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Grant recipient EIN 35-6042815Education

Who funds Wells County Foundation Inc?

5 private foundations gave Wells County Foundation Inc in Bluffton, IN $2.2 million across 17 grants, in tax years 2019 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2019 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

17 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2025

    Indiana community FDN init-gift

    $750,000
  2. Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer FoundationFort Wayne, IN 2025

    Friends of bluffton shelter

    $5,000
  3. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2024

    Indiana community FDN initiative

    $675,000
  4. 8020 Foundation TrustFort Wayne, IN 2024

    Ignite your future pilot program

    $75,000
  5. Brickley Harry Dr Farm Foundation IncBluffton, IN 2024

    Community development grants

    $50,000
  6. Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer FoundationFort Wayne, IN 2024

    Friends of bluffton shelter

    $5,000
  7. 8020 Foundation TrustFort Wayne, IN 2023

    Ignite your future pilot program

    $105,000
  8. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2023

    Indiana community FDN initiative

    $50,000
  9. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $26
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $27
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $53
  12. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2020

    Indiana community FDN initiative

    $100,000
  13. Brickley Harry Dr Farm Foundation IncBluffton, IN 2020

    Operational support

    $2,000
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $34
  15. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2019

    Indiana community FDN initiative

    $319,222
  16. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2019

    Indiana community FDN initiative

    $10,000
  17. Brickley Harry Dr Farm Foundation IncBluffton, IN 2019

    Operational support

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Indiana and are not among Wells County Foundation Inc’s funders above.

  1. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 171 grants Accepts applications $542,990 to similar organizations
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 451 grants Accepts applications $432,337 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 181 grants Preselected only $1,108,968 to similar organizations
  4. Lumina Foundation for Education IncIndianapolis, IN 279 grants Accepts applications $8,855,538 to similar organizations
  5. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 103 grants Preselected only $123,031 to similar organizations
  6. Richard M Fairbanks Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN 181 grants Preselected only $29,392,621 to similar organizations
  7. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 277 grants Accepts applications $678,819 to similar organizations
  8. Baird Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI 122 grants Preselected only $1,100,720 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 35-6042815 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.