Indiana · Private foundation
Mother Bear Charitable 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.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,921
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 21 | $143k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $147k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $141k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $95k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $115k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $61k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $76k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $59k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Fellows Bacon Center Inc | $47,540 | 4 | 2% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lampion Center Inc | $42,045 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc | $38,134 | 6 | 0% |
| Aurora Inc | $29,715 | 2 | 1% |
| Evansville Arc Inc | $24,127 | 3 | 0% |
| Ozanam Family Shelter Corp | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Buffalo Trace Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #156 | $14,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Marian Educational Outreach | $12,915 | 1 | 7% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School | $12,256 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Fellows Bacon Center Inc | $47,540 | 4 | 2% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lampion Center Inc | $42,045 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc | $38,134 | 6 | 0% |
| Aurora Inc | $29,715 | 2 | 1% |
| Evansville Arc Inc | $24,127 | 3 | 0% |
| Ozanam Family Shelter Corp | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Buffalo Trace Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #156 | $14,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Marian Educational Outreach | $12,915 | 1 | 7% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School | $12,256 | 3 | n/a |
| St Benedict Cathedral | $10,975 | 4 | n/a |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $10,785 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Redeemer School - Evansville | $9,165 | 2 | n/a |
| Holly's House Inc | $8,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Evansville Christian School Inc | $7,924 | 2 | 0% |
| Resurrection Catholic Church | $2,778 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Lambs of Evansville Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Evansville | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Wendel Catholic Church | $795 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($539k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mother Bear Charitable 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Braun Family Foundation Inc co Jim Burger ONB Trust Co · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Koch Foundation Inc · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Henry F Koch Residual Trust Co Fifth Third · James R Duncan Trust Uw Fifth Third · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $143,309 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Human Services (24%), Animals (11%).
- Who are Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Albion Fellows Bacon Center Inc ($48k), Isaiah 117 House ($48k), Lampion Center Inc ($42k).
- Does Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mother Bear Charitable 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 Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Alliance Inc, Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc, Braun Family Foundation Inc co Jim Burger ONB Trust Co.
- Where is Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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