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Garry and Mary Lou Estes Foundation Inc

Private foundation · Hope, IN · EIN 88-3061439 · reported 2023–2025
57grants reported
$1,573median award
$500lower quartile
$485smallest grant
$219Ktotal paid
7states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.

Where to write

PO Box 161
Hope, IN 47246-0161

Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.

Who they funded

Recipient and stated purposeWhereAmount
American Welding AcademyUnion, MO$25,500
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, IN$17,173
Trine UniversityAngola, IN$16,808
Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IN$15,000
WyotechLaramie, WY$14,000
Paul Mitchell the SchoolIndianapolis, IN$10,000
North American Lineman Training CenterMcEwen, TN$10,000
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN$6,500
Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IN$6,500
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, IN$5,580
Southeast Lineman Training CenterTrenton, GA$5,148
University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$5,000
Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IN$5,000
Aveda InstituteCarmel, IN$5,000
IU IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$5,000
University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$5,000
Angel MarquisColumbus, IN$4,760
Students' Fund of HopeHope, IN$4,500
Grooming School of IndianaGreenwood, IN$4,500
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN$4,500
IU ColumbusColumbus, IN$3,500
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN$3,000
IupucIndianapolis, IN$2,500
University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$2,500
Hope Elementary
STEM LAB
Hope, IN$2,250
Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, IN$2,000
Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, IN$2,000
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, IN$2,000
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, IN$1,573
Future Jets Biddy Basketball Travel TeamHope, IN$1,500
Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, IN$1,500
IU ColumbusColumbus, IN$1,500
University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$1,500
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, TN$1,500
Future Jets Biddy Basketball Travel TeamHope, IN$1,375
Austin CowanSt Hope, IN$1,100
Franklin CollegeFranklin, IN$1,000
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, IN$1,000
Hope Elementary
ART ROOM AND READING CELEBRATION
Hope, IN$876
Saint Mary of the Woods CollegeSt Mary of the Woods, IN$750
Taylor UniversityUpland, IN$750
Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN$500
Hanover CollegeHanover, IN$500
Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN$500
IU IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$500
Oakland City UniversityOakland, IN$500
Saint Mary of the Woods CollegeSt Mary of the Woods, IN$500
Taylor UniversityUpland, IN$500
Trine UniversityAngola, IN$500
Indiana Wesleyan UniversityMarion, IN$500
University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$500
Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS$500
Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN$500
Franklin CollegeFranklin, IN$500
Hanover CollegeHanover, IN$500
Oakland City UniversityOakland, IN$500
Hope ElementaryHope, IN$485

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