Indiana · Nonprofit
DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC
DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,029 to it, the largest being JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($114,352). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $311k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $142k
- Net assets
- $172k
What Discover Downtown Franklin Inc does
Mission
To bring about economic, cultural, and social transformation of downtown franklin, indiana through active promotion, physical improvements, support of existing merchants, and active recruiting of new business.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
One new program inititated by the organization this year is first fridays. It is a monthly late-night shopping event with free live music, prizes, and themes to stimulate the local economy and promote businesses. Revenue $5,318 expenses $10,993 and approx 10 volunteers
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Hops and vines is a festival that promotes the local wineries and breweries in the area. The event was well attended and had approximately 40 volunteers.
$31,331 spent$47,872 earned by the program15% of program spendingHoliday lighting kicks off to the christmas celebrations by promoting holiday shopping in the local area. Well attended and had approximately 15 volunteers.
$31,029 spent$30,959 earned by the program15% of program spendingStrawberries on the square is a festival that promotes the downtown area in the local community. The event was well attended and had approximately 60 volunteers.
$13,257 spent$43,664 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$131,839 spent$90,383 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $207,456.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $95k to $145k (+53%).
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: 2023 6% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Daniel Causey
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $18k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC’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
DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 93% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 72% — diversifying over time.
“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
81% of DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC'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 $28k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $115k 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.
Against its field
DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC has grown faster than half of the 11,990 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,990 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC: 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 DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC?
- DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,029 to it, the largest being JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($114,352). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $142,029 in grants to DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC?
- JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $114,352 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISCOVER DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INC 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing