Funding search · EIN 311051347 · Columbus, IN

Foster Orben Charitable Trust

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

42
grants reported
$352,980
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,850
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

communitymusiceducationreligionwelfaredomestichealthviolence

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Columbus Hospice1 grant · $75,000
  • First Resbyterian Church3 grants · $64,596
  • Turning Point3 grants · $45,200
  • Columbus Regional Health Fdn1 grant · $33,000
  • Columbus Landmark Foundation4 grants · $28,000
  • United Way3 grants · $23,500
  • First Presbyterian Church1 grant · $20,700
  • Columbus Philharmonic3 grants · $13,400
  • All Other1 grant · $8,484
  • Mill Race Center3 grants · $7,400

Giving over time

$90,800
2022
$125,696
2023
$136,484
2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

  • $75,000

    Columbus Hospice · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Social Welfare

  • $33,000

    Columbus Regional Health Fdn · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Health

  • $24,298

    First Resbyterian Church · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Religion

  • $24,298

    First Resbyterian Church · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Religion

  • $20,700

    First Presbyterian Church · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Religion

  • $16,000

    First Resbyterian Church · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Religion

  • $15,100

    Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Domestic Violence

  • $15,100

    Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Domestic Violence

  • $15,000

    Turning Point · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Domestic Violence

  • $11,500

    United Way · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Health

  • $10,000

    Columbus Landmark Foundation · Colubus, IN · 2022

    Community

  • $8,484

    All Other · Columbus, IN · 2024

    All other

  • $6,000

    Columbus Landmark Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Landmark

  • $6,000

    Columbus Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Music

  • $6,000

    Columbus Landmark Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community Development

  • $6,000

    Columbus Landmark Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community Development

  • $6,000

    United Way · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community

  • $6,000

    United Way · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community

  • $5,000

    Lasoupe · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Meals for Poor

  • $4,000

    Advocates for Children · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Social Welfare

  • $4,000

    Columbus Indiana Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Music

  • $3,700

    Columbus Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Music

  • $3,700

    Columbus Philharmonic · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Music

  • $2,500

    Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community

  • $2,500

    Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community

  • $2,500

    Heritage Fund of Bartholomew Cty · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Community

  • $2,400

    Mill Race Center · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Community

  • $2,000

    Love Chapel · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Welfare

  • $1,750

    Various · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Various

  • $1,750

    Various · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Various

  • $1,700

    Various · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Various

  • $1,500

    Arts With Purpose · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    Music Instruction

  • $1,500

    Arts With Purpose · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    Music Instruction

  • $1,000

    Morristown-Beard School · Morristown, NJ · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Heritage Fund · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community Foundation

  • $1,000

    Heritage Fund · Columbus, IN · 2023

    Community Foundation

  • $1,000

    Morristown-Beard School · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Morristown-Beard School · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Columbus Regional Health Foundation · Columbus, IN · 2022

    Health

  • $1,000

    Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Tunnel of Love · Staten Island, NY · 2022

    Welfare

  • $0

    Our Hospice · Ccolumbus, IN · 2022

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