GEORGE AND FRANCES BALL FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $20.1M · expenses $6.7M · assets $89.6M

EIN

35-6033917

Address

PO BOX 1408, MUNCIE, IN 47308-1408

NTEE code

T20 Private Grantmaking Foundations (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.60; not an IRS classification)

FURP topic

men: issues · science: research education · shelter: homeless · space: outer · women: issues (from its 990 text; the topic index)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

December 1938 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Private non-operating foundation

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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

6 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

18 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

No contributors are listed on Schedule B in the e-filed returns we have for this organization.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• BALL STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Muncie, IN · 3 people in common (James R Williams, Stefan S Anderson, Thomas J Kinghorn)
• BALL BROTHERS FOUNDATION Muncie, IN · 1 person in common (William M Bracken)
• SHERMAN AND MARJORIE ZEIGLER FOUNDATION INC Muncie, IN · 1 person in common (Stefan S Anderson)
• CARDINAL PROPERTIES INC Muncie, IN · 1 person in common (Thomas J Kinghorn)
• THE@HAMER D AND PHYLLIS C SHAFER FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST Muncie, IN · 1 person in common (Jon H Moll)

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.