· Public charity
Mercer County Civic Foundation
Community foundation
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $153k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CELINA CITY SCHOOLS | $90,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $90,000 |
| MEDICAL EDUCATION & DEVELOP FOUNDAT | $27,000 |
| COUNCIL ON AGING | $25,000 |
| JTD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS - NE INDIANA | $15,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| MERCER RESIDENTIAL SERVICES | $15,000 |
| CHOOSING LIFE PREGNANCY CTR | $11,000 |
| LAKE AREA ARTS | $10,000 |
| FAMILY CARE OPTIONS | $10,000 |
| CALL MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| VAN WERT PERFORMING ARTS FUND | $8,900 |
| IMAGINATION LIBRARY | $8,900 |
| FT RECOVERY AREA ARTS COUNCIL | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $196k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MRMERCER RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC5× · 2021–2025 · $83k · revenue +39%
- CLCHOOSING LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +17%
- FCFAMILY CARE OPTIONS INC4× · 2021–2025 · $40k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- MCMERCER CO HISTORIAL SOCIETYone grant, 2024 · $33k
- WFWSU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $10k
- VVENTURELINXone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -1%
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.
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.
Residential retirement living
Training handicapped individuals
Provide services to mentally handicapped and disadvantaged residents of merced county.
The mercer county behavioral health commission, inc. is a private, non-profit organization that assists individuals and families experiencing substance abuse, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or developmental challenges through…
The organization is dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence and building a community free of abuse. the mission of the organization is to support and respond to the needs of survivors of violence and/or abuse as well as their…
To provide quality services in a comfortable, empathetic environment to persons suffering from a mental illness or emotional disturbance and to return them to a higher quality of life.
Provide support services to developmentally disabled individuals of perry county,missouri through areas of community employment, job preparation, day programs, transportation and personal assistance.
Built on a foundation of compassion and integrity, rhdd is dedicated to supporting individuals with a disability, to live and work in their communities.safe in a family environment, individuals are empowered to achieve personal and…
To provide support services and assistance to persons suffering from mental illness, such as referrals to professional services, assistance navigating the complicated field of mental health outpatient treatment and in patient hospitals,…
To operate and maintain a skilled nursing facility and personal care home facility for the elderly and indigent of fayette county and surrounding areas.
To improve the quality of life for individuals with severe/profound disabilities by assisting them through high-quality 24 hour, 7 days a week continuous care.
Provide support services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 41 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MERCER RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JTD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHOOSING LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CARE OPTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds MERCER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds FORT RECOVERY AREA ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds HAND-UP VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds PRIVATE DUTY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MAV YOUTH MENTORING INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF DARKE COUNTY INC DBA EVERHEART HOSPICE ↗
- Who funds VENTURELINX ↗
- Who funds CANCER ASSOCIATION OF MERCER COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Foundations Behavioral Health Services ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mercer County Civic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mercer County Civic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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