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· Public charity

16 Tech Community Corporation

To foster and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation and economic opportunity through a place-based strategy.

$392k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Community Improvement$527kEducation$514kArts & Culture$307kEmployment$268kHuman Services$242kYouth Development$170kHealth$150kHousing & Shelter$113kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $305,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $392,250 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $86,750 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$157M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUST COMMUNITY INC$100,000
GROUNDWORK INDY INC$50,000
ST JOSEPH'S AT MARIAN UNIVERSITY$50,000
A PLUS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER$25,000
ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC$25,000
MOTHER LOVES GARDEN INC$25,000
PER SCHOLAS INDIANAPOLIS$25,000
INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC$5,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $194k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%TRIPLE T ACADEMY: $25k → 16%A PLUS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER: $25k → 16%GROWING PLACES INC INC: $24k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $6k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY COUNCIL CO BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION INC: $40k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$847k · 8 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
31

Total granted

$847k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+40%

Still filing today

88%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $231k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MU
    Marian University
    2× · 2020–2024 · $123k · revenue +46%
  • IC
    INDY CONVERGENCE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $90k · revenue +104% · 63% of their budget
  • AH
    ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • IH
    INNOVATION HUB BUILDING HOLDING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2019 · $395k · revenue -21%
  • BN
    Be Nimble Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue ×18 · 96% of their budget
  • NA
    NAPTOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · 75% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Electical Workers Indianapolis Motorcycle Group Inc
Human Services
2
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
3
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
4
Faith in Indiana

Faith in Indiana (formerly IndyCAN) is a catalyst for faith communities and marginalized peoples to act collectively for racial and economic justice in Indiana. FaithIN develops civic leaders directly impacted by inequality, awakens the…

Human Services
5
Kipp Indianapolis Inc

KIPP Indy is a network of tuition-free, open-enrollment, college preparatory, public charter schools. KIPP Indy's mission is to create a network of schools that provides educationally underserved children with a rigorous education that…

Education
6
Indiana Innovation Council Inc

Promote and educate indiana residents on the state's economic success and positive gains.

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7
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc

The asante art institute is an organiztion that uses the traditions of

Arts & Culture
8
Thrival Academy Indy Inc

Thrival academy indy is a humanities-focused high school which exposes students to diverse global perspectives through experiential learning and identity exploration in order to incubate educated global citizens and passionate community…

Education
9
Deeply Ingrained Inc

Providing youth and underserved individual's woodworking opportunities that develop creativity, learning and skill building.

Youth Development
10
The Indiana Plan for Equal Employment Inc

The indiana plan recruits women and minorities to enter construction apprenticeship programs to encourage gainful employment.

Employment
11
Act Indiana -

We believe a fair and inclusive democracy is a key ingredient to propel Indiana Forward. We improve the lives of youth, people of color, women, and people in poverty in Indiana by building power thru community organizing and civic…

Public Benefit
12
Indy Hub Foundation Inc

Our mission is to attract, engage, educate, and motivate young professionals of all varieties to make indianapolis an even greater place to live, work, and play.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christamore House Inc and the most unlike its peers is New Life Development Ministries Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFamily Philanthropic Founda…Early Childhood Care CentersCommunity Development Funde…Indiana Advocacy & Policy O…Academic Medical CentersCommunity Health & Support …Classical Arts Performance …Construction Industry Assoc…Community Equity & Empowerm…Sports Associations & Clubs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 14 years old; the field is 20. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%9%<5yr15%29%5–10yr15%26%10–20yr13%17%20–35yr11%14%35–55yr26%6%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%7%<5yr15%40%5–10yr15%14%10–20yr13%11%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr26%6%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/47
the rest of the field
13%
1,008/7,784

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Flanner House of Indianapolis — $202,500 · OtherFlanner House of IndianapolisHAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC — $167,000 · OtherHAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INCCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INC — $70,000 · OtherCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INCGROUNDWORK INDY — $50,000 · OtherVANGUARD COLLEGIATE OF INDIANAPOLIS — $50,000 · OtherSTEMNASIUM LEARNING LABS — $43,500 · OtherNINE 13 INC — $35,000 · OtherREBUILDING TOGETHER INDIANAPOLIS — $53,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS — $50,000 · Other+14 more — $304,500 · Other+14 moreINNOVATION HUB BUILDING HOLDING CORPORATION — $395,220 · Community ImprovementINNOVATION HUB BUILDING H…BELIEVERS UNITED IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT — $107,000 · Community ImprovementBELIEVERS UNITED IN LOCAL…Groundwork Indy Inc — $50,000 · Community ImprovementGroundwork Indy IncNAPTOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC — $99,600 · Arts & CultureNAPTOWN AFRIC…INDY CONVERGENCE INC — $90,000 · Arts & CultureINDY CONVERGE…ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureASPIRE HIGHER…ARTE MEXICANO EN INDIANA INC — $15,300 · Arts & CultureKURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureINDIANAPOLIS SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC — $12,000 · Arts & CultureMarian University — $122,500 · EducationMarian Univ…Indiana University Foundation — $42,000 · EducationIndiana Uni…Elevate Indianapolis Inc — $37,000 · EducationElevate Ind…HERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC — $28,350 · EducationHERRON HIGH…AVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS — $15,000 · EducationAVONDALE ME…Be Nimble Foundation Inc — $115,000 · Human ServicesTRIPLE T ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesAPLUS CHILDCARE AND LEARNING CENTER — $25,000 · Human ServicesGrowing Places Indy — $23,800 · Human Services+1 more — $5,500 · Human ServicesJust Community Inc — $100,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC — $50,000 · Public BenefitCODE BLACK INDY INC — $25,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,025,500Community Improvement$552,220Arts & Culture$306,900Education$244,850Human Services$194,300Civil Rights$100,000Public Benefit$75,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINNOVATION HUB BUILDING HOLDING CORPORATION — $395,220 over 1y, 19% of budgetFlanner House of Indianapolis — $202,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC — $167,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMarian University — $122,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBe Nimble Foundation Inc — $115,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetJust Community Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNAPTOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC — $99,600 over 1y, 75% of budgetINDY CONVERGENCE INC — $90,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INC — $70,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER INDIANAPOLIS — $53,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS — $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVANGUARD COLLEGIATE OF INDIANAPOLIS — $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGroundwork Indy Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation — $42,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElevate Indianapolis Inc — $37,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNINE 13 INC — $35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC — $28,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE T ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetPROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetCODE BLACK INDY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetGrowing Places Indy — $23,800 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetKURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC — $12,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC — $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncNina Mason Pulliam Ch…United Way of Central…The Mind Trust IncAllen Whitehill Clowe…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lumina Foundation for…Arthur Dean Family Fo…Second Helpings IncThe Brave Heart Found…
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN60.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Mind Trust Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Arthur Dean Family Foundation Inc · Second Helpings Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization 16 Tech Community Corporation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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