HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T31

Classification

1000

Street

1523 FOUNDATION WAY NE

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Mission and programs · 2025

• OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND ASSIST EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY, PRODUCING POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN HARRISON COUNTY. OUR VISION IS TO GROW HARRISON COUNTY INTO THE BEST COMMUNITY TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY. WE VALUE GENEROSITY, INTEGRITY, SUSTAINABILITY, STEWARDSHIP, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, INCLUSION, AND EXCELLENCE.HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (HCCF) HAS A UNIQUE HISTORY. IN A RIVERBOAT GAMING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DATED MAY 15, 1996, RDI/CAESARS RIVERBOAT, LLC AGREED WITH THE HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA, GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE $5,000,000 TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION. THE THREE SEATED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SELECTED 21 HARRISON COUNTY CITIZENS TO BECOME THE FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OVER TIME, HCCF HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE EIGHT FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, ONE PART-TIME STAFF MEMBER, A 16-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CAESARS SOUTHERN INDIANA (FORMERLY HORSESHOE SOUTHERN INDIANA), HCCF HAS UNDERTAKEN SEVERAL AMBITIOUS PROJECTS. HCCF FUNCTIONS LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING DONORS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR FAVORITE CAUSES. ADDITIONALLY, ONGOING SUPPORT FROM CAESARS SOUTHERN INDIANA ENABLES HCCF TO OFFER VARIOUS GIFT-MATCHING PROGRAMS. THE HCCF VALUES ITS ROLE AS A CATALYST, CONVENER, AND COLLABORATOR, BRINGING TOGETHER OTHER FUNDERS AND NONPROFITS AROUND VITAL ISSUES AND PROVIDING KEY SUPPORT TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE POSSIBLE. OUR WORK IS CENTERED AROUND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE SERVE RESIDENTS OF HARRISON COUNTY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: AWARDING GRANTS TO HELP NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES IN ARTS AND CULTURE, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, ETC. AWARDING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO HARRISON COUNTY GRADUATING STUDENTS AND ADULT STUDENTS FUNDING PROGRAMS BENEFITING CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND ADULTS PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR DONORS TO MEET THEIR CHARITABLE GOALS THROUGH ENDOWMENT FUNDSHELPING NONPROFITS BE MORE SUSTAINABLE SO THEY CAN HELP MORE COUNTY RESIDENTS THRIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL) - THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES A LOVE FOR READING BY PROVIDING EACH PRESCHOOL CHILD ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM WITH AN AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOK BY MAIL EACH MONTH UNTIL THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY. SINCE 2008, HCCF HAS SERVED AS THE LOCAL SPONSOR FOR DPIL, DISTRIBUTING OVER 314,000 BOOKS IN HARRISON COUNTY. IN 2025, 1,861 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A BOOK AS PART OF DPIL, WITH OVER 414 NEW SIGN-UPS. CHILDREN CAN BE ENROLLED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OR AT ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE HARRISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, YMCA OF HARRISON COUNTY, HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES, HARRISON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL. IN 2023-2024, INDIANA GOVERNOR ERIC J. HOLCOMB APPROVED STATE FUNDING TO COVER 50% OF PROGRAM COSTS FOR DPIL. IN 2025, THE STATE'S BUDGET TRIMMED DPIL FROM THE BUDGET, BUT INDIANA FIRST LADY MAUREEN BRAUN LED A FUNDRAISING PUSH TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE EARLY READERS FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY, CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM A 2:1 MATCH. THE DICTIONARY PROJECT - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A DICTIONARY TO EVERY THIRD GRADER IN HARRISON COUNTY. STUDENTS ATTENDING THE NINE HARRISON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RECEIVE THEIR OWN DICTIONARY TO USE AT SCHOOL AND TAKE HOME. FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (548) DICTIONARIES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2025. NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE (9,751) HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED SINCE HCCF BEGAN PARTNERING WITH THE DICTIONARY PROJECT IN 2008. THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS COMPLETE THE SCHOOL YEAR AS GOOD WRITERS, ACTIVE READERS, AND CREATIVE THINKERS. YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL - THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL (YPC) PROMOTES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY THROUGH COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, AND GRANT-MAKING. HCCF PARTNERS WITH LEADERSHIP HARRISON COUNTY (LHC) TO SUPPORT YPC'S PARTICIPATION IN THE LHC YOUTH PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGES YOUNG LEADERS ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY. THE YPC GRANT PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IN HARRISON COUNTY. IN 2025, YPC AWARDED SOUTH HARRISON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $567 TO PURCHASE MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE TOWER GARDEN AT CORYDON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TO DEVELOP SEEDLINGS THAT CAN BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE GARDEN'S RAISED BEDS; LANESVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $1,500 TO SUPPORT AFTER PROM, A SAFE, INVITING ENVIRONMENT FOR LANESVILLE STUDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS AFTER ATTENDING PROM, NORTH HARRISON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $600 TO HELP FUND COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION TRIPS FOR NORTH HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL; AND CORYDON CENTRAL VANGUARD $2,000 TO PURCHASE NEW PERCUSSION EQUIPMENT. THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY FUND, WHICH PROVIDES YOUTH-LED GRANTMAKING DOLLARS, CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM A 2:1 MATCH. ENDOWMENTS - HCCF HOLDS 367 ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORTING A BROAD ARRAY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND CAUSES. THE TYPES OF FUNDS INCLUDE DESIGNATED AGENCY, DONOR ADVISED, FIELD OF INTEREST, SCHOLARSHIP, AND BUILDER'S FUNDS (UNRESTRICTED). THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF AN ENDOWMENT IS TO PROVIDE A LONG-TERM, GROWING SOURCE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AN ORGANIZATION OR CAUSE. ENDOWMENT FUND BENEFICIARIES ACCESS THEIR FUNDS BY COMPLETING AN ENDOWMENT FUND GRANT REQUEST. ENDOWMENT GRANT REQUESTS ARE REVIEWED BY STAFF AND THE GRANTS COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THEY MEET CRITERIA FOUND IN THE ENDOWMENT FUND AGREEMENT AND ARE APPROVED BY THE HCCF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ONCE THE FUNDS ARE USED, BENEFICIARIES SUBMIT A SHORT GRANT REPORT FORM TO HCCF. ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS - NEARLY HALF OF HCCF'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE DEVOTED TO PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS. THE WIDE SCOPE OF SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA AND AWARDS REFLECTS THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF THE DONORS WHO ESTABLISHED THEM. THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP FUND, ESTABLISHED BY HCCF, PROVIDES $20,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO A STUDENT AT EACH OF THE FOUR HARRISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WHO PLANS TO ATTEND INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST. ALL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED THROUGH OBJECTIVE, NONDISCRIMINATORY SELECTION PROCESSES. THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP FUND BENEFITS FROM A 2:1 MATCH.BUILDING DYNAMIC BOARDS OF DIRECTORS - HCCF REQUIRES ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTING A GRANT APPLICATION TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE SITTING BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED AN HCCF-APPROVED BOARD GOVERNANCE TRAINING PROGRAM. HCCF OFFERS TRAINING AT NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS UPON COMPLETION. FOUR TRAININGS WERE PROVIDED IN 2025, WITH 34 PARTICIPANTS.NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY - SINCE 2018, THE FUNDRAISERS GROUP HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR ANY NONPROFIT AGENCY STAFF TASKED WITH FUNDRAISING. ABOUT A DOZEN PARTICIPANTS MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR A BROWN BAG LUNCH. PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED AI, DATA TRENDS, NONPROFIT MESSAGING/IMAGING, AND SUPPORT FOR NONPROFITS WITH LITTLE RESOURCES AND STAFF. THE NONPROFIT GROWTH SERIES (NPGS) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2023 TO PROVIDE HARRISON COUNTY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE SERVING THE AREA WITH ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. GUEST PRESENTERS HAVE CONDUCTED VARIOUS WORKSHOPS ON BOARD RECRUITMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND STAFF MANAGEMENT. THE STEP AHEAD COUNCIL IS A MONTHLY GATHERING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPROFITS IN OR SERVING HARRISON COUNTY. THE FREE MEETING IS OFFERED ON THE THIRD THURSDAY AT NOON, WITH A DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTED TO SHARE INFORMATION AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2025, 55 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 36 AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN STEP AHEAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. GIFT VIII BOARD ENGAGEMENT GRANT FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. - HCCF RECEIVED A $100,000 UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN 2025 AS A PART OF THE LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. GIFT VIII INITIATIVE. HCCF ACHIEVED 100 PERCENT BOARD MEMBER GIVING DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2024, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025. THE GRANT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLAYS BOTH IN LEADING THE FOUNDATION AND SERVING COMMUNITIES ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY.GIFT VIII IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. - AS PART OF THE GIFT VIII INITIATIVE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING GRANT, HCCF APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT OF $4,496,469 FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. THIS GRANT, ALONG WITH THE $3 MILLION APPROVED BY THE HCCF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WILL BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO BE LOCATED IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN PALMYRA. GIFT IX COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. - AS PART OF THE GIFT IX COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S GRANTMAKING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS LOCAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, HCCF APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED $750,000 TO BE ADDED TO UNRESTRICTED GRANT MAKING IN 2026-2027, ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ENHANCE HCCF'S GRANTMAKING CAPACITY.

