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Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda

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.

$95k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 48
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$206k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationReligionAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$95k40%
FY202435$103k6%
FY202344$105k18%
FY202248$102k21%
FY202146$117k28%
FY202037$108k51%
FY201943$29k77%
FY201813$12k77%
88% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$300kHuman Services$94kArts & Culture$11kHealth$9kCrime & Legal$9kEducation$8kAnimals$8kInternational$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shubael Little Pioneer Village Inc$13,0007n/a
Rivers Edge Animal Shelter INC$6,00033%
Perry County Museum Inc$5,0004n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$3,12560%
Troy Fellowship Church$3,0002n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,26150%
Judicial Watch Inc$2,06060%
Perry County Memorial Hospital Foun$2,00021%
The Salvation Army$1,8605n/a
Renew Cannelton Inc$1,5002n/a
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All grantees of Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shubael Little Pioneer Village Inc$13,0007n/a
Rivers Edge Animal Shelter INC$6,00033%
Perry County Museum Inc$5,0004n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$3,12560%
Troy Fellowship Church$3,0002n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,26150%
Judicial Watch Inc$2,06060%
Perry County Memorial Hospital Foun$2,00021%
The Salvation Army$1,8605n/a
Renew Cannelton Inc$1,5002n/a
St Josephs Indian School$1,2002n/a
The Heritage Foundation$1,20040%
American Legion Post 213$1,10030%
Knights of Columbus$1,06010%
Perry County Development Corp$1,00010%
Perry County Memorial Hospital$1,0002n/a
Covenant House$1,00010%
Way Church$1,0001n/a
Smile Train Inc$88020%
Indiana Sheriffs' Association Inc$40050%
40 Days for Life$35040%
American Majority Inc$30020%
House of Bread and Peace Inc$30030%
Citizens United Foundation$30030%
Americans United for Life Inc$10410%
Aid for Starving Children$1001n/a
American Bible Society$10010%
Ashland University$10010%
Reform America$10010%
Catholic Relief Services$1001n/a
Rome Fire Department Inc$701n/a
Indiana Right to Life Incorporated$5010%
March of Dimes Inc$5010%
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc$4010%
United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association Inc$3810%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$3010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($620k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRivers Edge Animal Shelter INC: $6,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $3,125 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,261 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $2,060 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPerry County Memorial Hospital Foun: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Legion Post 213: $1,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKnights of Columbus: $1,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerry County Development Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $880 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Sheriffs' Association Inc: $400 over 5y, 0.0% of budget40 Days for Life: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Majority Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Bread and Peace Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans United for Life Inc: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshland University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReform America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Right to Life Incorporated: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Deputy Sheriffs' Association Inc: $38 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

Vandevere Charitable FoundationOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vandevere Charitable Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Sacred Family Causes Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda

How much does Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda give?
Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda reported 20 grants totaling $94,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (2%).
Who are Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Shubael Little Pioneer Village Inc ($13k), Rivers Edge Animal Shelter INC ($6k), Perry County Museum Inc ($5k).
Does Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda 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 Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vandevere Charitable Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, Community Foundation Alliance Inc.
Where is Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda based?
Robert E & Janice C Harpenau Founda is based in IN.

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 118 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-PF 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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