Funding search · EIN 310934821 · Goshen, IN

Kenneth & Lela Harkless

Name: Kenneth & Lela Harkless grants, 2022–2025
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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.

61
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,000
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

beautification community capital improvement maintenance park public town

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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.

Kosc Co Community Foundation1 grant · $1.6M
Syracuse Wawasee Historical Society4 grants · $90,000
Syracuse Cemetery Association3 grants · $80,000
Syracuse - Wawasee Rotary Club4 grants · $55,000
Syracuse Parks Department4 grants · $50,000
Oakwood Foundation4 grants · $35,000
Kosciusko County Senior Services4 grants · $35,000
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails4 grants · $30,000
Town of Syracuse4 grants · $25,000
Grace College Lilly Center for4 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$110,000

2022

$110,000

2023

$220,000

2024

$1.7M

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$1.6M
Kosc Co Community Foundation · Warsaw, IN · 2025
Fund community support
$40,000
Syracuse Cemetery Association · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Beautification & maintenance
$36,000
Syracuse Wawasee Historical Society · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Program support
$22,000
Syracuse - Wawasee Rotary Club · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Syracuse Cemetery Association · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Beautification & maintenance
$20,000
Syracuse Parks Department · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Public park support
$20,000
Syracuse Cemetery Association · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Beautification & maintenance
$20,000
Syracuse Cemetery Assn · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Beautification & maintenance
$18,000
Syracuse Wawasee Historical Society · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Program support
$18,000
Syracuse Wawasee Historical Society · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Program support
$18,000
Syracuse Wawasee Historical Society · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Program support
$14,000
Kosciusko County Senior Services · Warsaw, IN · 2024
Program support
$14,000
Oakwood Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Program support
$12,000
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Capital improvement
$11,000
Syracuse - Wawasee Rotary Club · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Charitable
$11,000
Syracuse - Wawasee Rotary Club · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Charitable
$11,000
Syracuse - Wawasee Rotary Club · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Syracuse Parks Department · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Public park support
$10,000
Grace College Lilly Center for · Winona Lake, IN · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Real Services · South Bend, IN · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Syracuse Wawasee Garden Club · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Community project
$10,000
Town of Syracuse · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Beautification of the town
$10,000
Syracuse Parks Department · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Public park support
$10,000
Syracuse Parks Department · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Public park support
$9,600
Swcc Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Kosciusko County Senior Services · Warsaw, IN · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Oakwood Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Kosciusko County Senior Services · Warsaw, IN · 2023
Program support
$7,000
Oakwood Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Program support
$7,000
Kosciusko County Senior Services · Warsaw, IN · 2022
Program support
$7,000
Oakwood Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Program support
$6,000
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Capital improvement
$6,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Capital improvement
$6,000
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Capital improvement
$5,000
Grace College Lilly Center for · Winona Lake, IN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Real Services · South Bend, IN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Syracuse Wawasee Garden Club · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Community project
$5,000
Town of Syracuse · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Beautification of the town
$5,000
Grace College Lilly Center for · Winona Lake, IN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Real Services · South Bend, IN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Syracuse Wawasee Garden Club · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Community project
$5,000
Town of Syracuse · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Beautification of the town
$5,000
Grace College Lilly Center for · Winona Lake, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Real Services · South Bend, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Syracuse Wawasee Garden Club · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Community project
$5,000
Town of Syracuse · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Beautification of the town
$4,800
Swcc Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Program support
$4,800
Swcc Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Program support
$4,800
Swcc Foundation · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Program support
$4,400
K-21 (Tour Des Lakes) · Syracuse, IN · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Wawasee Area Conservancy · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Program support
$2,200
Rotary Found (Tour Des Lakes) · Syracuse, IN · 2025
Program support
$2,200
K-21 (Tour Des Lakes) · Syracuse, IN · 2023
Program support
$2,200
K-21 (Tour Des Lakes) · Syracuse, IN · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Program support

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