Funding search · EIN 356049600 · Columbus, IN

Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation

Name: Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

158
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Iu Foundation3 grants · $206,000
Columbus Park Foundation2 grants · $90,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana3 grants · $88,000
Foundation for Youth4 grants · $83,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood4 grants · $78,000
Bridge To Dove Recovery House1 grant · $78,000
Family Services3 grants · $69,000
Just Friends4 grants · $62,000
American Red Cross3 grants · $60,500
Birdge To Dove Recovery House1 grant · $60,000

Giving over time

$486,000

2022

$518,000

2023

$388,000

2024

$530,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 158 grants.

$78,000
Bridge To Dove Recovery House · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$76,000
Iu Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$70,000
Iu Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Iu Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Birdge To Dove Recovery House · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Columbus Park Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022
Nexus park
$51,000
Our Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$45,000
Indiana University Columbus · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$34,500
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$33,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2023
Big brother, big sister
$33,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Family Service of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Columbus Park Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Nexus park
$30,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Family Services · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$23,000
Ivy Tech Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$22,500
Family Services · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$22,000
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$21,500
Family Services · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$21,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$18,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$18,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$18,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$18,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2022
Big brother, big sister
$17,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2024
Big brother, big sister
$17,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Greater Ind · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$17,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Love Chapel Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,000
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,000
Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,000
Bartholomew County Public Library · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$13,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$13,000
Friends of Columbus Animal Care Service · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$13,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$13,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$13,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,000
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,000
Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$11,000
Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$11,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Advocates for Children · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Greater Ind · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022
Volunteers in medicine
$8,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Hoosier Trails Council · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Turning Point Domestic Violence Services · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Volunteers in medicine
$8,000
Hoosier Trails Council · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Thrive Alliance · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Columbus Area Arts Council · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Hoosier Trails Council · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Reach · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Hoosier Trails Council · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives · Columbus, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Anderson Center · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Happy Hollow Children'S Camp · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Ronald McDonald House of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Shop With a Cop Fop 89 · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Thrive Alliance · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Access Abiltiy · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Columbus Fellowship Club · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Gleaners Foodbank of in · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Ronald McDonald House of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
The Arc of Bartholmew County · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Thrive Alliance · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
United Cerebral Palsy · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Columbus Firemen'S Cheer Fund · Columbus, IN · 2025
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.