Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation made a single, large terminating distribution of $909,229 to the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, indicating the foundation is concluding its independent grantmaking and moving assets into a community foundation for continued local charitable support. The foundation does not appear to fund specific programmatic causes directly; instead it prioritizes sustaining local philanthropic infrastructure and place-based community stewardship through a trusted intermediary. This behavior suggests an emphasis on long-term, community-directed impact rather than direct operational grants.
One-time, large terminating distribution to a single intermediary organization (concentrated, non-recurring, pass-through style grantmaking).
Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation Inc made a single terminating distribution of $909,229 to Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc, signaling a closeout of its independent grantmaking and a transfer of assets into local philanthropic infrastructure. That one grant accounts for the foundation’s full annual giving on file and frames the organization as a steward of place-based support rather than an ongoing direct-grantmaker. Its work is centered on Southern Indiana, with scholarship administration, community grants, and community-impact funding all routed through local systems and intermediaries. The foundation also connects philanthropy to civic infrastructure through programs tied to community collaboration and coordinated care, showing a preference for organized local support structures over one-off charitable awards. Recent activity points to a relationship with community-serving institutions rather than a wide portfolio of grantees. The Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc received the foundation’s largest documented grant in 2024, and scholarship administration appears as another recurring function in the foundation’s program list. The result is a profile shaped by continuity, local stewardship, and support for intermediary organizations that can carry charitable funds forward in the region.
Education is one visible lane in the foundation’s giving. The scholarships program is administered through the Community Foundation and includes online application resources for students in Southern Indiana, including Clark County and Floyd County. Community improvement shows up in the Community Assist Grants program, which supports nonprofit projects, programs, or activities that positively affect the community served by the nonprofit; that program is available in Clark County and Floyd County and is sized for small awards of $1,000 to $5,000. The foundation also funds place-based public-space work through Quality of Place: Pathways to Progress Grants. Those grants invest in parks and greenspaces so residents, especially in underserved, rural, and low-income communities, can access safe, high-quality public spaces in Clark County and Floyd County.
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Most grants fall between $909K and $909K, with a median of $909K.
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$909K
Median
$909K
75th Percentile
$909K
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Notable grantees: Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc
The foundation’s documented grantmaking is highly concentrated: the p25, median, and p75 grant size are all $909,229, reflecting a single grant on file. The 2024 record shows a terminating distribution rather than a routine portfolio of many awards. This pattern aligns with its closeout status and use of a supported organization as the recipient. The available program list includes both unsolicited and invitation-based or structured initiatives, but the filed grants data shows one completed distribution in the latest year on file.
Grantmaking is local and entirely in Indiana: 100% of recorded grants went to recipients in the HQ state, and the top state by grant count is IN. The lone filed grant went to New Albany, Indiana, which also matches the city of the recipient organization. Program geography is concentrated in Southern Indiana, especially Clark County and Floyd County, with several listed initiatives focused there. No non-U.S. recipient countries appear in the grants data.
Its listed programs include scholarships, Community Assist Grants, Community Grants Program through the Community Impact Fund, coordinated care work through United Community, Youth Philanthropy Council grants, Emergency Grants, and Quality of Place: Pathways to Progress Grants. The themes most clearly named in the data are education, basic needs, health and wellness, community improvement, and public spaces.
Yes for some programs. The data says Scholarships, Community Assist Grants, Community Grants Program, and Grant Reporting are marked as accepting unsolicited submissions or applications. Other programs, including United Community (Coordinated Care Network), Youth Philanthropy Council Grants, Emergency Grants, and Pathways to Progress Grants, are not marked that way.
The latest 990 shows a single grant of $909,229, and the p25, median, and p75 grant size are all the same amount. That indicates the filed grantmaking record reflects one large terminating distribution rather than a spread of different award sizes.
The grant record is entirely in Indiana, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The programs listed also focus on Southern Indiana, especially Clark County and Floyd County.
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc in New Albany, Indiana received the foundation’s 2024 terminating distribution of $909,229. The grant was identified as a terminating distribution to a supported organization.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Current and upcoming funding from Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Nonprofit organizations applying through the Community Foundation's quarterly grant cycle.
Deadline: Quarterly deadlines: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
Who can apply: Local nonprofit organizations seeking support to strengthen internal and operational capacities.
Deadline: Quarterly deadlines: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
Who can apply: Charitable organizations including 501(c)(3) organizations, schools, churches and governments in or serving Clark and Floyd counties may apply.
Deadline: Open year-round (applications reviewed quarterly); see Grant Deadlines page for quarter cutoffs.
Who can apply: Only considered if the request is time-sensitive and needed in 45 days or less, or supports a true community emergency need or an emergency need of an agency that would prevent it from carrying out its primary mission. Emergency grants are only made to organizations serving Clark and Floyd counties.
Deadline: No fixed deadline; requests are considered on an emergency basis.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA INC | NEW ALBANY, IN | $909,229 | 2024 | TERMINATING DISTRIBUTION TO SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION. |
TERMINATING DISTRIBUTION TO SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION.
