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Betley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$34kEducation$33kHousing & Shelter$15kYouth Development$15kRecreation & Sports$13kHuman Services$12kArts & Culture$9kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$393k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST$6,000
INDY LEARNING TEAM$6,000
WHITE PINE WILDERNESS ACADAMEY$3,000
FOSTER SUCCESS$3,000
CRAINE HOUSE$3,000
INDIANAPOLIS ROWING CENTER$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP: $1k → 5%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER INC: $2k → 16%ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP: $500 → 5%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER INC: $2k → 16%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER: $1k → 16%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER: $1k → 16%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER INC: $1k → 16%FELEGE HIYWOT CENTER: $750 → 16%FOSTER SUCCESS: $3k → 16%FOSTER SUCCESS: $1k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $2k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $2k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $2k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $2k → 16%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 16 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$125k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+94%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CI
    CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +296%
  • TI
    THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $19k · revenue +119%
  • 1B
    100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • IP
    INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +135%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +11%
  • SH
    SECOND HELPINGS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -11%
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
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
2
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

—
3
International School of Indiana Inc

The mission of the international school of indiana is to provide our students with a world-class education that prepares them to be responsible citizens and effective leaders in a rapidly globalizing and interdependent world.

—
4
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
5
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
6
Indiana Association of Realtors Inc

To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…

—
7
The Nature School Inc

The nature school of central indiana believes in addressing the needs of the child holistically and instilling in them a lifelong love of learning, an awareness of their role in and connection to both their local community and the world,…

Education
8
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
9
Deeply Ingrained Inc

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

Youth Development
10
Indiana Innovation Council Inc

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

—
11
Indianapolis Art Center Inc

The indy art center's mission is to provide accessible and inclusive art experiences that inspire creativity, educate, engage, and enrich our community.

Arts & Culture
12
Indy Hunger Network Inc

The mission of indy hunger network is to address systemic hunger issues and eliminate disparities in the greater indianapolis hunger relief system through collaboration on programs, advocacy, and research.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $31,925 · EnvironmentCENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST …KEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL…THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC: $18,500 · EducationTHE INDY LEARNING TEAM INCDONORSCHOOSEORG: $7,500 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION …INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EducationINDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL…100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $11,000 · Human Services100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPO…WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $8,375 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES…Felege Hiywot Center Inc: $7,750 · Human ServicesFelege Hiywot Center IncFOSTER SUCCESS: $4,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER SUCCESSAlliance for Responsible Pet Ownership: $1,600 · Human ServicesCRAINE HOUSE: $4,000 · OtherCRAINE HOUSEARPO: $3,000 · OtherARPOGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $2,375 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD…HORIZON HOUSE INC: $2,375 · OtherHORIZON HOUSE…INDIANAPOLIS ROWING CENTER INC: $2,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS …ART WITH A HEART INC: $2,000 · OtherART WITH A HE…INDIANAPOLIS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $1,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS …WHITE PINE WILDERNESS ACADEMY INC: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsWHITE PINE…JAMESON INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsJAMESON IN…Newfields Inc: $4,300 · Arts & CultureINDIANA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,100 · Arts & CultureSECOND HELPINGS INC: $2,375 · Food & NutritionExotic Feline Rescue Center: $850 · Animals
Environment$33,925Education$33,000Human Services$32,725Other$16,750Recreation & Sports$13,500Arts & Culture$7,400Food & Nutrition$2,375Animals$850

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 budgetCENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $31,925 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC: $18,500 over 6y, 2.7% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $11,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWHITE PINE WILDERNESS ACADEMY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $8,375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFelege Hiywot Center Inc: $7,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewfields Inc: $4,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTER SUCCESS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJAMESON INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $2,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $2,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZON HOUSE INC: $2,375 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ROWING CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART WITH A HEART INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance for Responsible Pet Ownership: $1,600 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetExotic Feline Rescue Center: $850 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…Maurer Family Foundat…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…United Way of Central…Lumina Foundation for…Salesforce FoundationMadeira Fund IncGriffith Family Found…Pacers Foundation Inc
Lilly Endowment IncIN30.2× affinity13 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 · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Salesforce Foundation · Madeira Fund Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Pacers Foundation Inc

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 Betley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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