Harrison County Community Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 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'

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 40.3%; rating input score 40
• Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 98.1%; rating input score 98; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 46.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.01; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings