Indiana · Public charity
Wells County Foundation Inc
Charitable foundation established to enhance the present and future quality of life of the wells county, in community.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $785k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $122,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Wells County Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 | 34 | $785k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $647k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $768k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $551k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $424k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $264k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $849k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $242k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells County Revitalization Inc | $1,085,524 | 8 | 57% |
| Bluffton Parks Department | $829,422 | 8 | n/a |
| Wells Community Boys & Girls Club | $273,153 | 7 | 19% |
| Family Centered Services Inc | $214,592 | 8 | 5% |
| Creative Arts Council of Wells County | $185,118 | 8 | 16% |
| Bi-County Services Inc | $155,630 | 7 | 1% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $147,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Care of Northeast Indiana Inc | $122,331 | 6 | 9% |
| Wells County Public Library | $103,151 | 8 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church | $98,000 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 50 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells County Revitalization Inc | $1,085,524 | 8 | 57% |
| Bluffton Parks Department | $829,422 | 8 | n/a |
| Wells Community Boys & Girls Club | $273,153 | 7 | 19% |
| Family Centered Services Inc | $214,592 | 8 | 5% |
| Creative Arts Council of Wells County | $185,118 | 8 | 16% |
| Bi-County Services Inc | $155,630 | 7 | 1% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $147,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Care of Northeast Indiana Inc | $122,331 | 6 | 9% |
| Wells County Public Library | $103,151 | 8 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church | $98,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Pleasant Dale Cemetery Assoc | $95,550 | 7 | n/a |
| James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association | $94,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brickhouse Family Ministries Inc | $85,565 | 7 | 7% |
| Wells County 4-H Association Inc | $73,447 | 4 | 8% |
| Southern Wells Community Schools | $70,920 | 7 | n/a |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $63,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Heartspring Inc | $62,330 | 7 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement USA | $57,700 | 8 | 0% |
| United Way of Wells County Inc | $55,200 | 3 | 15% |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $53,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Ossian Volunteer Firemen Inc | $52,330 | 4 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $42,000 | 4 | n/a |
| YWCA Northeast Indiana Inc | $40,921 | 4 | 0% |
| Wells County EMS Inc | $40,550 | 3 | 1% |
| Wells Co Child Protection | $37,060 | 5 | n/a |
| Bluffton Harrison Msd | $31,833 | 2 | n/a |
| Wells County Food & Clothing Bureau | $26,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Northern Wells Comm Schools | $23,958 | 3 | n/a |
| The Town of Uniondale | $22,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Fort Wayne | $21,029 | 3 | 0% |
| The Literacy Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Town of Vera Cruz | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth for Christ of Adamsblackford Grant Jay and Wells Counties Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana Inc | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Five Points School Inc | $17,702 | 1 | n/a |
| Wells County Historical Society Inc | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Adams Wells Crisis Center | $16,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Run Hard Rest Well Inc | $15,678 | 1 | 6% |
| Wells County Council on Aging Inc | $13,425 | 2 | 1% |
| Town of Ossian | $12,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Crisis Pregnancy Clinic Inc | $12,008 | 2 | 2% |
| Indiana Lions for Leader Dog Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Imagine Early Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tri Recovery Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Missionary Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens Against Drug Abuse of Wells County Inc | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | $6,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $6,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wells County Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: Wells Community Health Services Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · United Way of Allen County Inc · Whitley County Community Foundation Inc · Do It Best Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn
How this is measured
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About Wells County Foundation Inc
- How much does Wells County Foundation Inc give?
- Wells County Foundation Inc reported 37 itemized grants totaling $785,273, out of $1,543,877 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wells County Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (24%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Wells County Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wells County Revitalization Inc ($1.1M), Bluffton Parks Department ($829k), Wells Community Boys & Girls Club ($273k).
- Does Wells County Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wells County Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wells Community Health Services Foundation Inc, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wells County Foundation Inc based?
- Wells County Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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