Dearborn Community Foundation Inc
Lawrenceburg, IN · EIN 35-2036110. Reported 179 grants totalling $4,959,395 to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, 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. 68 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 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,860. Half of what it reported fell between $7,545 and $30,766; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $205,000. 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 | $675,242 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| City of Aurora | Aurora, IN | $507,259 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dearborn County Government | Lawrenceburg, IN | $458,557 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| City of Greendale - Police Department | Lawrenceburg, IN | $390,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lifetime Resources Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $206,876 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Youth Encouragement Services Inc | Aurora, IN | $152,479 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Aurora, IN | $151,055 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ross Foundation Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $145,950 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Lawrence Catholic Church Lawrenceburg Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hillforest Historical Foundation Inc | Aurora, IN | $109,609 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Mental Health Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $103,753 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scholarship America Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $101,523 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Town of Dillsboro | Dillsboro, IN | $88,681 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lawrenceburg Main Street Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $80,898 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Miller-York Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Guilford, IN | $76,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| North Dearborn Community Park Nfp | Guilford, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| North Dearborn Pantry Incorporated | West Harrison, IN | $71,682 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sunman Rural Fire Department Inc | Sunman, IN | $71,180 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $61,464 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dearborn County Clearing House for Emergency Aid Inc | Aurora, IN | $50,260 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc | Edgewood, KY | $50,078 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St John Ev Lutheran Church | Aurora, IN | $49,627 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Archaeological Research Institute Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fraternal Order of Police | Lawrenceburg, IN | $44,393 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heart House Inc | Aurora, IN | $43,745 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Horizons Rehabilitation Inc | Batesville, IN | $42,665 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dearborn County Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $42,243 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dearborn County Historical Society Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $42,060 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Greendale, IN | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Dillsboro Summer Recreation Inc | Dillsboro, IN | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bright Volunteer Fire Co Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $32,522 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceburg Babe Ruth Baseball | Cincinnati, OH | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lawrenceburg Pee Wee Football Club | Lawrenceburg, IN | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sunman Dearborn Youth Athletic Assn | Guilford, IN | $31,120 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oak Heritage Conservancy | Hanover, IN | $30,945 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dearborn County Girls Softball Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $30,125 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dearborn County Parks Foundation Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $28,756 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Safe Passage Inc | Batesville, IN | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Water Rescue Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $25,717 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Aurora, IN | $25,559 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Moores Hill 1ST Baptist Church | Moores Hill, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| St John Lutheran Church | Lawrenceburg, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Community Project Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $17,639 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dearborn Adult Center Inc | Lawrenceburg, IN | $17,540 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of St Vincent Depaul Particular Council of Cinti | Cincinnati, OH | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Main Street Aurora Inc | Aurora, IN | $17,081 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Saints Catholic Church Dover Inc | Guilford, IN | $12,285 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation | Aurora, IN | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Manchester Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc | Aurora, IN | $6,067 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dearborn County Citizens Against Substance Abuse | Lawrenceburg, IN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| River Valley Rescources Inc | Madison, IN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| East Central High School | Brookville, IN | $5,337 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dillsboro Community Food Pantry | Dillsboro, IN | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
38 of 68 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 Greendale
The Greendale Beautification project & purchasing a drone for the Greendale Police Department - 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 - Lifetime Housing Group Inc
toward the $3 million addition of an 11-unit building at North Dearborn Village Senior Apartments contingent upon the organization providing proof it has secured the additional funds for completion of the project by April 1, 2026 - Community Mental Health Center Inc
Care Hub Building and Endowment Distribution
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 40 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
| 2025 | 38 | $1,238,044 | $11,178 |
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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 34 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 4 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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