Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN · EIN 35-0868202. Reported 111 grants totalling $3,364,234 to 73 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Wabash College, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B420) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 17% 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. 27% 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $277,729. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Colleges Association Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $586,558 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Columbia Theological Seminary | Decatur, GA | $220,974 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kankakee Valley School Corp | Wheatfield, IN | $164,765 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary | Evanston, IL | $144,908 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Presbyterian Theologial Seminary | Austin, TX | $135,695 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Lutheran Seminary | Gettysburg, PA | $112,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of Biblical Literature | Atlanta, GA | $100,641 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $79,847 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Saint Peter, MN | $72,922 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $65,273 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iliff School of Theology | Denver, CO | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Directors | Chicago, IL | $64,265 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Colorado State University | Ft Collins, CO | $62,506 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Centre College of Kentucky | Danville, KY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Princeton Theological Seminary | Princeton, NJ | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Drew University | Madison, NJ | $50,770 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Para La Educacion Teologica Hispana Inc | Orlando, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Anselm College | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colgate Rochester Divinity School | Rochester, NY | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Methodist Theological School in Ohio | Delaware, OH | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard College | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| George Fox University | Newberg, OR | $37,450 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Interdenominational Theological Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $34,810 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $31,750 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Wyncote, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Univ of North Carolina-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Union University | Richmond, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whitworth University | Spokane, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $29,673 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denver Seminary | Littleton, CO | $29,585 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Johns University | Collegeville, MN | $29,425 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $29,398 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Holy Women Icons Project | Tacoma, WA | $29,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | $29,166 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Luther College | Decorah, IA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hanover College Trustees | Hanover, IN | $27,868 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | $27,179 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Louis Community College | Bridgeton, MO | $26,131 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern California School of Theology | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity | Greencastle, IN | $18,252 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bsk Theological Seminary Inc | Lexington, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | Santa Clara, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seattle University | Seattle, WA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saint Paul School of Theology | Leawood, KS | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $12,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Inc Fd Breeden Tua | Louisville, KY | $12,493 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anderson University Inc | Anderson, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denison University | Granville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mccormick Theological Seminary 22-22148 | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific School of Religion | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Pacific University | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College of St Mary | Omaha, NE | $9,910 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | Athens, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bushnell University | Eugene, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nazarene Theological Seminary | Kansas City, MO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phillips Theological Seminary Corporation | Tulsa, OK | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Religious Education Association Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary | Richmond, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wesley Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montclair State University Foundation Inc | Montclair, NJ | $6,570 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
26 of 73 (36%) 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 46 of 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 36 | $842,064 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 20 | $701,724 | $11,250 |
| 2022 | 22 | $781,985 | $29,836 |
| 2023 | 33 | $1,038,461 | $28,273 |
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
17% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. 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 $20,000 -- 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 Michigan.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wabash College's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). 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 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: Po Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933.
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