Funding search · EIN 351997098 · Muncie, IN
Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $1.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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19 grants matching “muncie” · $481,200
- $50,000
Ymca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2024
Capital campaign
- $40,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2024
2024 housing program
- $40,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2024
Capital campaign4th quarter holiday programming
- $30,000
Muncie Civic Theatre · Muncie, IN · 2024
Page to stage program
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2024
Emergency shelter/cots stay program
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2024
2024 funders forum
- $50,000
Ymca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2023
New facility capital campaign
- $40,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2023
2023 housing program
- $30,000
Muncie Civic Theatre · Muncie, IN · 2023
Page to stage program
- $25,000
Muncie Mission Ministries · Muncie, IN · 2023
Project greathouse
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2023
Emergency shelter and cots stay program
- $15,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2023
2023 holiday programs
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2023
Funders' forum collaborative
- $60,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2022
2022 housing program
- $30,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2022
Programming support
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2022
Emergency shelter and cots stay program
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2022
Part time social emotional counselor
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2022
Funders' forum collaborative
- $1,200
Muncie-Delaware Clean & Beautiful · Muncie, IN · 2022
Operating support
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Ball State University Foundation3 grants · $150,500
- Shafer Leadership Academy3 grants · $150,000
- Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity3 grants · $140,000
- Ymca of Muncie2 grants · $100,000
- Cornerstone Center for the Arts3 grants · $85,000
- Muncie Children'S Museum3 grants · $85,000
- Youth Opportunity Center2 grants · $82,250
- Heart of Indiana United Way3 grants · $60,000
- Motivate Our Minds3 grants · $60,000
- Muncie Civic Theatre2 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $60,000
Shafer Leadership Academy · Muncie, IN · 2023
2023 payment & foundational suppport
- $60,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2022
2022 housing program
- $57,850
Youth Opportunity Center · Muncie, IN · 2022
Spirit life coordinator
- $50,500
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2022
Facilities pillar
- $50,000
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2024
Payment 3 of 5 performing arts
- $50,000
Ymca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2024
Capital campaign
- $50,000
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2023
Payment 2 of 5 performing arts
- $50,000
Ymca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2023
New facility capital campaign
- $45,000
Shafer Leadership Academy · Muncie, IN · 2024
Payment 3 of 3
- $45,000
Shafer Leadership Academy · Muncie, IN · 2022
Full time virtual program manager and operational support
- $40,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2024
2024 housing program
- $40,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2024
Capital campaign4th quarter holiday programming
- $40,000
Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity · Muncie, IN · 2023
2023 housing program
- $30,000
Cornerstone Center for the Arts · Muncie, IN · 2024
Operations/staffing
- $30,000
Muncie Civic Theatre · Muncie, IN · 2024
Page to stage program
- $30,000
Cornerstone Center for the Arts · Muncie, IN · 2023
Program support
- $30,000
Muncie Civic Theatre · Muncie, IN · 2023
Page to stage program
- $30,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2022
Programming support
- $25,150
Orchestra Indiana · Muncie, IN · 2022
Program support
- $25,000
Muncie Mission Ministries · Muncie, IN · 2023
Project greathouse
- $25,000
Cornerstone Center for the Arts · Muncie, IN · 2022
Program support
- $24,400
Youth Opportunity Center · Muncie, IN · 2023
Summer enrichment program
- $20,000
Cardinal Greenway · Muncie, IN · 2024
Operations
- $20,000
Heart of Indiana United Way · Muncie, IN · 2024
Road to reading
- $20,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2024
Endowment phyllis c shafer & virginia b ball
- $20,000
Motivate Our Minds · Muncie, IN · 2024
After school programming
- $20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Muncie, IN · 2024
Operation full pack (veterans, seniors, families)
- $20,000
Heart of Indiana United Way · Muncie, IN · 2023
Summer book give away program
- $20,000
Motivate Our Minds · Muncie, IN · 2023
Summer education & transportation
- $20,000
Heart of Indiana United Way · Muncie, IN · 2022
Program support
- $20,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Young artists scholarships
- $20,000
Motivate Our Minds · Muncie, IN · 2022
Educational enrichments program support
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2024
Emergency shelter/cots stay program
- $15,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023
Endowment
- $15,000
Muncie Children'S Museum · Muncie, IN · 2023
2023 holiday programs
- $15,000
Nonprofit Support Network · Muncie, IN · 2023
Core
- $15,000
Orchestra Indiana · Muncie, IN · 2023
Greatest immediate need
- $15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Muncie, IN · 2023
Operation full pack
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2023
Emergency shelter and cots stay program
- $15,000
Ywca of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2022
Emergency shelter and cots stay program
- $12,000
Nonprofit Support Network · Muncie, IN · 2024
Training
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Muncie, IN · 2024
Home fire campaign
- $10,000
American Red Cross - Indiana Region · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Home fire campaign
- $10,000
Awaken · Yorktown, IN · 2022
Translator funding
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie · Muncie, IN · 2022
Part time social emotional counselor
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2024
2024 funders forum
- $5,000
Masterworks Chorale · Muncie, IN · 2024
Valentine's day concert
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2023
Funders' forum collaborative
- $5,000
Masterworks Chorale · Muncie, IN · 2023
Valentine's day concert
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County · Muncie, IN · 2022
Funders' forum collaborative
- $5,000
Masterworks Chorale · Muncie, IN · 2022
Valentine's day concert
- $1,200
Muncie-Delaware Clean & Beautiful · Muncie, IN · 2022
Operating support
- $500
North Manchester United Methodist Church · North Manchester, IN · 2022
Operational support
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