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The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$141k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 23
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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 arriving21$136k14%
FY202423$128k39%
FY202317$130k65%
FY202217$165k59%
FY20218$141k75%
FY202010$124kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$172kEducation$160kFood & Nutrition$104kYouth Development$97kHuman Services$95kAnimals$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$36kEnvironment$29kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tri-State Food Bank$77,50050%
Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana Inc$75,00035%
University of Evansville$72,50040%
Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc$36,50050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$36,00030%
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestral$33,00041%
Vanderburgh County Humane Society Inc$30,00021%
Wesselman Nature Society Inc$29,00017%
Youth First$28,00030%
Impact Evansville Inc$26,90034%
Wnin Tri-State Public Media Inc$25,00030%
Louis J Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville Inc$21,00030%
Evansville Zoological Society Inc$20,00012%
Indiana University Foundation$20,00010%
Signature School Inc$20,00011%
Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc$18,00012%
The Gathering Church$18,0001n/a
Evsc Foundation Inc$16,00030%
Evansville Christian Life Center Inc$13,00021%
YWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc$13,00020%
Evansville Arc Inc$12,00020%
Parenting Time Center Inc$12,00022%
Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center Inc$11,00020%
Evansville Rescue Mission Inc$10,00020%
Albion Fellows Bacon Center Inc$10,00030%
Patchwork Central Inc$10,00032%
Evansville Christian School Inc$10,00010%
Lampion Center Inc$7,50011%
Carver Community Organization Inc$7,00010%
Aurora Inc$7,00020%
United Caring Shelters Inc$7,00010%
Jacob Ball Wish Fund$5,5003n/a
Dream Center Evansville$5,0001n/a
Chemo Buddies$4,00011%
House of Bread and Peace Inc$4,00011%
Evansville Symphonic Band Incorporated$3,5002n/a
Salvation Army$3,5001n/a
Evansville P-47 Foundation Inc$3,00011%
Signature School Foundation$3,00010%
United Methodist Youth Home Inc$2,00010%
The Reitz Home Preservation Society$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTri-State Food Bank: $77,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArts Council of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $72,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc: $36,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEvansville Philharmonic Orchestral: $33,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetVanderburgh County Humane Society Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWesselman Nature Society Inc: $29,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetYouth First: $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetImpact Evansville Inc: $26,900 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWnin Tri-State Public Media Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLouis J Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEvansville Zoological Society Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSignature School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEvsc Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEvansville Christian Life Center Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEvansville Arc Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetParenting Time Center Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetEaster Seals Rehabilitation Center Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEvansville Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlbion Fellows Bacon Center Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPatchwork Central Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEvansville Christian School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLampion Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCarver Community Organization Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAurora Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Caring Shelters Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChemo Buddies: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHouse of Bread and Peace Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEvansville P-47 Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSignature School Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Methodist Youth Home Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Reitz Home Preservation Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 36.

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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.

Community Foundation Alliance IncIN68.5× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Koch Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · James R Duncan Trust Uw Fifth Third · Holiday Management Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gerling Family Foundation Inc · Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc · West Side Nut Club Inc

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 The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third

How much does The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third give?
The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third reported 22 grants totaling $141,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Education (19%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
Who are The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Tri-State Food Bank ($78k), Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana Inc ($75k), University of Evansville ($73k).
Does The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Alliance Inc, Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc, Evansville Endowment Fund Inc.
Where is The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third based?
The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third is based in OH.

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 50 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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