Grants awarded
Who does Olive B Cole Foundation INC fund?
Olive B Cole Foundation INC has awarded $9.4 million across 352 grants to 168 grantees between 2019 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $5,000 and $29,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$9.4M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
168
Grants
352
Years
2019–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Scholarships Paid (see Attached List) | $976K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Cole Center Family YMCA
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$575K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| S Scholarships | $468K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Trine University INC
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$353K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $351K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana | $334K | 8 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Scholarship Grants - See Attached List | $266K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum | $265K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Purdue University Fort Wayne | $255K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Q Questa Foundation for Education | $212K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$192K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| I Ivy Tech Community College | $155K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Science Central INC
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$151K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| I Inspiration Ministries | $150K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Learning Center | $143K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
St Martin's Healthcare INC
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$130K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| M McMillen Center | $126K | 6 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana | $124K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Acres Land Trust | $107K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$105K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $103K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cameron Hospital Foundation | $100K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Impact Institute | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Garrett Keyser Butler School Corp | $100K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | IN | |
| Y YMCA of Steuben County | $99K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Noble County Council on Aging INC
|
$94K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | IN | |
| M Mid-America Windmill Museum | $91K | 9 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Scan | $85K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $82K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Albion Community Center INC | $80K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| C Cole Center Family YMCA | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Judy a Morrill Recreation Center | $70K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Jam Center | $65K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| T Trine University | $60K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$60K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Early Childhood Alliance INC
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$60K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| S St Martins Healthcare INC | $55K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kendallville Parks & Recreation | $55K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Fort Wayne Historical Railroad Society | $55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Ivy Tech Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oak Farm Montessori School | $50K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IN | |
| Y YMCA of Dekalb County | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Noble County Council on Aging | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lagrange Communities Youth Center | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $48K | 6 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry INC
|
$45K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| A Albion Lions Club | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$40K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| R Riley Children's Foundation | $38K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Score | $38K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lagrange County Parks and Recreation | $35K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$34K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| H Hamilton Life Center | $33K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| R Riley Children's Hospital | $30K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Freedom Academy | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IN | |
| C Community Foundation of Dekalb County | $28K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Steuben County Council on Aging INC
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$25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IN | |
| J Jam Center | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kendallville Park & Recreation Dept | $25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M McMillen Health | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Eckhart Public Library | $25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| N Noble County Trails INC | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IN | |
| R Rolland Center for Lincoln Research | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Lagrange County Council on Aging | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Science Central | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The History Center | $25K | 8 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cancer Services of Ne Indiana | $24K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Excelsior Arts Academy and Youth Theater INC | $22K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
YWCA Northeast Indiana INC
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$22K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| S Soul Medic Media Group | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lagrange County Parks & Recreationi | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Soulmedic Media Company | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Alliance Industries INC
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| G Givehear | $20K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mad Anthony Children's Hope House | $20K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Elevate Ventures INC
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IN | |
| C Core | $20K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| N Northeast Indiana Fund | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Central Noble Food Pantry | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fortitude Fund INC | $20K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
Noble County Community Foundation INC
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$20K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
| L Lagrange County Parks & Rec | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Noble House Ministries | $19K | 3 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dekalb County Community Foundation | $18K | 3 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Acres INC
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$16K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| C City of Kendallville Fire Department | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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