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Avis Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$425k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6.9MArts & Culture$3.1MHealth$1.1MHuman Services$670kYouth Development$295kRecreation & Sports$250kScience & Tech$250kEmployment$180kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.4M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Taylor University$425,000
Huntington University$250,000
Ball State University$250,000
Ouachita Baptist University$250,000
NearSpace Education$250,000
Eiteljorg Museum$200,000
Purdue University Fort Wayne$174,000
Conner Prairie$166,666
Muncie Civic Theatre$150,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre$100,000
Indianapolis Public Library Foundation$100,000
JobSource Inc$100,000
Indiana University Foundation$88,530
Loyola University Chicago School of Education$83,333
Minnetrista Museum and Gardens$75,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $220k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Carey Services: $40k → 19%Carey Services: $30k → 19%HILLCROFT SERVICES: $150k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Avis Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 87%.

Avis Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 13 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$8.2M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+45%

Still filing today

85%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $842k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • EM
    EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +84%
  • OB
    OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +29%
  • HU
    Huntington University
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $600k · revenue -17%
  • BS
    Ball State University Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $345k · revenue +45%
  • IC
    Indianapolis Children's Museum
    one grant, 2024 · $305k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
4
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
7
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
8
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
9
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
10
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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11
Manchester University Inc

Manchester University respects the infinite worth of every individual and graduates persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human…

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Grant County Indiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth Global Perspectives Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Taylor University: $1,653,000 · EducationTaylor UniversityOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $1,050,000 · EducationOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITYHuntington University: $1,000,000 · EducationHuntington UniversityNEARSPACE EDUCATION INC: $731,650 · EducationNEARSPACE EDUCATION INCANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC: $590,000 · EducationANDERSON UNIVERSITY INCBall State University Foundation Inc: $345,000 · EducationBall State University Foundation Inc+7 more: $698,530 · Education+7 moreBall State University: $1,677,500 · OtherBall State UniversityYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC: $600,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION…Purdue University Fort Wayne: $324,000 · OtherPurdue University Fort WayneIndianapolis Children's Museum: $305,000 · OtherIndianapolis Children's MuseumIndividual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPhyXT Gears East Central Indiana Robotics: $250,000 · OtherPhyXT Gears East Central Indiana …+7 more: $393,333 · Other+7 moreEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $1,694,560 · Arts & CultureEITELJORG MUSEUM OF A…Conner Prairie Museum Inc: $500,000 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie Museum…MUNCIE CIVIC THEATRE: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMUNCIE CIVIC THEATREIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHILLCROFT SERVICES INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCAREY SERVICES INC: $69,500 · Human ServicesHarrison Center for the Arts Inc: $175,000 · ReligionJOBSOURCE INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementYOUTH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$6,068,180Other$3,849,833Arts & Culture$2,444,560Human Services$219,500Religion$175,000Community Improvement$100,000Youth Development$45,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $1,694,560 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetTaylor University: $1,653,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $1,050,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHuntington University: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEARSPACE EDUCATION INC: $731,650 over 3y, 49% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC: $600,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC: $590,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetConner Prairie Museum Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $345,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $180,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarrison Center for the Arts Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetLeTourneau University: $160,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILLCROFT SERVICES INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUNCIE CIVIC THEATRE: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $88,530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREY SERVICES INC: $69,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDePauw University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES INC: $45,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetThe Oaks Academy Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lilly Endowment IncThe Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Ball Brothers Foundat…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Christel DeHaan Famil…Boren Foundation IncIndiana Humanities Co…Allen Whitehill Clowe…Aws Foundation IncLumina Foundation for…Myrta J Pulliam Chari…
Lilly Endowment IncIN23.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Ball Brothers Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Boren Foundation Inc · Indiana Humanities Council Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Myrta J Pulliam Charitable Trust co Holly Pantzer

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Avis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Avis Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Avis Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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