Indiana · Private foundation
Biddle Memorial Foundation
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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,713
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,742
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Biddle Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $73k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $59k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $80k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $66k | 61% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $77k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $65k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $91k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $86k | 49% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevail Inc of Hamilton County | $68,019 | 9 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In | $51,720 | 9 | 0% |
| Indiana Wish Inc | $37,339 | 6 | 2% |
| Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources | $25,992 | 6 | 0% |
| Sheridan Community Schools | $17,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $13,114 | 7 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County Inc | $12,185 | 7 | 0% |
| Trinity Free Clinic Inc | $11,400 | 2 | n/a |
| The Shepherd's Center of Hamilton County | $10,616 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Biddle Memorial Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc · The Hageman Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Biddle Memorial Foundation
- How much does Biddle Memorial Foundation give?
- Biddle Memorial Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $73,191 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Biddle Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Youth Development (20%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are Biddle Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Prevail Inc of Hamilton County ($68k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In ($52k), Indiana Wish Inc ($37k).
- Does Biddle Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Biddle Memorial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Biddle Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Biddle Memorial Foundation based?
- Biddle Memorial Foundation is based in IN.
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