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.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$94K 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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FY2024 · 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
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$94K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
26 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $24.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 25.9 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
$262K
0.8% 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
$7.5M
+152% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$32.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.5M
FY2024▲ +152%
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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
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -2%
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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
$32.0M
FY2024▲ +32%
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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

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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

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $1.2M Management & general 23% · $359K Fundraising 2% · $36K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $94K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$94,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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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2 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Grantmaking

The lagrange county community foundation's unrestricted endowment funds and field of interest funds respond to changing needs in lagrange county. The community foundation directs grants to charitable projects that improve the quality of life in lagrange county in arts and culture, health and human services, community development…

$1.0Mprogram expense
02

Scholarships

Together with local philanthropists, the community foundation offers scholarship opportunities for students pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarship recipients are selected through a competitive application process. The scholarship advisory committee reviews and scores applications per the donor-established criteria.

$150Kprogram 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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$984K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$359K
Fundraisingcol D$36K
Owns and owesPt X
$32.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$32.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$262K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$984K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$289K
Total revenueLn 12$7.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$29K
SavingsLn 2$3.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$24.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$54K
Total assetsLn 16$32.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$262K
Net assetsLn 32$32.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$23.3M$21.1M$18.8M$22.6M$17.6M
Given inLn 1b$663K$194K$650K$3.3M$187K
SpentLn 1d–1f$520K$426K$700K$416K$765K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.2M$24.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$65K$54K
Total assetsLn 16$24.4M$32.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$229K$262K
Net assetsLn 32$24.2M$32.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$821K$821K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$122K$122K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$24K$61K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$154K$38K$103K$13K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$2K$4K$613
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$5K$13K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$36K$36K
Investment management feesLn 11f$59K$59K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$2K$5K$830
Information technologyLn 14$37K$9K$24K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$22K$14K$6K$2K
TravelLn 17$12K$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$5K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$123K$119K$3K$463
All other expensesLn 24e$767$767
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.2M$359K$36K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.3M$1.3M$2.0M$36.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 11, 2025 $7.5M$1.6M$5.9M$32.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 24, 2024 $3.0M$1.6M$1.4M$24.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 4, 2023 $2.1M$1.1M$990K$20.7M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 30, 2022 $4.2M$942K$3.3M$23.5M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 21, 2021 $1.2M$842K$395K$18.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $7,478,053 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,132,697$6,490,725
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,998$2,103
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $829,224$983,614
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $801$1,611
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,964,720$7,478,053
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,023,742$943,233
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $238,056$274,026
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $323,099$340,252
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,584,897$1,557,511
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,379,823$5,920,542
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 $7,478,053 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,490,725
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,490,725
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,103$2,103
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $694,393$694,393
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $289,221$289,221
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,611$1,611
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,714 · Excluded from tax $983,614$7,478,053
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,557,511 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $821,483$821,483
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $121,750$121,750
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $23,500 · Management $61,100 · Fundraising $9,400$94,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $38,495 · Management $102,567 · Fundraising $12,918$153,980
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,703 · Management $4,497 · Fundraising $613$6,813
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,808 · Management $12,694 · Fundraising $1,731$19,233
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,826$2,826
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $36,420$36,420
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $58,920$58,920
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $4,166$4,166
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $4,501$4,501
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,075 · Management $5,397 · Fundraising $830$8,302
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,314 · Management $24,216 · Fundraising $3,726$37,256
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,460 · Management $5,562 · Fundraising $2,225$22,247
IX-17 TravelManagement $12,087$12,087
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $8,710$8,710
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $13,854$13,854
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,157 · Management $1,719$6,876
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $119,407 · Management $3,450 · Fundraising $463$123,320
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $767$767
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,162,152 · Management $358,952 · Fundraising $36,407$1,557,511
Part X · Balance sheet $32,229,370 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,941$28,830
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,984,535$3,337,987
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $125,000$4,127,500
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,714$8,201
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $64,633$54,093
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $21,908,089$24,406,510
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $266,249$266,249
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,417,161$32,229,370
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,233$40,193
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $229,238$261,512
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,375,540$9,630,585
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,812,383$22,337,273
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $24,187,923$31,967,858
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,417,161$32,229,370
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $31,967,858 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,478,053
XI-2 Total expenses$1,557,511
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,920,542
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$24,187,923
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,859,393
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$31,967,858

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