- Revenue 2025
- $12,718,293
- Expenses 2025
- $8,302,035
Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- T31
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1401 CALUMET AVE
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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DISCOVERY ALLIANCE INC
EIN 35-2112155
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FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY
EIN 88-3301028
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH LASTING GENEROSITY AND LEADERSHIP
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THE ORGANIZATION DISBURSES GRANTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY AND HELP MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DISBURSES GRANTS TO PORTER COUNTY RESIDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUESTS OF DONORS WHO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.
Expenses $7,038,187 · Grants $5,975,382 · Revenue $4,396
As filed on the 2025 return.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Bill NeffBILL NEFF
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Celina WeatherwaxCELINA WEATHERWAX
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dean CobbleDEAN COBBLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emily Richardson-RossbachEMILY RICHARDSON-ROSSBACH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer VidimosJENNIFER VIDIMOS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John MontgomeryJOHN MONTGOMERY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julie ElishaJULIE ELISHA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jung LeeJUNG LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kari ZehnerKARI ZEHNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lauren KroegerLAUREN KROEGER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark RitziMARK RITZI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Megan MarshallMEGAN MARSHALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael WendahlMICHAEL WENDAHL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pranati BansalPRANATI BANSAL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rachel StonerRACHEL STONER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ryan ColeRYAN COLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sami WelterSAMI WELTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Saradha De JesusSARADHA DE JESUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott HuffordSCOTT HUFFORD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matt VesselyMATT VESSELY
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim ColemanTIM COLEMAN
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeffrey LewisJEFFREY LEWIS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer ShikanyJENNIFER SHIKANY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carol HallCAROL HALL
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William A HigbieWILLIAM A HIGBIE
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $186,601
- From this org
- $164,829
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,772
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $164,829
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,625
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,147
- Filer's total
- $186,601
The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $12,718,293
- Expenses
- $8,302,035
- Contributions
- $6,770,635
- Grants paid
- $5,975,382
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2023
- Revenue
- $7,050,984
- Expenses
- $5,414,417
- Contributions
- $3,722,959
- Grants paid
- $3,877,260
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2022
- Revenue
- $21,992,787
- Expenses
- $6,013,105
- Contributions
- $19,509,845
- Grants paid
- $4,540,085
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,735,986
- Expenses
- $4,513,122
- Assets (EOY)
- $83,303,379
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,378,940
- Expenses
- $3,822,119
- Assets (EOY)
- $71,838,230
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,591,395
- Expenses
- $3,179,315
- Assets (EOY)
- $62,918,414
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,950,416
- Expenses
- $3,731,250
- Assets (EOY)
- $53,441,362
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,691,325
- Expenses
- $3,951,749
- Assets (EOY)
- $58,259,937
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,433,158
- Expenses
- $3,879,441
- Assets (EOY)
- $49,017,235
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,502,562
- Expenses
- $3,350,484
- Assets (EOY)
- $45,355,649
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,327,383
- Expenses
- $3,474,949
- Assets (EOY)
- $44,916,179
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,361,100
- Expenses
- $2,746,496
- Assets (EOY)
- $39,699,668
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,665,117
- Assets (EOY)
- $31,456,644
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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$1,409,971
2022 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$1,074,622
2025 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$557,945
2023 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$455,000
2025 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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DUNELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION
$410,500
2025 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$402,013
2025 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$356,935
2025 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$323,926
2022 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$308,950
2023 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
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UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
$284,505
2023 TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$500,000
2023 EARLY YEARS INITIATIVE
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NORTHWEST INDIANA FORUM FOUNDATION
$200,000
2024 FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY CREEKSIDE EARLY LEARNING AT NEO
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$120,000
2024 EARLY YEARS INITIATIVE
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$41,000
2023 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
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2024 General Support
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2024 FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE
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2024 FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY EARLY LITERACY
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2024 FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY BRIGHT BY TEXT
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THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
$20,000
2022 General Support
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2025 return
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501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · IN
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FIRST THINGS FIRST PORTER COUNTY INC
501(C)(3) · SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION · IN
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2025 return
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EMPOWER PORTER COUNTY LLC
UNITE THE COMMUNITY TO PREVENT AND REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE · IN · income $0 · assets $7,776
Related corporations and trusts on its 2025 return
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DEL & MARTHA HOEPPNER CHARTITABLE REMAINDER TR UA 101097
T · IN
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.