Indiana · Nonprofit
CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL
CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,510 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY ($528,293). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $352k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $687k
- Net assets
- $716k
What Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal does
Mission
The Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal's mision is to provide our visitors with information about the wabash and erie canal and offer educational opportunities for all ages about the canal era in indiana and its importance to indiana history.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The association offers narrated rides on a replica canal boat plus period replica buildings and structures offering more interpretive experiences for park visitors. Facilities include a one room school house and restored canal era home, among others. Area schools frequently take the opportunity to have their students tour the facilities to help reinforce what is taught about the canal era in indiana history.
$170,688 spent$9,479 earned by the program80% of program spendingThe interpretive center offers a museum for use by school tour groups and the community at large. The museum presents canal history in an interactive format to best enable guests to retain information presented regarding the history of the canal. The center is also used for many family outings and group meetings for service organizations which heightens community awareness of what is offered.
$32,004 spent$73,101 earned by the program15% of program spendingPrograms offered throughout the year include "canal days- and "old fashioned christmas" which offer the opportunity to enjoy "old time" activities, including homemade food, period craftsman and art. These events generate significant interest from potential donors.
$10,668 spent$6,838 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,360.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $550k to $749k (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 7% · 2023 6% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $52k → $112k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 86% · 2019 41% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
80% of CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $138k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $548k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL?
- CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,510 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY ($528,293). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $686,510 in grants to CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $528,293 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARROLL COUNTY WABASH & ERIE CANAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing