Funding search · EIN 356042734 · Terre Haute, IN

Clara Fairbanks Foundation

Name: Clara Fairbanks 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.

72
grants reported: $467,141
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Vigo County Education Foundaiton4 grants · $54,000
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club2 grants · $33,394
Vigo County Ymca3 grants · $28,229
Happiness Bag1 grant · $22,582
Terre Haute Childrens Museum3 grants · $22,000
14th and Chestnut Community Center3 grants · $21,243
Terre Haute Catholic Char1 grant · $16,700
Wabash Valley Crew3 grants · $15,180
Vigo County Education1 grant · $15,000
Chances and Services for Youth2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$120,497

2022

$111,762

2023

$114,882

2024

$120,000

2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$22,582
Happiness Bag · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$19,000
Vigo County Education Foundaiton · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Mini grant programs
$18,394
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Inspire and empower youth campaign
$16,700
Terre Haute Catholic Char · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Computer systems
$15,000
Terre Haute Childrens Museum · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Operations
$15,000
Vigo County Education · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Mini grant programs
$15,000
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Vigo County Education Foundaiton · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Operations
$12,500
Vigo County Ymca · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Livestrong program
$10,743
14th and Chestnut Community Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Playground update project
$10,500
George Pocock Rowing Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Next Step Foundation · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Operations
$10,000
St Joseph Univ Parish Coda · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Operations
$10,000
Manna From Seven · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Forklift
$10,000
Vigo County Education Foundaiton · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Elementary student programs
$10,000
Vigo County Ymca · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Livestrong program
$10,000
Chances and Services for Youth · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operation
$10,000
Vigo County Education Foundaiton · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$8,500
Council On Domestic Abuse · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$8,250
Terre Haute Catholic Charities · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Computer systems
$7,500
Providence Food Pantry · West Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Food pantry
$7,500
American Red Cross · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Home fire relief
$7,000
Terre Haute Area Meals On Wheels · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Operations
$7,000
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Purchase of percussion equipment
$6,500
14th and Chestnut Community Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Building improvements
$6,000
Providence Food Pantry · West Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Food pantry
$6,000
Ymca of the Wabash Valley · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$6,000
Ymca of the Wabash Valley · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Wabash hydro fit project
$5,729
Vigo County Ymca · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Trailer for kayak
$5,363
Vigo County Historical Society · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Purchase of laptops for share your story
$5,300
Wabash Valley Crew · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Chances and Services for · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Building improvements
$5,000
Maple Center - Integrative Health · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Opertations
$5,000
Rethink · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Western Indiana Community · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Opertations
$5,000
Chances and Services for Youth · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Building improvements
$5,000
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Musical instruments
$5,000
American Red Cross · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Home fire relief
$5,000
Shine Foster Family Resources · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Team of Mercy · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Kids cafe
$5,000
Operation Heart · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Terre Haute Childrens Museum · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Before and after school program
$5,000
Wabash Valley Crew · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Fairbanks park boathouse project
$4,880
Wabash Valley Crew · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$4,800
Vigo County Historical Society · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Computer equipment
$4,500
Catholic Charities · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Ryves youth center
$4,000
Crossroads Care Clinic - Earn While · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Operations
$4,000
14th and Chestnut Community Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$3,668
Vigo County Historical Society · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Computer equipment
$3,500
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Mobile unit
$3,500
Rethink · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Cleaner and greener wabash valley
$3,000
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Travel expense for vigo county campers
$2,885
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Earn while you learn
$2,697
Wabash Valley Community Foundation · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Wv crew matching fund
$2,500
American Red Cross · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Home fire relief
$2,500
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Mobile unit
$2,500
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,500
Catholic Charities · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Ryves preschool kitchen update
$2,000
Terre Haute Womens Club · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Shoe bus
$2,000
Terre Haute Womens Club · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Shoe bus
$2,000
Vigo Co in Ceo · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Ceo program
$2,000
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Earn while you learn men
$2,000
League of Terre Haute Incorporated · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Terre Haute Childrens Museum · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Earn while you learn
$2,000
Mosaic of Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Called to be bold campaign
$2,000
Reach Services · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Aed purchase campaign
$1,850
Rethink · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Appliances
$1,800
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Earn while you learn women
$1,000
Noon Optimist Club of Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN · 2023
Op
$1,000
Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship · Effingham, IL · 2022
Vigo county ceo program

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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.