Rush County Community Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351835950
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Rushville, IN, USA
Phone
7659381177
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,772,413
Expenses
$2,302,567
Assets
$39,208,967
Liabilities
$5,779,170

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURA ASH (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY MORGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS MAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRIS MAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $111,668 total reported compensation
  • ANGELA BANE (ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACCOUNT): $56,688 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The rush county community foundation, the foundation of rush county's future, is a nonprofit public charity established in 1991 to serve donors, award grants and scholarships, and provide leadership to cultivate resources to enhance life in rush county, Indiana.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community grants for local schools and organizations and college scholarships for individuals. 119 scholarships and 212 grants were distributed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87.4%; rating input score 87; 30th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.03; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.3% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 34 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 33 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.