Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc
Terre Haute, IN · EIN 35-1848649. Reported 317 grants totalling $7,086,907 to 167 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
167organizations funded
$12,226median reported grant
$7,086,907granted, 2020-2023
54%of grantees funded again the next year
6%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 Valley Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 167 distinct organizations, with 6% 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. 54% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,226. Half of what it reported fell between $8,074 and $23,932; the smallest was $5,026 and the largest $318,360. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chances and Services for Youth Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $394,197 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sheldon Swope Art Museum Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $370,585 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Wabash Valley Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $304,578 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $236,194 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Sullivan | Sullivan, IN | $202,055 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Terre Haute Childrens Museum Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $184,433 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vigo County Parks & Recreation Department | Terre Haute, IN | $166,696 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clay County Humane Society Inc | Brazil, IN | $164,842 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clara Fairbanks Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Terre Haute | Terre Haute, IN | $139,625 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southwest School Corporation of Sullivan County | Sullivan, IN | $129,021 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vigo County Historical Society | Terre Haute, IN | $128,411 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Forest Park Golf Course City of Brazil | Brazil, IN | $117,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terre Haute Symphony Association | Terre Haute, IN | $116,731 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baesler'strib Star Basket Project | Terre Haute, IN | $110,016 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Brazil | Brazil, IN | $109,969 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Rea Park Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $109,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Network for Good | Las Vegas, NV | $108,736 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Terre Haute Parks & Recreation Department | Terre Haute, IN | $101,309 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northeast School Corporation | Shelburn, IN | $99,111 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wabash Valley Recovery Center Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $99,079 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reach Services Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $90,017 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $88,050 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Terre Haute Humane Society | Terre Haute, IN | $82,970 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Next Step Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $80,746 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Wabash Valley Inc | Brazil, IN | $77,739 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rein Center | Clay City, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods | St Mary of Wd, IN | $71,198 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Benedict Catholic Church Terre Haute Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $69,051 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vigo County Education Foundation Inc | W Terre Haute, IN | $67,989 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 14TH & Chestnut Community Center in C | Terre Haute, IN | $59,754 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Council on Domestic Abuse Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $59,339 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $57,522 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Terre Haute, IN | $57,442 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clay Community Schools | Brazil, IN | $56,390 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $56,050 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trees Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $55,538 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries | Terre Haute, IN | $53,142 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College | St Mary of Wd, IN | $50,056 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc | Avon, IN | $49,975 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mother Theodore Corporation IV | Terre Haute, IN | $47,566 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Indiana State University Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $46,327 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| R C Archdiocese of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $45,414 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Saint Meinrad Arch Abbey | St Meinrad, IN | $44,017 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Margaret Mary Catholic Church Terre Haute Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $44,017 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Happiness Bag Players Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $43,930 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Franklin College of Indiana | Franklin, IN | $43,381 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Candles Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $42,950 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Camp Navigate | Terre Haute, IN | $41,732 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Sullivan County Public Library Inc | Sullivan, IN | $39,299 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hull Cemetery Association I | Prairieton, IN | $38,937 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Terre Haute Area Meals on Wheels Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $37,950 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph University Catholic Church Terre Haute Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $35,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Open Arms Christian Ministries | Bloomfield, IN | $35,583 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pride Center of Terre Haute Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Shelburn | Shelburn, IN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vigo County Public Library | Terre Haute, IN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $34,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Terre Haute, IN | $33,205 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Illiana Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $32,816 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Sullivan County | Sullivan, IN | $32,325 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art Spaces - Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection | Terre Haute, IN | $31,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brazil Mainstreet Inc | Brazil, IN | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wabash River Development &beautification Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $31,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Theatre of Clay County Inc | Brazil, IN | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clay County Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Cory, IN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Launch Terre Haute | Terre Haute, IN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gibault Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $29,654 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valley Professionals Community Health Center Inc | Clinton, IN | $28,891 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brown Bagger School Food Program | Shelburn, IN | $28,599 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sullivan County Youth Sports Inc | Shelburn, IN | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rural Community Solutions Global Horizons | Omaha, NE | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Central Indiana Economic Development District Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $26,250 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $25,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Brazil, IN | $25,562 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis | Chesterfield, MO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vigo County Veterans Memoraial Park Corp | Terre Haute, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intrepid Phoenix Inc | La Porte, IN | $24,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wabash Valley Health Center | Terre Haute, IN | $23,171 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clay Youth Football League Inc | Brazil, IN | $23,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $21,294 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $21,294 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Indianapolis, IN | $20,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cass Township Trustee | Centerpoint, IN | $20,631 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carlisle Lions Community Ambulance Inc | Carlisle, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clay City USA Foundation Inc | Clay City, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lost Creek Township Trustee | Seelyville, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Optimist International Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vigo County Treasurer | Terre Haute, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna From Seven Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $19,060 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana Elks Charities Inc | Columbia City, IN | $18,581 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hamilton Center Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $18,546 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Town of Center Point | Center Point, IN | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vermillion Trails Alliance Inc | Dana, IN | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Vermillion School Corporation | Clinton, IN | $17,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 12 Points Revitalization Initiative Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $16,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sincerus | Indianapolis, IN | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sisters of Our Lady Mt Carmel | Terre Haute, IN | $15,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fairbanks Township Trustee | Fairbanks, IN | $15,442 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heart of Sullivan | Sullivan, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team of Mercy Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Posey Township Clay County Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Staunton, IN | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Light House Mission Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $13,542 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial United Methodist Preschool | Terre Haute, IN | $13,172 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church | Sullivan, IN | $12,860 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center Point & Community Volunteer Fire Company Inc | Centerpoint, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miracle on 7TH Street Corp | Terre Haute, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Fathers Arms Inc | Sullivan, IN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Indiana Community Foundation Inc | Covington, IN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association | Indianapolis, IN | $10,576 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Collett Park Neighborhood Association Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $10,146 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Providence Health Care Inc | St Mary of Wd, IN | $10,120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Womens Ministries Incorporated | Bloomington, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Bureau Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Theatre of Terre Haute Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Support Services | Greencastle, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom Connection Recovery Center | Merom, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fsa of the Wabash Valley Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Never Broken Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terre Haute Womens Club Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Methodist Temple | Terre Haute, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Annunciation Catholic Church Brazil Inc | Brazil, IN | $9,964 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Sullivan, IN | $9,942 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spay-Neuter League Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $9,671 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sullivan County Park and Lake Board of Directors | Sullivan, IN | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terre Haute Landmarks Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $8,989 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Gospel Church Inc Tt | Terre Haute, IN | $8,813 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wolfe Graphics & Illustrations Inc | West Terre Haute, IN | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memorial United Methodist Church | Terre Haute, IN | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terre Haute Community Band | Terre Haute, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Fairview Park | Clinton, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution | Brazil, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riley Recreational League | Riley, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Carlisle | Carlisle, IN | $7,273 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Shelburn | Shelburn, IN | $7,270 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $7,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clay City Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Clay City, IN | $7,123 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mosaic | Omaha, NE | $6,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grandmas Ministries | Clay City, IN | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sullivan High School | Sullivan, IN | $6,491 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Launch Academy Inc | Brazil, IN | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dictionary Project | Wellington, FL | $6,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clay City Youth League | Clay City, IN | $6,135 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clay County Genealogical Society Incorporated | Center Point, IN | $6,022 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clay County Indiana Council on Aged and Aging Inc | Brazil, IN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iu School of Medicine | Indianapolis, IN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union Hospital Foundation Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $5,946 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ruth House | Sullivan, IN | $5,885 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Club Soda - Alano Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $5,868 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $5,765 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ceramica Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,632 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clinton City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Clinton, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parke-Vermillion County Humane Society Inc | Newport, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terre Haute South Touchdown Football Booster Club | Terre Haute, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veterans Point Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wreath Inc | Clay City, IN | $5,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sullivan County Civic Foundation | Sullivan, IN | $5,325 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merom Bluff Church Inc | Merom, IN | $5,315 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sullivan County Ema | Sullivan, IN | $5,297 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Merom Camp and Retreat Center Inc | Merom, IN | $5,181 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merom United Methodist Church | Merom, IN | $5,163 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest High Schools Alumni Association of Sullivan County | Sullivan, IN | $5,144 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Life Early Learning New Life Fellowship | Terre Haute, IN | $5,122 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Day Care Inc | Clinton, IN | $5,065 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Child-Care Center Inc | Terre Haute, IN | $5,040 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
76 of 167 (46%) 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.
It also reported 5 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 98 of 167 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 | 57 | $1,081,966 | $11,000 |
| 2021 | 71 | $1,320,480 | $13,534 |
| 2022 | 93 | $2,207,352 | $13,888 |
| 2023 | 96 | $2,477,109 | $12,113 |
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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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 $12,226 -- 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 Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc'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 97 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 200 South 8TH Street, Terre Haute, IN, 47807.
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