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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.

$739k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$1.2MEducation$437kHuman Services$351kReligion$346kPublic Benefit$333kHealth$241kFood & Nutrition$174kYouth Development$156kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $439,889, the rows itemized in this filing. The $738,928 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $299,039 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $331k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTVIEW WARRIOR YOUTH BASEBALL$94,987
LAGRANGE COUNTY AUDITOR$42,919
ARK ANIMAL RESCUE & ADOPTION INC$35,700
LAGRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$33,000
LAGRANGE COUNTY HOPE$29,752
LAKELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION$28,297
LAGRANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS$27,000
LAGRANGE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOP$25,000
HOWE MILITARY SCHOOL ALUMNI$20,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC$17,500
YOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN IN$13,335
MENNO-HOF$12,922
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT LAGRANGE COUNTY$12,854
CLOTHES & FOOD BASKET OF LAGRANGE$11,500
STROH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$10,901
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $218k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COLE CENTER FAMILY YMCA: $6k → 10%BOOMERANG BACKPACKS: $11k → 12%BOOMERANG BACKPACKS: $8k → 12%SPA WOMEN'S MINISTRY HOMES: $25k → 13%BOOMERANG BACKPACKS: $8k → 12%SPA WOMEN'S MINISTRY HOMES: $10k → 13%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION: $31k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION: $24k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERV CENTER: $22k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION: $20k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERV CENTER: $18k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION: $18k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 8%ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 27 repeat orgs$412k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
27

Total granted

$3.2M
$406k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+21%

Still filing today

74%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LC
    LAGRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $149k · revenue +69%
  • EH
    ELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +46%
  • MI
    MENNONITE-ANABAPTIST INFORMATION CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $121k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • RO
    RIVER OAKS COMMUNITY CHURCH OF ELKHART INC
    one grant, 2022 · $90k
  • D9
    DISTRICT 9 - 2
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • SM
    ST MARTINS HEALTHCARE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pregnancy Care Center of Lagrange Inc

Pregnancy care center of lagrange is a christ-centered ministry providing medical and educational services to those facing unplanned pregnancies, encouraging sexual integrity, and empowering individuals to make life affirming choices.

Health
2
Lagrange Troup County Homeless Coalition Inc

The lagrange-troup county homeless coalition's mission is that no homeless person or at-risk individual or family shall be without proper services when needing assistance.

Housing & Shelter
3
Lane Community Health Council

The lane community health council strives to be in service to the vision of better health, better care, and better value in lane county.

Health
4
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center

Advocacy and care of physically and sexually abused children in lasalle county. we work with the court system in determining the best placement for children.

Crime & Legal
5
Lawrence Interfaith Endeavor Inc

The purpose of the organization is to provide life needs to persons of lawrence county, indiana.

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6
Lawrence County Association for Responsible Care

To advocate for and provide quality services to people with developmental disabilities and ensure their health, safety and welfare while promoting personal choice and growth.

Human Services
7
Lafayette Manor Inc

To operate and maintain a skilled nursing facility and personal care home facility for the elderly and indigent of fayette county and surrounding areas.

Health
8
Lancaster County Council On Aging

The mission of the lancaster county council on aging is to provide a system of coordinated and comprehensive services to enable older persons of lancaster county to continue to maintain their independence.

Human Services
9
Lagrange Association Library

To provide a full service library for the town of lagrange, ny and the surrounding communities

Education
10
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
11
New Life Ministries Indiana Inc

To serve those in need of food, shelter, and a purpose-filled life.

Food & Nutrition
12
La Crosse Toddle Inn Daycare

Provides childcare

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lagrange County Hope Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mongo Community Development Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTVIEW WARRIOR YOUTH BASEBALL INC: $1,039,987 · OtherWESTVIEW WARRIOR YOUTH BASEBALL INCLAGRANGE COUNTY AUDITOR: $480,184 · OtherLAGRANGE COUNTY AUDITORTHE HOWE SCHOOL: $329,459 · OtherTHE HOWE SCHOOLLAGRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $148,723 · OtherLAGRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC+29 more: $779,512 · Other+29 moreELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $139,870 · Human ServicesSPA INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesBOOMERANG BACKPACKS INC: $26,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,300 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $78,123 · HealthTHE FARM PLACE INC: $70,916 · HealthST MARTINS HEALTHCARE INC: $25,000 · HealthCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $16,221 · HealthBOWEN HEALTH INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $6,025 · HealthMENNONITE-ANABAPTIST INFORMATION CENTER INC: $121,404 · ReligionCOFFEE & CREAM OF SOUTH MILFORD INC: $12,500 · ReligionREASON 4 HOPE INC: $6,120 · ReligionBRETHREN RETREAT MINISTRIES INC: $5,250 · ReligionLAGRANGE COMMUNITIES YOUTH CENTERS: $45,095 · Youth DevelopmentLAGRANGE COUNTY 4H CLUB ASSOCIATION INC: $35,236 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $26,603 · Youth DevelopmentLAGRANGE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAGRANGE COUNTY TRAILS INC: $65,000 · Community ImprovementLAGRANGE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $33,118 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $91,396 · International
Other$2,777,865Human Services$217,670Health$206,285Religion$145,274Youth Development$124,934Community Improvement$98,118International$91,396

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HOWE SCHOOL: $329,459 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $148,723 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetELIJAH HAVEN CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $139,870 over 7y, 14% of budgetMENNONITE-ANABAPTIST INFORMATION CENTER INC: $121,404 over 9y, 18% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $91,396 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY HOPE INC: $78,193 over 3y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $78,123 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FARM PLACE INC: $70,916 over 3y, 32% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY TRAILS INC: $65,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetCLOTHES & FOOD BASKET OF LAGRANGE COUNTY INC: $59,965 over 6y, 14% of budgetSTROH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $48,458 over 3y, 15% of budgetARK ANIMAL RESCUE & ADOPTION: $45,700 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLAGRANGE COMMUNITIES YOUTH CENTERS: $45,095 over 2y, 22% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY 4H CLUB ASSOCIATION INC: $35,236 over 3y, 11% of budgetSPA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $33,118 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $26,603 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOOMERANG BACKPACKS INC: $26,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetST MARTINS HEALTHCARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN INDIANA CASA INC: $24,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetARC OPPORTUNITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAGRANGE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $16,221 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCOFFEE & CREAM OF SOUTH MILFORD INC: $12,500 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOWEN HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAGRANGE CO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCole Center Family YMCA: $6,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHEASTERN CENTER INC: $6,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Dekko Foundation IncCrossroads United Way…Steuben County Commun…Noble County Communit…United Way of Dekalb …Dekalb County Communi…Olive B Cole Foundati…Kosciusko County Comm…Community Foundation …Flagstar Foundation I…Nisource Charitable F…Lilly Endowment Inc
Dekko Foundation IncIN25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lagrange County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lagrange County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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