Indiana · Private foundation
Centra 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.
- $476k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 83
- Grants FY2025
- 67
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $92,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 67
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $175k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Centra Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k 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 | 83 | $476k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 67 | $333k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 58 | $250k | 74% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $243k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $228k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $167k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $209k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $203k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Bartholomew County Inc | $52,171 | 2 | 1% |
| Turning Point Inc | $34,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Sans Souci Inc | $34,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Foundation for Youth Inc | $24,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Columbus Fireman's Cheer Fund | $23,309 | 5 | 7% |
| Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Anchor House Inc | $21,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Good Samaritan Food Pantry | $20,606 | 3 | 6% |
| Court Appointed Advocates for Children Inc | $19,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 114 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 154 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Centra Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: First Financial Foundation · United Way of Bartholomew County Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Clarence E Custer and Inez R Custer · Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Decatur County United Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About Centra Foundation Inc
- How much does Centra Foundation Inc give?
- Centra Foundation Inc reported 83 grants totaling $475,680 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 67 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Centra Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Human Services (19%), Crime & Legal (9%).
- Who are Centra Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Bartholomew County Inc ($52k), Turning Point Inc ($35k), Sans Souci Inc ($35k).
- Does Centra Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Centra Foundation Inc 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 Centra Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Financial Foundation, United Way of Bartholomew County Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Centra Foundation Inc based?
- Centra Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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