Indiana · Private foundation
Covert Family Foundation
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.
- $757k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Covert Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 19 | $757k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $75k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $41k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $35k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc | $138,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Society for Hamilton County | $109,432 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Indianapolis | $107,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Julian Center Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Indiana Canine Assistant Network Inc | $70,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Carmel Clay School Corporation | $49,636 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bhi Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc | $138,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Society for Hamilton County | $109,432 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Indianapolis | $107,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Julian Center Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Indiana Canine Assistant Network Inc | $70,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Carmel Clay School Corporation | $49,636 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bhi Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Professional Animal Retirement Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Westfield Youth Assistance Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Vested Interest in K9s Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Margaret's Hospital Guild Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($155k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Covert Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Salesforce Foundation · Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR Foundation
How this is measured
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About Covert Family Foundation
- How much does Covert Family Foundation give?
- Covert Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $757,068 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Covert Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (47%), Human Services (25%), Education (8%).
- Who are Covert Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc ($138k), Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic Inc ($135k), Humane Society for Hamilton County ($109k).
- Does Covert Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Covert Family Foundation 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 Covert Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, The Brave Heart Foundation Inc, Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Covert Family Foundation based?
- Covert Family Foundation is based in IN.
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