Funding search · EIN 356049600 · Columbus, IN
Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent 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.
- 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.
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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 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
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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