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Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc

Powers health provides support for activities of the affiliated hospitals to engage in the betterment of the general health of the communities served within northwest indiana. Powers health helps coordinate activities for the improved well-being of the hospitals and their patients.

$531k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Itemized grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$390k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,200
Largest grant, FY2025
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 17
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$380k35%
FY202417$317k18%
FY202315$281k20%
FY202211$218k36%
FY202113$219k31%
FY202010$1.2M40%
FY201914$234k29%
FY201812$345k33%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.6MEducation$603kPhilanthropy$342kArts & Culture$331kHuman Services$221kPublic Benefit$192kYouth Development$157kReligion$105kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Catherine Hospital Inc$1,000,00011%
Trustees of Purdue University$482,6779n/a
Lake Area United Way Inc$201,22552%
Town of Munster$175,2001n/a
Indian Medical Association of Nw In$164,000811%
Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc$158,63993%
Northwest Indiana Hindu Religious Center$146,1607n/a
South Shore Arts Inc$145,86093%
Tradewinds Services Inc$144,90080%
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc$130,61841%
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All grantees of Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Catherine Hospital Inc$1,000,00011%
Trustees of Purdue University$482,6779n/a
Lake Area United Way Inc$201,22552%
Town of Munster$175,2001n/a
Indian Medical Association of Nw In$164,000811%
Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc$158,63993%
Northwest Indiana Hindu Religious Center$146,1607n/a
South Shore Arts Inc$145,86093%
Tradewinds Services Inc$144,90080%
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc$130,61841%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary$120,90082%
Crossroads YMCA Inc$100,00010%
Community Healthnet Inc$76,25011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana Inc$60,00040%
Indiana Hospital Association Inc$52,21920%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$46,90310%
Hospice of the Calumet Area Inc$46,40030%
Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana$42,0004n/a
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$37,50040%
Iha Hospital Assistance Foundation Inc$25,842257%
Boy Scouts of America Calumet Council$22,9002n/a
Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$22,50020%
School Town of Munster$22,1604n/a
Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce$16,12521%
Ivy Tech Community College of In$15,7201n/a
Indiana University Foundation$15,15020%
Laini Fluellen Charities Inc$15,1002n/a
Asian American Medical Society Inc$13,100246%
Nwi Parkinsons$11,4602n/a
Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc$11,32410%
Sports Media Advertising$10,5101n/a
Campagna Academy Inc$10,00010%
City of East Chicago$10,0001n/a
Valparaiso University$10,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$9,50010%
Indiana University School of Medicine$7,0001n/a
Calumet College of St Joseph$6,75010%
City of Hammond$6,5691n/a
The Munster Chamber of Commerce Inc$6,43514%
Humane Indiana Inc$6,32510%
Northwest Indiana Cancer Kids Inc$6,00014%
Trinity Christian College Association$6,00010%
Valparaiso Parks Department$6,0001n/a
Indiana Society of Chicago$5,5801n/a
Crossroads Northwest Indiana's Chamber$5,50011%
Mental Health America of Lake County Inc$5,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Catherine Hospital Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLake Area United Way Inc: $201,225 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetIndian Medical Association of Nw In: $164,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc: $158,639 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetSouth Shore Arts Inc: $145,860 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetTradewinds Services Inc: $144,900 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Northwest Indiana Inc: $130,618 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Gary: $120,900 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCrossroads YMCA Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Healthnet Inc: $76,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana Hospital Association Inc: $52,219 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $46,903 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Calumet Area Inc: $46,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIha Hospital Assistance Foundation Inc: $25,842 over 2y, 57% of budgetPathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce: $16,125 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $15,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAsian American Medical Society Inc: $13,100 over 2y, 46% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc: $11,324 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCampagna Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $9,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalumet College of St Joseph: $6,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Munster Chamber of Commerce Inc: $6,435 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetHumane Indiana Inc: $6,325 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Cancer Kids Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTrinity Christian College Association: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Northwest Indiana's Chamber: $5,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMental Health America of Lake County Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

John W Anderson FoundationIN40.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John W Anderson Foundation · Legacy Foundation Inc · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Lake Area United Way Inc · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Sourlis Irrevocable Charitable Trust · Early Learning Indiana Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · The Methodist Hospitals Inc · Quality Connection

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.

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About Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc

How much does Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc give?
Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $389,611, out of $531,297 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Education (16%), Philanthropy (9%).
Who are Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Catherine Hospital Inc ($1.0M), Trustees of Purdue University ($483k), Lake Area United Way Inc ($201k).
Does Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John W Anderson Foundation, Legacy Foundation Inc, Crown Point Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc based?
Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc is based in IN.

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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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