Funding search · EIN 854094023 · Carmel, IN

The Howdy Doody Good Times 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.

49
grants reported
$1.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationreligionbasilfoodpantrysaintsecurity

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Holy Trinity Cathedral3 grants · $405,000
  • The Claremont Institute3 grants · $390,500
  • Claremont Institute for Process Studies1 grant · $145,000
  • American Reformer2 grants · $40,000
  • The American Moment3 grants · $32,500
  • The American Cause3 grants · $32,500
  • Abigail Adams Institute2 grants · $30,000
  • Edmund Burke Foundation1 grant · $25,000
  • The American Conservative1 grant · $25,000
  • Hillsdale College1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$222,000
2021
$264,500
2022
$232,500
2023
$596,184
2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

  • $340,000

    Holy Trinity Cathedral · Carmel, IN · 2024

    Saint basil food pantry

  • $145,000

    The Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $145,000

    Claremont Institute for Process Studies · Claremont, CA · 2021

    General operations

  • $130,500

    The Claremont Institute · Claremont, CA · 2024

    Education

  • $115,000

    The Claremont Institute · Claremont, CA · 2023

    Education

  • $45,000

    Holy Trinity Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Abigail Adams Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $25,000

    Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    The American Conservative · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2021

    General operations

  • $20,000

    American Reformer · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Religion

  • $20,000

    American Reformer · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Religion

  • $20,000

    Holy Trinity Cathedral · Carmel, IN · 2023

    Saint basil food pantry

  • $20,000

    Unify Carmel · Indianapolis, IN · 2021

    General operations

  • $17,500

    The American Moment · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $15,000

    The American Cause · Oakton, VA · 2024

    Education

  • $15,000

    American Moment · Washington, DC · 2021

    General operations

  • $12,500

    The Charlemagne Institute · Bloomington, IN · 2024

    Education

  • $12,500

    The American Cause · Oakton, VA · 2023

    Education

  • $10,184

    Indy Latin School · Carmel, IN · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024

    Religion

  • $10,000

    Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    Holy Apostles Orthodox Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    Religion

  • $10,000

    Natalismorg · Houston, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    St John the Baptist Academy · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    The American Moment · Washington, DC · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    The Society for American Civic Renewal · Indianapolis, IN · 2021

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Abigail Adams Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023

    Religion

  • $5,000

    First Things (Institute for Religion and Public Life) · New York, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    Highlands Latin School · Carmel, IN · 2023

    Security initiative

  • $5,000

    Ancient Faith Ministries · Munster, IN · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Orthodox Christian Mission Center · St Augustine, FL · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The American Cause · Oakton, VA · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The American Moment · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The Burroughs Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2021

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Catholic Land Movement · Sharon Springs, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $2,500

    The Charlemagne Institute · Bloomington, MN · 2023

    Education

  • $2,500

    The New Atlantis · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Border Hawk News Corp · Petokey, MI · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Kristina'S House of Hope · Oswego, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $1,000

    More Monuments Co · Seaford, DE · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Indiana Diaper Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Kristina'S House of Hope · Oswego, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Kristina'S House of Hope · Oswego, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    The Adamsian Society · North Augusta, SC · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Highlands Latin School · Carmel, IN · 2021

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Robokauz · Indianapolis, IN · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Cedarville University · Cedarville, OH · 2023

    Education

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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.