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Buckingham Foundation Inc

The foundation's primary mission is to serve a critical role to proactively initiate positive change in the areas of affordable housing, community and economic development, and arts and culture.

$962k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$400k
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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$835kPhilanthropy$490kHuman Services$345kFood & Nutrition$235kEducation$155kHousing & Shelter$137kArts & Culture$133kYouth Development$51kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $624,912, the rows itemized in this filing. The $961,981 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $337,069 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $203k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$12,520
Median grant
4
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST BAPTIST ATHLETICS$400,000
STARTEDUP FOUNDATION INC$25,000
HERRON CLASSICAL SCHOOLS$25,000
INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF WEST LAFAYETTE INC$17,925
GLEANERS FOOD BANK$17,717
HORIZON HOUSE$15,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC$15,000
CRISPUS ATTUCKS HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
SEEDS OF CARING$12,520
REBUILDING TOGETHER NASHVILLE$10,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
WESTMINSTER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC$10,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$10,000
THE PARKS ALLIANCE OF INDIANAPOLIS$10,000
ST JOHN'S VILLA$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $378k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $10k → 12%STARTEDUP FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $13k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5k → 16%WESTMINSTER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%91 PLACE: $8k → 16%91 PLACE: $6k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $250k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
NV
IN
OH
CA
VA
TN
NC
TX
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 19 repeat orgs$412k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
25

Total granted

$2.1M
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+90%

Still filing today

89%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CHALLENGING HEIGHTS
    5× · 2019–2023 · $490k · revenue +18% · 35% of their budget
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis
    2× · 2017–2018 · $300k · revenue +7%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $130k · revenue +146%

Funded once

  • HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +19%
  • BJ
    BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HI
    HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +90%
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
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
2
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
3
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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4
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

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.

Community Improvement
5
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
6
University Family Physicians Inc

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…

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7
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

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

Public Benefit
10
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
11
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
12
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dress for Success Indianapolis; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Challenging Heights. 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

48 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. 48 of the 56 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
36/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANAPOLIS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $800,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $129,734 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC+23 more: $322,121 · Other+23 moreFRIENDS OF CHALLENGING HEIGHTS: $490,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF CHALLENGIN…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $300,250 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chri…STARTEDUP FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTARTEDUP FOUNDA…91 PLACE INC: $14,250 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,098 · Human Services+3 more: $25,000 · Human Services+3 moreMarian University: $55,000 · EducationVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $30,000 · EducationHERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF WEST LAFAYETTE INC: $17,925 · EducationINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,500 · EducationSECOND HELPINGS INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $30,515 · Food & NutritionLA SOUPE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $5,250 · Food & NutritionHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHAMILTON COUNTY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterBIG CAR MEDIA INC: $16,600 · Arts & CultureINDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureINDIANA STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,251,855Philanthropy$490,000Human Services$377,598Education$175,425Food & Nutrition$85,765Housing & Shelter$78,500Arts & Culture$69,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF CHALLENGING HEIGHTS: $490,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $300,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $129,734 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $35,090 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJOINED FOR GOOD INC DBA BRACKETS FOR GOOD: $33,399 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $30,515 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTARTEDUP FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER NASHVILLE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHORIZON HOUSE INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSEEDS OF CARING: $21,020 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTS AND BUSINESS COUNCIL OF GREATER NASHVILLE INC: $18,700 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF WEST LAFAYETTE INC: $17,925 over 1y, 39% of budgetBIG CAR MEDIA INC: $16,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget91 PLACE INC: $14,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,098 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOVE RECOVERY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCIVIC DESIGN CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JOHN'S VILLA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTMINSTER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSigma Chi International Fraternity Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana State Fair Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHAMILTON COUNTY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Indianapolis Foun…Lilly Endowment IncCentral Indiana Commu…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…United Way of Central…Richard M Fairbanks F…Lumina Foundation for…Griffith Family Found…Allen Whitehill Clowe…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Arthur Jordan Foundat…
Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial FoundationIN48.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Arthur Jordan Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to Buckingham Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Buckingham 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 56 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 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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