143 | 1 | n/a |
| Scott United Methodist Church | $8,947 | 1 | n/a |
| Lagrange County Public Library | $6,671 | 1 | n/a |
| Lagrange First Church of God | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cole Center Family YMCA | $6,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Reason 4 Hope Inc | $6,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern Center Inc | $6,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Mongo Community Development Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Science Central Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brethren Retreat Ministries Inc | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lagrange County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 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: Dekko Foundation Inc · Crossroads United Way Inc · Steuben County Community Foundation · Noble County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Dekalb County Inc · Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc · Olive B Cole Foundation Inc · Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc
How this is measured
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About Lagrange County Community Foundation
- How much does Lagrange County Community Foundation give?
- Lagrange County Community Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $439,889, out of $738,928 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lagrange County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Education (12%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Lagrange County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Westview Warrior Youth Baseball Inc ($1.0M), Lagrange County Auditor ($480k), The Howe School ($329k).
- Does Lagrange County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lagrange County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dekko Foundation Inc, Crossroads United Way Inc, Steuben County Community Foundation.
- Where is Lagrange County Community Foundation based?
- Lagrange County Community Foundation is based in IN.
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