Indiana · Nonprofit
OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC
OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being EXPERIENCE FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $143k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $293k
What Oldenburg Freudenfest Inc does
Mission
The freudenfest, meaning "festival of fun", is a non profit organization that originated in oldenburg indiana by volunteers who envisioned holding a "family fun day".the mission then is the same today, "to provide a high quality festival that celebrates the richness of our german heritage community through people having a fun day with their family and friends".the annual reunion has fondly become known as: the biggest little german festival in america
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To preserve and beautify the city of oldenburg indiana
$134,915 spentof which $113,145 as grants$14,290 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $134,915.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $126k to $210k (+67%).
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.
12% of OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST 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.
Where its funders are
100% of OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST 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 OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC?
- OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being EXPERIENCE FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC.
- Who is the largest funder of OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST INC?
- EXPERIENCE FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OLDENBURG FREUDENFEST 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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