Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer
Columbus, IN · EIN 31-1130385. Reported 159 grants totalling $1,401,800 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $11,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $55,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iu Foundatoin | Bloomington, IN | $184,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice of South Central Indiana | Columbus, IN | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Turning Point | Columbus, IN | $68,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center | Columbus, IN | $67,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Park Foundation | Columbus, IN | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Youth | Columbus, IN | $59,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Love Chapel | Columbus, IN | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Friends Inc | Columbus, IN | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mill Race Center | Columbus, IN | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridge to Dove Recovery House Inc | Columbus, IN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Services of Bartholomew County | Columbus, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bartholomew Co Historical Society | Columbus, IN | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chain Breaker Ministries | Columbus, IN | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA | Columbus, IN | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce | Columbus, IN | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbus Symphony Orchestra | Columbus, IN | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbus Firemen's Cheer Fund | Columbus, IN | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Indianapolis, IN | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Columbus, IN | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbus Indiana Philharmonic | Columbus, IN | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association of Greater Ind | Indianapolis, IN | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation | Columbus, IN | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Riley Children's Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives | Columbus, IN | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hoosier Trails Council BSA | Bloomington, IN | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gleaners Foodbank of in | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thrive Alliance | Columbus, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Regional Health Foundation | Columbus, IN | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Services | Columbus, IN | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shop With a Cop FOP#89 | Columbus, IN | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Happy Hollow Children's Camp Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Ability | Columbus, IN | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbus Are Arts Council | Columbus, IN | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Arc of Bartholomew County | Columbus, IN | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Christian Church | Columbus, IN | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bartholomew County School Fdt | Columbus, IN | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Cerebral Palsy | Indianapolis, IN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reach | Columbus, IN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anderson Center | Columbus, IN | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Advocates for Children | Columbus, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Calvary Community Church | Columbus, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater Seymour Trust Fund | Columbus, IN | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bartholmew Co Humane Society | Columbus, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus Fellowship Club | Columbus, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Columbus | Columbus, IN | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Landmark Columbus | Columbus, IN | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Street Area Association | Columbus, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imagination Library | Columbus, IN | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African American Foundation of Bartholomew County | Columbus, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum | Columbus, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clarity | Columbus, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sans Souci | Columbus, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simmons One Room Schoolhouse | Hope, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Peter's Lutheran Church | Columbus, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clay Township Fire Department | Columbus, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kindergartners Court Columbus Rotary | Columbus, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reins to Recovery Inc | Seymour, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sons of American Legion | Columbus, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Damou Christian Missions | Noblesville, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
44 of 61 (72%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $319,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $330,500 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | $397,300 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $354,500 | $7,000 |
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
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
- 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.
- 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 Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer'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: 125 3RD Street, Columbus, IN, 47201. 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.
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