Indiana · Public charity
The Junior League of South Bend Inc
The junior league of south bend, inc. Is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $26k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Junior League of South Bend Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 2 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $27k | n/a |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of St Joseph County Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unity Gardens | $11,200 | 1 | 3% |
| South Bend Community School Corporation School Building | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for the Homeless Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph County Parks Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| YWCA North Central Indiana Inc | $9,963 | 1 | 0% |
| Oaklawn Psychiatric Center Inc | $9,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Paul Lutheran Church | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc · Asante Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · American Electric Power Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua · Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd Irr Tua · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · The Pokagon Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About The Junior League of South Bend Inc
- How much does The Junior League of South Bend Inc give?
- The Junior League of South Bend Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $26,116, out of $31,116 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Junior League of South Bend Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (20%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Junior League of South Bend Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of St Joseph County Inc ($52k), Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc ($15k), Unity Gardens ($11k).
- Does The Junior League of South Bend Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Junior League of South Bend Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc, Asante Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc.
- Where is The Junior League of South Bend Inc based?
- The Junior League of South Bend Inc is based in IN.
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