· Private foundation
Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
- $250k+1 grant · $320k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society | $320,000 |
| International School of Indiana | $100,000 |
| Central Indiana Land Trust | $50,000 |
| IU Foundation | $25,000 |
| Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve | $20,000 |
| Harrison Center for the Arts Inc | $20,000 |
| Adoptions of Indiana | $20,000 |
| Heritage Village Museum | $20,000 |
| Wounded Warrior | $10,000 |
| East Side Crusaders Lacrosse Club | $8,440 |
| FACE Low Cost Animal Clinic | $7,500 |
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | $7,500 |
| EdChoice | $5,000 |
| Vonnegut Museum | $5,000 |
| Arizona Council on Economic Education | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IZIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +85%
- ISINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC6× · 2019–2024 · $484k · revenue +0%
- CICENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED2× · 2023–2024 · $135k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- MMMobile Music Institute fka Charity4Charitiesone grant, 2020 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $10k
- RHRehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Incone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -1%
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.
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.
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
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.
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.
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…
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,…
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…
The Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) advances and strengthens the competitive standing of its 29 member independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited, degree granting colleges and universities. ICI works to ensure opportunity, access,…
To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…
The parks alliance is a leader in developing and sustaining indianapolis parks and greenways by connecting resources to needs to better establish and maintain a safe and thriving community.
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.
To preserve, maintain and operate the benjamin harrison presidential site, located in indianapolis, indiana as a national historic landmark by the us dept of the interior.
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.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds AD-IN INC ↗
- Who funds THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WATSON RARE NATIVE PLANT PRESERVE ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION AGAINST COMPANION-ANIMAL EUTHANASIA INC ↗
- Who funds EdChoice Inc ↗
- Who funds HELPING HANDS FOR FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds Harrison Center for the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds TYLER COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCAT ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED ↗
- Who funds Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Inc ↗
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 · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Myrta J Pulliam Charitable Trust co Holly Pantzer · McKinney Family Foundation Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Hubbard Family Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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