Indiana · Private foundation
Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $113k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $813k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 15 | $113k | 13% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $69k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $80k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $59k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $63k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $61k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $50k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $55k | 57% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County Senior Services Inc | $86,500 | 10 | 2% |
| Lebanon Educational Foundation Inc | $60,970 | 5 | 7% |
| The Boone County Historical Society Inc | $56,500 | 10 | n/a |
| Boone County Mentoring Partnership Inc | $48,000 | 6 | 5% |
| SullivanMunce Cultural Center Inc | $36,000 | 10 | 3% |
| Sugar Creek Art Center Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Iladd | $12,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Help Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Henry C Ulen Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Oak Hill Cemetery Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County Senior Services Inc | $86,500 | 10 | 2% |
| Lebanon Educational Foundation Inc | $60,970 | 5 | 7% |
| The Boone County Historical Society Inc | $56,500 | 10 | n/a |
| Boone County Mentoring Partnership Inc | $48,000 | 6 | 5% |
| SullivanMunce Cultural Center Inc | $36,000 | 10 | 3% |
| Sugar Creek Art Center Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Iladd | $12,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Help Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Henry C Ulen Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Oak Hill Cemetery Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wave | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wishing Wings Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Youth & Family Health Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Love Inc of Boone County Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lebanon Swim Club | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Watch US Farm Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth E Brookshire 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $113,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (20%).
- Who are Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Boone County Senior Services Inc ($87k), Lebanon Educational Foundation Inc ($61k), The Boone County Historical Society Inc ($57k).
- Does Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth E Brookshire 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 Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Boone County Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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