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Ripley County Community Foundation Inc
We serve ripley county by growing and sustaining a culture of giving and investing resources to meet community needs.
- $844k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $430k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,996
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,589
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Ripley County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k 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 | 26 | $430k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $391k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $125k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $177k | 69% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $133k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $123k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $124k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Aquatic Center Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 87% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $163,972 | 7 | n/a |
| Batesville Comm School Corp | $140,596 | 9 | n/a |
| Genesis Pathways to Success | $110,589 | 1 | 34% |
| National Muzzzle Loading Rifle Association | $93,635 | 8 | 1% |
| Ripley County Indiana | $93,573 | 8 | n/a |
| CREATE Foundation Inc | $92,630 | 9 | 18% |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $73,365 | 2 | 0% |
| Southeast Indiana Health Center Inc | $50,205 | 2 | n/a |
| South Ripley Community School Corp | $42,710 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 60 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Aquatic Center Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 87% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $163,972 | 7 | n/a |
| Batesville Comm School Corp | $140,596 | 9 | n/a |
| Genesis Pathways to Success | $110,589 | 1 | 34% |
| National Muzzzle Loading Rifle Association | $93,635 | 8 | 1% |
| Ripley County Indiana | $93,573 | 8 | n/a |
| CREATE Foundation Inc | $92,630 | 9 | 18% |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $73,365 | 2 | 0% |
| Southeast Indiana Health Center Inc | $50,205 | 2 | n/a |
| South Ripley Community School Corp | $42,710 | 4 | n/a |
| Alzheimers Support Groups of Southeast Indiana Inc | $34,942 | 4 | n/a |
| Milan Community Emergency Relief | $33,192 | 5 | n/a |
| New Horizons Rehabilitation Inc | $31,685 | 3 | 0% |
| Southeastern Indiana Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $30,357 | 3 | 1% |
| Jac-Cen-Del Scholarship Foundation | $29,460 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Discovery Factory | $25,600 | 3 | 11% |
| Main Street Versailles Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Osgood United Methodist Church | $20,936 | 4 | n/a |
| Town of Osgood | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Batesville Area Ministerial Asso | $16,991 | 2 | 5% |
| Osgood Volunteer Fire department | $15,750 | 2 | 7% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Batesville Memorial Public Library | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Milan | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Batesville Main Street Inc | $12,608 | 2 | 5% |
| American Legion Post #267 | $12,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Southeast Indiana Mountain Bike Association | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $12,462 | 1 | n/a |
| Milan Community Schools | $10,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation | $10,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Batesville Community Fire Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Gibson Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Batesville Area Arts Council Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St Pauls Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Batesville Community Education Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Safe Passage Inc | $9,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Lions Camp Project District 25-F Inc | $9,461 | 1 | 29% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $8,996 | 1 | n/a |
| Margaret Mary Community Hospital Inc | $8,767 | 1 | 0% |
| So Loved Ripley County Foster Closet | $7,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Servants at Work Inc | $7,392 | 1 | 1% |
| Milan 54 Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Marion Volunteer Fire Department | $6,500 | 1 | 7% |
| St Louis Catholic Church Batesville Inc | $6,322 | 1 | n/a |
| Xavier University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Osgood Lions Foundation | $5,676 | 1 | n/a |
| Osgood Historical Museum Inc | $5,548 | 1 | n/a |
| Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc | $5,485 | 1 | n/a |
| Delaware Community Volunteer Fire Dept | $5,200 | 1 | 5% |
| White Rock Fellowship | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Brown Township Trustees | $5,033 | 1 | n/a |
| Batesville Youth Baseball League Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Batesville Area Resource Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign War | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Otter Creek Township Volunteer Fire | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ripley County Indiana Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St John's United Church of Christ | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holton Christian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food & Growers Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ripley County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ripley County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Ripley County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Ripley County Community Foundation Inc reported 27 itemized grants totaling $429,859, out of $844,485 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ripley County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Health (11%).
- Who are Ripley County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Citizens Aquatic Center Inc ($200k), Scholarship America Inc ($164k), Batesville Comm School Corp ($141k).
- Does Ripley County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ripley County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Civista Charitable Foundation Fka Ucb Charitable Foundation, John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc, The Frederick W and Jolene Edmunds Rockwood Family Foundation.
- Where is Ripley County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Ripley County Community Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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