Kentucky · Nonprofit
ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION
ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,402 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $156k
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Issac Sterett Adventure Foundation does
Mission
To inspire life balance by offering exceptional programming and world class recreation facilities. Encourage strong family values, uplugged social interaction, and an appreciation for nature. Our vision is to promote the well-being of our community through healthy life balance initiatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Issac day - we host a free event where families can come enjoy a family fun day to be unplugged and outside.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Financial assistance provided for academic tuition for those in need
$39,000 spentof which $39,000 as grants49% of program spendingIssac day - we host a free event where families can come enjoy a family fun day to be unplugged and outside.
$551 spent1% of program spendingWe host a free event where teams compete to pick up the most trash in our city and surrounding counties in effort to beautify our community.
$1,102 spent1% of program spendingInspire children and their families to unplug and join us in the great outdoors both here in owensboro and away at camps, parks, and new adventures. Sponsorships to several local non-profit organizations including specific project partners.
$39,512 spentof which $15,902 as grants49% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $80,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $162k to $6.0M (+3597%).
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.
84% of ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $250 → $75k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION’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
ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 66% — 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
99% of ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION: 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 ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION?
- ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,402 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $156,402 in grants to ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISSAC STERETT ADVENTURE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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