Putnam County Community Foundation Inc
Greencastle, IN · EIN 31-1159916. Reported 155 grants totalling $3,688,839 to 85 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 Putnam County Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 85 distinct organizations, with 11% 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. 49% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,675 and $21,600; the smallest was $5,028 and the largest $356,295. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County Museum Inc | Greencastle, IN | $408,740 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Wabash Valley Inc | Brazil, IN | $398,295 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Putnam County Public Library | Greencastle, IN | $327,034 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Depauw University | Greencastle, IN | $247,236 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $200,141 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Putnam County Hospital | Greencastle, IN | $140,422 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beyond Homeless Inc | Greencastle, IN | $103,428 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Greencastle | Greencastle, IN | $97,685 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Putnam County Inc | Greencastle, IN | $95,163 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greencastle-Putnam County Development Center Inc | Greencastle, IN | $85,739 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America Inc | Greencastle, IN | $85,127 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Putnam County Comprehensive Services Inc | Greencastle, IN | $76,598 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Russellville Community Center | Russellville, IN | $72,780 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greencastle Community School Corporation | Greencastle, IN | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars | Cloverdale, IN | $53,708 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $50,215 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County Indiana Inc | Greencastle, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church | Greencastle, IN | $42,013 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Baptist Church of Greencastle Indiana Inc | Greencastle, IN | $41,636 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greencastle Presbyterian Church | Greencastle, IN | $40,673 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Putnam County Community Emergency Response Team Inc | Greencastle, IN | $38,768 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Support Services of West Central Indiana | Greencastle, IN | $33,868 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Roachdale Christian Church Inc | Roachdale, IN | $33,601 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mary Allison Childrens Home Inc | Greencastle, IN | $31,308 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Greencastle, IN | $31,305 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Putnam Dollars for Scholars | Greencastle, IN | $30,076 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Old National Trail Special Services | Greencastle, IN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Putnam County Playhouse Inc | Greencastle, IN | $28,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Recovery Raw | Fillmore, IN | $26,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Park Association of Putnam County Inc | Greencastle, IN | $26,153 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Isaiah 117 House | Elizabethton, TN | $26,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Putnam Alumni Association | Roachdale, IN | $25,870 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greencastle Civic League | Greencastle, IN | $21,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Andrews Episcopal Church | Greencastle, IN | $20,943 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry | Greencastle, IN | $20,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Putnam Parks and Pathways | Greencastle, IN | $20,414 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Constellation Stage & Screen Inc | Bloomington, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pigasus Institute Inc | Bloomington, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Putnam County Coalition for Education and the Creative Arts | Greencastle, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Cloverdale | Cloverdale, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greencastle Christian Church Inc | Greencastle, IN | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church | Greencastle, IN | $18,994 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clear Run Cemetery Association | Bridgeton, IN | $18,294 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clear Run Cemetery | Bridgeton, IN | $17,245 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cloverdale Main St | Cloverdale, IN | $17,226 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fillmore Community Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Fillmore, IN | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greencastle Police Department | Greencastle, IN | $14,608 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rockford University | Rockford, IL | $13,949 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greencastle Summer Music Inc | Greencastle, IN | $13,749 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reelsville Water Company Inc | Reelsville, IN | $12,705 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greencastle Fire Department | Greencastle, IN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College | St Mary of Wd, IN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cloverdale Lions Club | Cloverdale, IN | $11,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edge 21 | Greencastle, IN | $11,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sherwood Christian Church | Greencastle, IN | $10,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Putnam County Habitat for Humanity | Greencastle, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dusk-to-Dawn Bereavement Services | Carwfordsville, IN | $9,070 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greencastle Youth Softball Association Inc | Greencastle, IN | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Life Baptist Church | Greencastle, IN | $8,675 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Providence Baptist Church | Greencastle, IN | $8,675 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Central Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reelsville Community Center Inc | Reelsville, IN | $8,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health America of Putnam County Inc | Greencastle, IN | $8,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mary Allison Children's Trust | Greencastle, IN | $8,069 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lakeland Center Inc | Coatesville, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cloverdale High School | Cloverdale, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greencastle High School | Greencastle, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Putnam High School | Roachdale, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Putnam High School | Greencastle, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Russellville & Community Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Russellville, IN | $7,466 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roachdale Elementary School | Roachdale, IN | $6,615 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greencastle Parks & Recreation | Greencastle, IN | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wireman Funeral Services | Roachdale, IN | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Womens Ministries Incorporated | Bloomington, IN | $6,105 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Congregational Church of Christ | Rockford, IL | $6,005 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bainbridge Elementary School | Bainbridge, IN | $5,880 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith Hope Love Food Pantry | Russelville, IN | $5,675 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Two Fish Food Pantry | Bainbridge, IN | $5,675 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,603 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asbury Towers Retirement Community Inc | Skokie, IL | $5,579 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edge 21 Inc | Greencastle, IN | $5,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People Pathways | Greencastle, IN | $5,028 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
35 of 85 (41%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 35 of 85 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 | 38 | $605,123 | $9,134 |
| 2022 | 39 | $819,578 | $15,181 |
| 2023 | 37 | $868,682 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $1,395,456 | $15,808 |
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
98% 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 $12,000 -- 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 Putnam County 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 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 2 S Jackson Street, Greencastle, IN, 46135.
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