FundersIndiana

Christian Science Society of

Boonville, IN · EIN 35-6601021. Reported 63 grants totalling $285,740 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,000median grant
$285,740granted, 2021-2024
38organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,667,782assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Christian Science Society of did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,479; the smallest was $400 and the largest $12,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
35 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Bread of Life Ministries IncLynnville, IN$39,900442024
Encountering Hope Ministries IncBoonville, IN$20,000332024
Chandler Cumberland Pres ChurchChandler, IN$19,500442024
Newburgh United Methodist ChurchNewburgh, IN$19,000332023
Warrick Ecumenical SoupBoonville, IN$18,500442024
Chemo Buddies IncEvansville, IN$17,600442024
Warrick Literacy & Educational ConnNewburgh, IN$15,000222024
Warrick MuseumBoonville, IN$10,079222022
Loge Developmental PreschoolBoonville, IN$10,000112021
Jd Sheth Foundation IncEvansville, IN$7,500222024
Warrick County School CorpLynnville, IN$7,240112024
Point Man MinistriesNewburgh, IN$7,000222023
Albion Fellows Bacon CenterEvansvile, IN$6,246222023
Warrick Resource CenterBoonville, IN$5,500112022
Habitat for Humanity of Warrick CoChandler, IN$5,250112023
Flock 99Chandler, IN$5,000222024
Hemenway Presbyterian ChurchBoonville, IN$5,000112023
Pioneer JR Football & CheerBoonville, IN$5,000112024
Shiloh CemeteryBoonville, IN$5,000112024
Warrick County Council on AgingBoonville, IN$5,000222024
Wesley Food PantryNewburgh, IN$5,000112024
Youth FirstEvansville, IN$5,000112022
Loge Elementary School Sel CommBoonville, IN$4,585112023
Boonville JR League BaseballBoonville, IN$4,000112023
Warrick Public Education FoundationNewburgh, IN$4,000112022
Warrick County MuseumBoonville, IN$3,119112023
Newburgh Senior CitizensNewburgh, IN$3,100222023
Nu Theta Chap of DeltaBoonville, IN$3,000112021
Park Pals IncNewburgh, IN$2,821112021
Lynnville Elementary PTOLynnville, IN$2,500112022
Newburgh United Women of FaithNewburgh, IN$2,500112024
Trailheads Sw IndianaBoonville, IN$2,500112023
Castle Lacrosse AssocNewburgh, IN$2,400112021
Warrick Fraternal Order of PoliceBoonville, IN$2,000112021
Warrick Humane SocietyNewburgh, IN$2,000112024
Warrick County Pride IncBoonville, IN$1,500112023
Sharon Elementary SchoolNewburgh, IN$1,400222022
Main Sreet United Methodist ChurchBoonville, IN$1,000112024

15 of 38 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
6 grants
Religion
3 grants
Education
2 grants
Arts & Culture
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202115$70,000$4,000
202214$60,000$4,800
202318$87,000$4,792
202416$68,740$3,250

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Boonville, IN
$106K
Newburgh, IN
$64K
Lynnville, IN
$50K
Evansville, IN
$30K
Chandler, IN
$30K
Evansvile, IN
$6K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund4 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc3 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation Alliance Inc3 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program3 shared recipientsC Richard Johnson & Verna Louise3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Christian Science Society of's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 307, Boonville, IN, 47601. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 35-6601021 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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