Indiana · Public charity
Unity Foundation of la Porte County
Unity foundation will strengthen la porte county now and forever by building permanent endowments, providing leadership, offering philanthropic vehicles for everyone, and being a catalyst for social and economic vitality.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 59
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,641
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $194,666
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Unity Foundation of la Porte County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 58 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 52 | $913k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $1.2M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 57 | $762k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $911k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $863k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $1.3M | 34% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $756k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Laporte Economic Development Corporation | $1,310,946 | 7 | 78% |
| La Lumiere School Inc | $568,233 | 7 | 3% |
| La Porte County Public Library | $547,819 | 3 | n/a |
| Pet Assistance & Wellness Support Inc | $322,191 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of la Porte County Inc | $252,498 | 8 | 8% |
| Youth Service Bureau of la Porte County Inc | $177,767 | 8 | 10% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $173,033 | 6 | 1% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $168,894 | 7 | n/a |
| Dunebrook Inc | $168,324 | 8 | 2% |
| Laporte County Leadership Inc | $160,172 | 8 | 38% |
Show all 101 grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($600k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Unity Foundation of la Porte County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation · United Way of Greater Laporte County Inc · The Barker Welfare Foundation · John W Anderson Foundation · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Duneland Health Council · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Levine Family of Laporte Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · The Matthew Frank Moore Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Unity Foundation of la Porte County with peer funders
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About Unity Foundation of la Porte County
- How much does Unity Foundation of la Porte County give?
- Unity Foundation of la Porte County reported 59 itemized grants totaling $1,081,498, out of $1,690,212 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Unity Foundation of la Porte County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Community Improvement (19%), Health (10%).
- Who are Unity Foundation of la Porte County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greater Laporte Economic Development Corporation ($1.3M), La Lumiere School Inc ($568k), La Porte County Public Library ($548k).
- Does Unity Foundation of la Porte County fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Unity Foundation of la Porte County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation, Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation.
- Where is Unity Foundation of la Porte County based?
- Unity Foundation of la Porte County is based in IN.
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