Greene County Foundation INC FY2021 filing

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To create and establish a Foundation to facilitate the purpose of public benefactors and to develop a plan of benefaction and maintaining a useful trust for the benefit of the public of Greene County, indiana.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$58K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.1M a year · 70% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $12.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 10.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $1.8M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$365K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
+79% vs prior year
Spent
$727K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$12.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2021▲ +79%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$3.5M
Expenses
$727K
FY2021▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$832K
FY2021$727K
FY2022$764K
FY2023$764K
FY2024$863K
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$12.9M
FY2021▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.3M
FY2021$12.9M
FY2022$12.9M
FY2023$14.0M
FY2024$21.5M
FY2025$23.6M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1992.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $557K Management & general 20% · $144K Fundraising 4% · $26K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$58,483Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Suzanne Jackson’s $78K as Executive Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Suzanne Jackson$77,867$65,907$61,486$24,337——
Sherri Knieriem———$21,276$58,483—
Sherri Knireman—————$55,689

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $557K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Provided grants to numerous organizations or individuals for the benefit of the residents of greene county, indiana.

$557Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$1.8M
See all 3 funders →
Grants paid · 93 grants · $2.5M · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$164,277
Town of BloomfieldIN · FY2025$39,830
Msd of ShakamakFY2025$37,510
PassportsFY2025$25,903
City of JasonvilleFY2025$24,570
Wagler Education and Training CenterFY2025$18,750
Prairie Chapel Cemetery INCIN · FY2025$18,600
Sculpture Trails INCIN · FY2025$7,500
Walnut Grove CemeteryFY2025$6,710
Individual RecipientFY2025$6,710
See all 93 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$1.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$400K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Money outPt IX
$727K
Ln 25
Programscol B$557K
Managementcol C$144K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$12.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$624K
Total assetsLn 16$13.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$365K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$400K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$292K
SavingsLn 2$333K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$624K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$605K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$13.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$365K
Net assetsLn 32$12.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
End of yearLn 1g$12.7M$11.1M$10.5M$8.6M$8.7M
Given inLn 1b$535K$356K$864K$1.2M$342K
SpentLn 1d–1f$2.8M$566K$632K$471K$373K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$692K$624K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.3M$12.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$663K$605K
Total assetsLn 16$11.7M$13.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$351K$365K
Net assetsLn 32$11.3M$12.9M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$328K$328K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$115K$115K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$61K$8K$45K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$95K$49K$43K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$6K$9K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$6K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$27K$27K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$333$3K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$1K$1K$759
Information technologyLn 14$14K$4K$7K$3K
TravelLn 17$2K$752$376$752
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$48K$39K$4K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$727K$557K$144K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 28, 2026 $3.5M$1.5M$2.1M$23.6M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 11, 2025 $7.7M$863K$6.8M$21.5M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 4, 2024 $1.0M$764K$256K$14.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 18, 2023 $2.6M$764K$1.9M$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 3, 2022 $1.9M$727K$1.2M$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 27, 2021 $1.1M$832K$226K$11.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,894,714 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $469,566$400,105
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,390$11,816
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $550,280$1,464,273
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21,550$18,520
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,058,786$1,894,714
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $539,800$443,575
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $152,940$172,268
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $139,685$111,374
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $832,425$727,217
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $226,361$1,167,497
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,894,714 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$95,208
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$304,897
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$400,105
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,816$11,816
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $169,995$169,995
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $18,520$18,520
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,294,278$1,294,278
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $30,336 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,464,273$1,894,714
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $727,217 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $328,159$328,159
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $115,416$115,416
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $8,343 · Management $44,982 · Fundraising $7,743$61,068
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $48,682 · Management $42,528 · Fundraising $3,436$94,646
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,054 · Management $9,308 · Fundraising $1,192$16,554
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $5,726$5,726
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $27,048$27,048
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $333 · Fundraising $2,994$3,327
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,213 · Management $1,062 · Fundraising $759$3,034
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,069 · Management $6,783 · Fundraising $2,713$13,565
IX-17 TravelPrograms $752 · Management $376 · Fundraising $752$1,880
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $2,966$2,966
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,191$2,191
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,371$2,371
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $38,995 · Management $4,305 · Fundraising $4,721$48,021
IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $1,245$1,245
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $557,409 · Management $144,253 · Fundraising $25,555$727,217
Part X · Balance sheet $13,218,634 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $314,046$291,716
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $378,251$332,746
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $662,696$605,005
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,331,050$11,986,167
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $9,600$3,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,695,643$13,218,634
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,453$4,678
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $95,720$78,180
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $351,373$364,766
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $269,942$308,859
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,074,328$12,545,009
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,344,270$12,853,868
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,695,643$13,218,634
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,853,868 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,894,714
XI-2 Total expenses$727,217
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,167,497
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,344,270
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$427,309
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$85,208
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,853,868

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