· Private foundation
Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $59k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA | $55,000 |
| BUTLER UNIVERSITY | $21,500 |
| BOILER BUILT FUND | $15,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS | $12,500 |
| FIRST BAPTIST ATHLETICS | $10,000 |
| THE LAWNMOWER PROJECT | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| INDY AQUATIC MASTERS | $5,000 |
| TEENWORKS | $5,000 |
| MARIAN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| HOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| TINDLEY ACCELERATED SCHOOLS | $5,000 |
| CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | $5,000 |
| BALL STATE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +33%
- RIRose-Hulman Institute of Technology6× · 2017–2022 · $150k · revenue +65%
- BUButler University7× · 2019–2025 · $97k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- SCShepherd Community Incgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +64%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolisone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -8%- BSBall State University Foundation Incone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +23%
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.
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.
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.
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…
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,…
The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…
Indiana tech is a private, independent, and non-denominational university. students are prepared for active participation in the complex, global society of the 21st century and are motivated toward a life of significance and worth. about…
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
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…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.
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…
The Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) advances and strengthens the competitive standing of its 29 member independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited, degree granting colleges and universities. ICI works to ensure opportunity, access,…
To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds Butler University ↗
- Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
- Who funds Tindley Accelerated Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds INDY AQUATIC MASTERS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TEENWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds MARTIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Shepherd Community Inc ↗
- Who funds Ace Mentor Program of Indiana Inc ↗
- Who funds Marian University ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis ↗
- Who funds THE IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Ball State University Foundation Inc ↗
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: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Bowen Family Foundation Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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