Lagrange County Community Foundation INC FY2020 filing

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Lagrange, IN501(c)(3)Since 1991Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 35-1834679Revenue $1.2M in FY2020

On file with the IRSlccf.net45 N 250 W, 46761-8667 · Lagrange, INTax-exempt since Dec 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the Lagrange County Community Foundation is to inspire and sustain generosity, leadership and service. We connect donors to charitable causes, award grants and scholarships, and support Community initiatives to enhance the quality of life in Lagrange County.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$75K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 $2.3M a year · 65% 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
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$75K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$225K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
Spent
$842K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$18.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2025$3.3M
Expenses
$842K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$842K
FY2021$942K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$18.7M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$18.7M
FY2021$23.5M
FY2022$20.7M
FY2023$24.2M
FY2024$32.0M
FY2025$36.5M

From the FY2020 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 Dec 1991.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $560K Management & general 30% · $249K Fundraising 4% · $33K

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; $75K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Octavia Yoder’s $98K as Executive Di is at the 29th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Octavia Yoder$98,299$94,000$79,615$84,840$66,346$75,000

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

Programs and updates

Inspiring generosity, leadership, and service to benefit local citizens and organizations.

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3 programs · $503K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Community Development and Recognition

The lagrange county community foundation established the heart of gold award to recognize local residents who support lagrange county through their volunteer efforts. The foundation also promotes community development through supporting community improvements, funding nonprofit programs, and local youth programs, including youth…

$219Kprogram expense
02

Scholarships

Scholarship recipients are selected on a competitive basis through careful review and scoring of applications by members of the volunteer scholarship advisory committee. The board of directors have final approval on all scholarship awards.

$202Kprogram expense
03

Health and Emergency Relief

The lagrange county community foundation has recognized a need to basic fund basic human service needs such as food, clothing and shelter. In response to that need, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations that provide programs and services to those residents.

$82Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 97 grants · $3.5M · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$219,537
Lagrange County AuditorFY2025$42,919
Lagrange County Hope INCIN · FY2025$29,752
Lakeland School CorporationFY2025$28,297
Lagrange County Department of ParksFY2025$27,000
Community Health Clinic INCIN · FY2025$17,500
Menno-HofIN · FY2025$12,922
Rainbow Years Learning MinistryFY2025$10,002
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$807K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$408K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Money outPt IX
$842K
Ln 25
Programscol B$560K
Managementcol C$249K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$18.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$429K
Total assetsLn 16$18.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$225K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$408K
Government grantsLn 1e$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$807K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Gains on assetsLn 7$459K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$22K
SavingsLn 2$407K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$429K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$232K
Total assetsLn 16$18.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$225K
Net assetsLn 32$18.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$273K$429K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$16.9M$18.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K$232K
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M$18.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$203K$225K
Net assetsLn 32$17.2M$18.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$290K$290K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$164K$164K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$19K$50K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$108K$27K$70K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$488$1K$196
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$4K$9K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$31K
Investment management feesLn 11f$30K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$3K$14K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$2K$5K$827
Information technologyLn 14$23K$6K$15K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$29K$19K$7K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$27K$22K$5K$160
Total functional expensesLn 25$842K$560K$249K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.3M$1.3M$2.0M$36.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.5M$1.6M$5.9M$32.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.0M$1.6M$1.4M$24.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$1.1M$990K$20.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.2M$942K$3.3M$23.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.2M$842K$395K$18.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,236,893 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $854,394$407,502
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,580$2,554
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $616,105$806,648
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,300$20,189
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,482,379$1,236,893
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $456,654$453,995
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $153,770$200,938
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $448,777$187,246
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,059,201$842,179
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $423,178$394,714
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $1,236,893 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$5,238
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$402,264
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$407,502
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,554$2,554
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $347,684$347,684
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $20,189$20,189
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $458,964$458,964
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,554 · Excluded from tax $826,837$1,236,893
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $842,179 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $290,256$290,256
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $163,739$163,739
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $19,226 · Management $49,988 · Fundraising $7,690$76,904
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $26,956 · Management $70,085 · Fundraising $10,782$107,823
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $488 · Management $1,268 · Fundraising $196$1,952
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,565 · Management $9,268 · Fundraising $1,426$14,259
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,786$3,786
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $30,778$30,778
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $30,336$30,336
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,879 · Management $14,396 · Fundraising $1,920$19,195
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $4,400$4,400
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,067 · Management $5,375 · Fundraising $827$8,269
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,829 · Management $15,155 · Fundraising $2,332$23,316
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,527 · Management $7,126 · Fundraising $2,850$28,503
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,149$3,149
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,928$1,928
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,873 · Management $1,624$6,497
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $21,694 · Management $5,235 · Fundraising $160$27,089
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $560,099 · Management $249,497 · Fundraising $32,583$842,179
Part X · Balance sheet $18,888,025 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $22,807$21,994
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $250,141$407,294
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,550$830
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,789$232,267
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $16,902,790$18,201,140
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $24,500$24,500
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,406,734$18,888,025
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,426$20,837
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $202,634$224,774
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,173,043$7,846,994
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,031,057$10,816,257
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $17,204,100$18,663,251
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,406,734$18,888,025
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,663,251 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,236,893
XI-2 Total expenses$842,179
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$394,714
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$17,204,100
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,063,937
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$500
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$18,663,251

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