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Steuben County Community Foundation

The STEUBEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION improves the quality of life in steuben county by connecting people who care with needs that matter to the community through endowment fund building and grantmaking

$3.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$945k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.4MRecreation & Sports$2.2MHuman Services$1.9MHealth$745kReligion$581kEnvironment$400kHousing & Shelter$364kArts & Culture$307kOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 53 grants below total $3,269,614, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,669,546 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $399,932 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $632k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $396k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.2M
$15,750
Median grant
2
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEAR LAKE YACHT CLUB SAILING SCHOO$945,179
YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC$876,093
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH SCHOOL$355,000
EASTERSEALS NORTHEAST INDIANA$129,567
PLEASANT LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH$100,000
CAMERON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$59,484
YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC$54,750
STEUBEN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC$52,146
BSA- ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL$43,693
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
STEUBEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT$27,962
STEUBEN ARTS SCENE$25,500
HAMILTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP$24,797
CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERV$24,656
ANGOLA BALLOONS ALOFT$24,016
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FREMONT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY: $53k → 9%FREMONT YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $17k → 9%FREMONT YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $14k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $876k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN CO: $242k → 9%EASTERSEALS NORTHEAST INDIANA: $130k → 12%EASTERSEALS RISE INC: $123k → 9%EASTERSEALS RISE INC: $66k → 12%EASTERSEALS RISE INC: $61k → 12%YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $93k → 9%EASTERSEALS RISE INC: $60k → 12%BOOMERANG BACKPACKS INC: $10k → 12%BOOMERRANG BACKPACK INC: $10k → 12%BOOMERANG BACKPACKS INC: $8k → 12%BOOMERRANG BACKPACK INC: $5k → 12%YMCA OF STEUBEN CO: $59k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $55k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN CO: $48k → 9%EASTERSEALS RISE INC: $42k → 9%THE VINE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $39k → 9%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $37k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN CO: $34k → 9%YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY: $32k → 9%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $29k → 9%PROJECT HELP OF STEUBEN COUNTY: $21k → 9%TLC STEUBEN INC: $20k → 9%PROJECT HELP OF STEUBEN COUNTY: $19k → 9%THE VINE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $17k → 9%TLC STEUBEN: $17k → 9%TLC STEUBEN INC: $14k → 9%PROJECT HELP OF STEUBEN COUNTY: $12k → 9%TLC STEUBEN INC: $12k → 9%LITTLE LAMBS DAYCARE: $8k → 9%KC LEARNING CENTER: $7k → 9%ANGOLA ELKS LODGE 2398: $7k → 9%ANGOLA ELKS LODGE 2398: $7k → 9%TLC STEUBEN INC: $6k → 9%TLC STEUBEN INC: $6k → 9%TLC STEUBEN: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.7M · 85 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

85 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
47

Total granted

$9.7M
$677k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+12%

Still filing today

51%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $545k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YO
    YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +373%
  • TU
    Trine University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $492k · revenue +135%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $482k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • MU
    MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +21%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $53k
  • MP
    MOAKE PARK GROUP INC
    one grant, 2023 · $49k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
Indiana University Health Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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6
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
Tecumseh Area Partnership Inc

Employment and training services

Employment
10
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
11
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
12
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indiana Special Olympics Inc; the most unlike its peers is Steuben County Humane Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

