Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust
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About Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust
The Shafer Foundation focuses on place-based investments in Muncie-area institutions that build physical capacity and direct services for local residents. Recent grants emphasize capital and facilities projects at Ball State and YMCA, support for affordable housing through Habitat for Humanity, and youth development programs (including faith-linked youth work) at local youth organizations. Their giving tends to strengthen community infrastructure rather than broad national causes.
Focus Areas
Ball State University facilities and campus capital projectsAffordable homeownership and housing programs in MuncieYouth development and faith-based youth programming in Delaware CountyLocal nonprofit capital campaigns and facility improvements
Who They Fund
people experiencing homelessness / emergency shelter clientsveteransseniorsfamilies (including low-income families)children and youth (after-school participants, young artists)
About Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust
A 2025 payment in a five-part commitment for performing arts at Ball State University Foundation shows how the Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust favors sustained, place-based support for Muncie institutions. The foundation’s recent grants point to a clear pattern: it backs organizations that strengthen local capacity through facilities, operating support, and direct services. Habitat for Humanity received housing-program funding in both 2023 and 2025, while the YMCA of Muncie received a capital-campaign grant in 2025. Similar support appears across youth development, community arts, and nonprofit infrastructure, including grants to Shafer Leadership Academy, Muncie Children’s Museum, and Cornerstone Center for the Arts. Several awards are tied to staffing or multi-step projects rather than one-time events, such as the spirit life coordinator at Youth Opportunity Center and the operations/staffing grant for Cornerstone Center for the Arts. The result is a grantmaker that consistently reinforces institutions serving Delaware County residents, with emphasis on physical assets, program continuity, and community-serving services.
What Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust Funds
Housing and shelter work is a recurring theme. The foundation gave $60,000 to Greater Muncie Indiana Habitat for Humanity for the 2022 housing program and another $40,000 in 2025 for the 2024 housing program, alongside $15,000 to YWCA of Muncie for an emergency shelter/COTS stay program. In education and youth development, it supported Motivate Our Minds with $20,000 for educational enrichments program support and another $20,000 for after-school programming, plus $57,850 to Youth Opportunity Center for a spirit life coordinator. Arts funding is also visible in grants such as $30,000 to Muncie Civic Theatre for Page to Stage and $20,000 to Interlochen Center for the Arts for young artists scholarships.
How Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust Gives
Typical grant size is modest to mid-sized: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $20,000, and the p75 is $28,788. The recent record also shows repeated support for some recipients across multiple years, including Habitat for Humanity, Ball State University Foundation, Shafer Leadership Academy, Heart of Indiana United Way, Motivate Our Minds, YWCA of Muncie, Cornerstone Center for the Arts, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. That points to a recurring relationship model rather than one-off grants. The foundation accepts unsolicited proposals through its grant/program support and program support tracks, and the listed program types include competitive general operating and program grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$432K
Total Assets
$8.8M
Total Revenue
$654K
Total Expenses
$497K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $29K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$29K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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