Funding search · EIN 311130385 · Columbus, IN
Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer
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
- $1.6M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $6,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Iu Foundatoin3 grants · $144,000
- Hospice of South Central Indiana4 grants · $118,500
- Bridge To Dove Recovery House2 grants · $112,000
- Lincoln Central Neighborhood4 grants · $72,000
- Family Services of Bartholomew County3 grants · $65,000
- Columbus Park Foundation2 grants · $60,000
- Just Friends4 grants · $53,000
- American Red Cross3 grants · $53,000
- Chain Breaker Ministries4 grants · $52,000
- Foundation for Youth3 grants · $47,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 158 grants.
- $72,000
Bridge To Dove Recovery House · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $55,000
Iu Foundatoin · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $51,500
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $49,000
Iu Foundatoin · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $40,000
Indiana University Columbus · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $40,000
Bridge To Dove Recovery House · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $40,000
Columbus Park Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022
Nexus park
- $40,000
Iu Foundatoin · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $34,000
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $30,000
Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $25,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $25,000
Family Services of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $25,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $22,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $22,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $20,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Columbus Park Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $20,000
Family Services of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $20,000
Ivy Tech Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $20,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Family Services of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $20,000
Hospice of South Central Indiana · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $18,000
Columbus Area Chamber of · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $17,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $17,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $17,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
Foundation for Youth of Bartholomew · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $15,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $15,000
Love Chapel Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $15,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $15,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $15,000
Lincoln Central Neighborhood · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $14,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $13,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $13,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Greater Ind · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $13,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Bartholomew County Public Library · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Friends of Columbus Animal Care Services · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Columbus Area Chamber of · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $12,000
Foundation for Youth · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $11,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $11,000
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $11,000
Casa · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $11,000
Chain Breaker Ministries · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Columbus Area Chamber of · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Ronald McDonald House of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $10,000
Just Friends · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $9,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $9,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $8,000
Turning Point Domestic Violence · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $8,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $8,000
Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $8,000
American Red Cross · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Hoosier Trails Council Bsa · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Hoosier Trails Council Bsa · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Thrive Alliance · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Columbus Are Arts Council · Columbus, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $7,000
Hoosier Trails Council Bsa · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Reach · Columbus, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $7,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $6,000
Columbus Indiana Architectural · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $6,000
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $6,000
Gleaners Foodbank of in · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $6,000
Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $6,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Bartholomew Co Historical Society · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Columbus Firemen'S Cheer Fund · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Gleaners Foodbank of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Happy Hollow Children'S Camp · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Shop With a Cop · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
The Arc of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Thrive Alliance · Columbus, IN · 2025
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Access Ability · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Calvary Community Church · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Columbus Firemen'S Cheer Fund · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Gleaners Foodbank of in · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Happy Hollow Children'S Camp · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Shop With a Cop · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
The Arc of Bartholomew County · Columbus, IN · 2024
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable purposes
- $5,000
Advocates for Children · Columbus, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Greater Ind · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
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