71 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. 71 of the 147 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/71
Grantees still filing
47/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF STEUBEN CO: $1,078,135 · OtherYMCA OF STEUBEN COCLEAR LAKE YACHT CLUB SAILING SCHOOL INC: $955,683 · OtherCLEAR LAKE YACHT CLUB SAILING SCHOOL INCOUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH: $355,000 · OtherOUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHSTEUBEN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $340,189 · OtherPLEASANT LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH: $300,000 · Other+96 more: $3,379,126 · Other+96 moreYMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $1,438,673 · Human ServicesYMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY …THE ARC OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $481,856 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF NORTHEAST IN…TLC-STEUBEN: $92,518 · Human ServicesFREMONT YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $83,330 · Human Services+6 more: $220,900 · Human Services+6 moreTrine University: $491,976 · EducationTrine Uni…BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $79,289 · EducationBETHEL UN…UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $76,350 · EducationUNIVERSIT…Indiana University Foundation: $60,000 · EducationIndiana U…MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $60,000 · EducationMANCHESTE…ST OLAF COLLEGE: $45,000 · Education+8 more: $105,739 · Education+8 moreCAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $189,164 · HealthSTEUBEN COUNTY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $98,200 · HealthLAND OF LAKES FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE: $70,697 · HealthHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC: $50,600 · HealthNORTHEASTERN CENTER INC: $40,104 · HealthWOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $37,726 · HealthHAVEN HILLS THERAPY CENTER: $23,500 · HealthBOWEN HEALTH INC: $20,250 · Health+5 more: $45,300 · HealthCLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $181,843 · EnvironmentSTEUBEN COUNTY LAKES COUNCIL INC: $100,081 · EnvironmentBLUE HERON MINISTRIES INC: $44,684 · EnvironmentWOOD-LAND-LAKES RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT: $43,641 · Environment+1 more: $5,149 · EnvironmentSTEUBEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $180,930 · AnimalsSTEUBEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $108,423 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN ANGOLA COALITION INC: $58,274 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $6,000 · Community Improvement
Other$6,408,133Human Services$2,317,277Education$918,354Health$575,541Environment$375,398Animals$180,930Community Improvement$172,697

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $1,438,673 over 7y, 20% of budgetTrine University: $491,976 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $481,856 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $340,189 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetCAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $189,164 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $181,843 over 7y, 10% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $180,930 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetTURNING POINT OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC: $157,813 over 9y, 24% of budgetRISE INC: $134,395 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $121,163 over 7y, 21% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $108,423 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY LITERACY COALITION: $106,140 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY LAKES COUNCIL INC: $100,081 over 3y, 83% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $98,200 over 7y, 34% of budgetTLC-STEUBEN: $92,518 over 7y, 23% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $91,920 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFREMONT YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $83,330 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetSTEUBEN ARTS SCENE CORP: $82,650 over 4y, 41% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $79,289 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $76,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAND OF LAKES FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE: $70,697 over 5y, 54% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $65,963 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN ANGOLA COALITION INC: $58,274 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE VINE EARLY LEARNING INC: $55,799 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $51,318 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HELP OF STEUBEN CO: $50,994 over 3y, 13% of budgetHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC: $50,600 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HERON MINISTRIES INC: $44,684 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWOOD-LAND-LAKES RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT: $43,641 over 6y, 22% of budgetNORTHEASTERN CENTER INC: $40,104 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $37,726 over 3y, 13% of budgetBOOMERANG BACKPACKS INC: $32,750 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $31,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC: $30,300 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $30,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAHOOTS COFFEE CAFE INC: $29,759 over 3y, 21% of budgetAUDIENCES UNLIMITED INC: $29,596 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetGrace Schools: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $24,750 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHAVEN HILLS THERAPY CENTER: $23,500 over 1y, 23% of budgetBOWEN HEALTH INC: $20,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGOLA KIDS LEAGUE INC: $16,807 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $16,760 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANGOLA PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY INC: $15,750 over 1y, 27% of budgetANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC: $13,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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 YMCA OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Trine University ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT OF STEUBEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY LITERACY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY LAKES COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY CANCER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TLC-STEUBEN ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds FREMONT YOUTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN ARTS SCENE CORP ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAND OF LAKES FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds CAMERON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN ANGOLA COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VINE EARLY LEARNING INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN38.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Olive B Cole Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Dekko Foundation Inc · Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Edward M Wilson 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Steuben County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steuben County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Steuben County Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Steuben County Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 147 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 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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