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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.

$531k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$1.6MEducation$603kPhilanthropy$342kArts & Culture$331kHuman Services$221kPublic Benefit$192kYouth Development$157kReligion$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $389,611, the rows itemized in this filing. The $531,297 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $141,686 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $209k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$11,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$65,000
TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC$59,500
UNITED WAY OF NW INDIANA INC$30,618
INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NW INDIANA$22,000
NORTHWEST INDIANA HINDU RELIGIOUS CENTER$21,000
NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY$19,600
SOUTH SHORE ARTS$19,500
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana$15,720
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NW INDIANA$15,000
Calumet Council Boy Scouts of America$12,900
Meals on Wheels$11,324
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY$11,200
Legacy Foundation$10,060
Laini Fluellen Charities$10,000
City of East Chicago$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 (FY17–25, $314k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CROSSROADS YMCA INC: $100k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS TRANSPLANT NWI CHAPTER: $47k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $33k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $21k → 15%Catholic Charities: $18k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $11k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $11k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $11k → 15%Catholic Charities Diocese Of Gary: $8k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA: $30k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA: $11k → 15%FRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $5k → 15%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.
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 23 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
16

Total granted

$2.1M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+27%

Still filing today

65%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • IM
    INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NW IN
    8× · 2017–2025 · $164k · revenue +34%
  • TS
    TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $145k · revenue +57%
  • IH
    INDIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $52k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • SC
    St Catherine Hospital Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +27%
  • TO
    TOWN OF MUNSTER
    one grant, 2017 · $175k
  • CY
    CROSSROADS YMCA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +81%
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
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
2
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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3
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

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…

Health
6
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

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7
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
8
Indiana State Medical Association

The indiana state medical association exists to maximize the leadership and impact of physicians.

—
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
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…

—
11
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
12
Indiana University Health White Memorial Hospital Inc

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legacy Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tradewinds Services Inc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 48 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
16/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $482,677 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYLAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC: $201,225 · OtherLAKE AREA UNITED WAY INCTOWN OF MUNSTER: $175,200 · OtherTOWN OF MUNSTERNORTHWEST INDIANA HINDU RELIGIOUS CENTER: $146,160 · OtherNORTHWEST INDIANA HINDU RELIGIOUS CENTERINDIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $52,219 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $60,000 · Other+22 more: $292,550 · Other+22 moreSt Catherine Hospital Inc: $1,000,000 · HealthSt Catherine Hospital IncTRADEWINDS SERVICES INC: $144,900 · HealthTRADEWINDS SERVICES INCCOMMUNITY HEALTHNET INC: $76,250 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTHNET INC+3 more: $25,500 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $120,900 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC …CROSSROADS YMCA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROAD…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $46,903 · Human ServicesAmerican …HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $46,400 · Human ServicesHOSPICE O…NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $158,639 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST…SOUTH SHORE ARTS INC: $145,860 · Arts & CultureSOUTH SHO…INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NW IN: $164,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $130,618 · PhilanthropyLEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $10,060 · PhilanthropyIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $15,150 · EducationLaini Fluellen Charities Inc: $15,100 · EducationCALUMET COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH: $6,750 · EducationTRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Education
Other$1,410,031Health$1,246,650Human Services$314,203Arts & Culture$304,499Community Improvement$164,000Philanthropy$140,678Education$80,500

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 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
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.

John W Anderson Found…Legacy Foundation IncCrown Point Community…Nisource Charitable F…Porter County Communi…Lake Area United Way …Fulk Family Foundatio…Sourlis Irrevocable C…Early Learning Indian…The Cleveland-Cliffs …The Methodist Hospita…Quality Connection
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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.

    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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