Dearborn Community Foundation Inc
Lawrenceburg, IN · EIN 35-2036110. Reported 141 grants totalling $3,721,351 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Dearborn Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 14% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 72% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,860. Half of what it reported fell between $7,795 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $165,632. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation | Lawrenceburg, IN | $524,276 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Aurora | Aurora, IN | $433,630 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dearborn County Government | Lawrenceburg, IN | $387,118 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Greendale - Police Department | Lawrenceburg, IN | $185,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth Encouragement Services Inc | Aurora, IN | $142,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Aurora, IN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ross Foundation Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $115,184 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Lawrence Catholic Church Lawrenceburg Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $110,877 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Mental Health Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $103,753 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillforest Historical Foundation Inc | Aurora, IN | $85,971 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lifetime Resources Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $84,109 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America Inc | St Peter, MN | $75,725 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greendale Emergency Rescue Inc | Greendale, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hogan Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 Inc | Aurora, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sunman Rural Fire Department Inc | Sunman, IN | $71,180 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Dearborn Pantry Incorporated | West Harrison, IN | $62,093 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceburg Main Street Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $61,898 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $61,464 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc | Edgewood, KY | $50,078 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Archaeological Research Institute Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dearborn County Clearing House for Emergency Aid Inc | Aurora, IN | $42,884 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart House Inc | Aurora, IN | $38,495 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beecher Presbyterian Church | Lawrenceburg, IN | $36,266 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Bright Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dearborn County Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $34,924 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fraternal Order of Police | Lawrenceburg, IN | $34,643 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Dillsboro | Dillsboro, IN | $34,353 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bright Volunteer Fire Co Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $32,522 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Greendale, IN | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceburg Pee Wee Football Club | Lawrenceburg, IN | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oak Heritage Conservancy | Hanover, IN | $30,945 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Horizons Rehabilitation Inc | Batesville, IN | $30,537 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Water Rescue Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $25,717 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dillsboro Summer Recreation Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moores Hill 1ST Baptist Church | Moores Hill, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lawrenceburg Babe Ruth Baseball | Cincinnati, OH | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sunman Dearborn Youth Athletic Assn | Guilford, IN | $23,120 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dearborn County Parks Foundation Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $22,878 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dearborn County Girls Softball Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $22,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceburg Greendale Soccer Club | Greendale, IN | $21,304 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cancer Support Community | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Indiana Honor Guard | Rising Sun, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dearborn Adult Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $17,540 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Main Street Aurora Inc | Aurora, IN | $17,081 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John Ev Lutheran Church | Aurora, IN | $16,937 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Aurora, IN | $15,823 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Safe Passage Inc | Batesville, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Saints Catholic Church Dover Inc | Guilford, IN | $12,285 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent Depaul Particular Council of Cinti | Cincinnati, OH | $12,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation | Aurora, IN | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Community Project Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $11,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dearborn County Historical Society Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $11,513 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moores Hill Food Pantry Inc | Moores Hill, IN | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Legion Post 239 | Lawrenceburg, IN | $8,571 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Colorado Spgs, CO | $7,795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dearborn County Retired Teachers Foundation Inc | Batesville, IN | $6,766 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Moores Hill | Moores Hill, IN | $6,623 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Dearborn Pee Wee Football Corporation | Aurora, IN | $6,556 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $5,942 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Southeastern Indiana Incorporated | Dillsboro, IN | $5,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dillsboro Community Food Pantry | Dillsboro, IN | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
35 of 61 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- City of Aurora
Aurora City Pool Project and Endow Dist - Dearborn County Government
EMS Study, Park Walking Path, and Endowment Distribution - Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation
Educational needs of Lawrenceburg Community Schools - Community Mental Health Center Inc
Care Hub Building and Endowment Distribution - St Lawrence School
Public address and phone system, technology needs, Endowment Distribution - Youth Encouragement Services Inc
Renovation Project, Needs of the organization, endowment distribution
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $879,754 | $15,511 |
| 2022 | 34 | $959,605 | $9,054 |
| 2023 | 36 | $749,901 | $8,331 |
| 2024 | 38 | $1,132,091 | $14,818 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,860 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Indiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dearborn Community Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 33 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 322 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, IN, 47025.
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