Indiana · Private foundation
Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc
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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Mary Elizabeth Ober 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; $17k 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 | 15 | $102k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $96k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $95k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $106k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Community Inc | $156,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Hilltop Christian Camp Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| 91 Place Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Reach Columbus Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| College Mentors for Kids Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hutson School Inc Dba Fortune Academy | $19,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Gods Grace Inc | $15,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bloomington Community Radio Inc dba WFHB | $12,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Area 10 Council on Aging of Monroe and Owen Counties Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peters Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Community Inc | $156,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Hilltop Christian Camp Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| 91 Place Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Reach Columbus Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| College Mentors for Kids Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hutson School Inc Dba Fortune Academy | $19,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Gods Grace Inc | $15,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bloomington Community Radio Inc dba WFHB | $12,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Area 10 Council on Aging of Monroe and Owen Counties Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peters Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ready to Read Inc | $3,100 | 1 | 3% |
| Morning Dove Therapeutic Riding Inc | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc
- How much does Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc give?
- Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $101,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Shepherd Community Inc ($156k), Hilltop Christian Camp Inc ($30k), 91 Place Inc ($30k).
- Does Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc 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 Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc based?
- Mary Elizabeth Ober Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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