  Expenses $2,454,278 · Grants $1,937,071 · Revenue $1,449,660

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $6,266,531

  Expenses

  $3,352,579

  Contributions

  $2,551,995

  Grants paid

  $1,937,071

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,044,067

  Expenses

  $2,669,609

  Contributions

  $1,123,820

  Grants paid

  $1,380,451

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,733,929

  Expenses

  $2,245,783

  Contributions

  $1,098,677

  Grants paid

  $1,113,635

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,242,460

  Expenses

  $1,901,503

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,794,959

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,025,345

  Expenses

  $1,664,061

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,260,512

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,038,461

  Expenses

  $2,030,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,927,487

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,949,293

  Expenses

  $1,821,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,911,382

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,895,310

  Expenses

  $1,881,600

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,592,160

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,860,714

  Expenses

  $1,606,316

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,131,529

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,413,410

  Expenses

  $1,570,172

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,845,417

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,601,606

  Expenses

  $1,378,489

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,631,977

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,345,244

  Expenses

  $1,371,669

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,466,643

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,338,981

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,693,851

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

• HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RESO

  $568,996

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

  $220,000

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

  $165,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

  $156,926

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• YMCA OF HARRISON COUNTY INC

  $104,289

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARRISON-CRAWFORD COUNTIES

  $81,145

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

  $71,000

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• THE WHEATLEY GROUP

  $70,200

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HARRISON COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT

  $69,250

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• SAINT JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH

  $59,200

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SUPPORT ORGAN INC

  $540,000

  2025 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CRAWFORD COUNTY INC

  $25,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC

  $10,000

  2024 · General Support

• INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC

  $6,500

  2023 · General Support

• INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC

  $6,500

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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.

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