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Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc

Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $309,378 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($88,041). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.0M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$309k
Net assets
$432k
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc does

Mission

Provide food to pantries and programs of Hamilton County, IN

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Approximately 293,314 lbs of food and beverages were distributed to 40 food pantries and meal programs within Hamilton County, Indiana. Of this amount, approximately 164,348 lbs of food were donated and the rest was purchased. It is estimated that 5468 volunteer hours were contributed in these efforts.

    $760,544 spentof which $672,025 as grants
    97% of program spending
  2. We work with many Meals for Kids programs across Hamilton County, Indiana, by supplying them with food, financial assistance, food drives, and helping them organize their programs. These programs include School Weekend Meal Packs Programs. Pounds of food and beverages distributed are included above

    $23,961 spentof which $23,961 as grants
    3% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $784,505.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($283k) Expenses 100 ($258k) Net assets 100 ($63k)2018 Revenue 117 ($331k) Expenses 116 ($300k) Net assets 149 ($94k)2019 Revenue 107 ($304k) Expenses 107 ($277k) Net assets 192 ($121k)2020 Revenue 130 ($367k) Expenses 122 ($316k) Net assets 273 ($172k)2021 Revenue 140 ($397k) Expenses 108 ($279k) Net assets 461 ($290k)2022 Revenue 148 ($419k) Expenses 146 ($376k) Net assets 529 ($333k)2023 Revenue 164 ($465k) Expenses 165 ($427k) Net assets 590 ($371k)2024 Revenue 160 ($454k) Expenses 187 ($482k) Net assets 546 ($343k)2025 Revenue 361 ($1.0M) Expenses 362 ($936k) Net assets 687 ($432k)
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Revenue (361)Expenses (362)Net assets (687)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $173k to $291k (+68%).

$63k
$94k
$121k
$173k
$291k
$333k
$371k
$346k
$443k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 16% · 2021 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 12% · 2024 2% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,195 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
$31k
’18
$27k
’19
$51k
’20
$118k
’21
$43k
’22
$39k
’23
−$28k
’24
$87k
’25
3.5
months of
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.

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Listed141210999111014
Joined·+0+2+1+2+4+2+2+8
No longer listed·24224034
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $15k → $68k.

7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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

Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

64% 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 Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc.

28%
largest funder
67%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 35% · 2021 45% · 2022 45% · 2023 33% — 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.

How long its funders stay

40% of Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

62% of Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank 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 $117k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Indiana, across 6 states.

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IN
OH
NJ
CO
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve3.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc?
Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $309,378 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($88,041). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $309,378 in grants to Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $88,041 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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