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Elevate Ventures Inc

Elevate Ventures' mission is growing the state's economy, driving economic development, helping businesses launch, grow and locate in the State of Indiana. We increase the amount of capital available to Indiana startup and early stage innovation driven companies to spur economic development through growth, research and development. IEDC…

$904k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$66,096
Largest grant, FY2024
$329,849
Organizations funded a year
3 to 27
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$28M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Elevate Ventures Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $603k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationCommunity ImprovementScience & TechInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving8$898k50%
FY202320$1.2M50%
FY202224$1.4M83%
FY202127$1.8M85%
FY202011$456k100%
FY20193$73k100%
FY20187$143k86%
FY20178$200kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$3.0MEducation$1.3MCommunity Improvement$882kHealth$525kArts & Culture$248kEmployment$200kEnvironment$200kCrime & Legal$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
MI
IN
KY
VA
SC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Next Level Manufacturing Institute LLC$440,0001n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$332,0405n/a
Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership Inc$329,849112%
Ninetwelve Institute Inc$273,00012%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$253,15040%
Circular$248,0191n/a
Purdue Research Foundation$227,00030%
Career Accelerator Fund Corporation$200,0001n/a
Opalgenix Inc$150,0003n/a
Teichos Laboratories LLC$150,0002n/a
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All grantees of Elevate Ventures Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Next Level Manufacturing Institute LLC$440,0001n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$332,0405n/a
Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership Inc$329,849112%
Ninetwelve Institute Inc$273,00012%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$253,15040%
Circular$248,0191n/a
Purdue Research Foundation$227,00030%
Career Accelerator Fund Corporation$200,0001n/a
Opalgenix Inc$150,0003n/a
Teichos Laboratories LLC$150,0002n/a
Kovina Therapeutics Inc$150,0001n/a
Analyswift LLC$150,0001n/a
Carbon Solutions LLC$150,0001n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$149,9423n/a
Air Buoyant$100,0002n/a
Tessellated Inc$100,0001n/a
Covert Defenses LLC$100,0002n/a
Compact Medical Inc$100,0001n/a
Tayco Brace Inc$99,8132n/a
R Kumar dba Ateios$87,4452n/a
Dimension Mill INC$71,50035%
Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation$71,00029%
gener8tor$66,6671n/a
Columbus Area Chamber Foundation Inc$65,000111%
Trine University$58,00010%
University of Evansville$58,00020%
Ivy Tech Community College of In$51,0001n/a
HySonic Technologies$50,0001n/a
Wavelogix Inc$50,0001n/a
Cascade Metrix LLC$50,0001n/a
Maijker Corp$50,0001n/a
Grannus Therapeutics Inc$50,0001n/a
Wolf Technical Services Inc$50,0001n/a
Monon Bioventures LLC$50,0001n/a
Dencoda LLC$50,0001n/a
Figuro3D$50,0002n/a
Rescue Biomedical$50,0001n/a
Butler University$50,00010%
Transfoam LLC$50,0001n/a
Probari Inc$50,0001n/a
Neurodon LLC$50,0001n/a
M3sim LLC$50,0001n/a
Manufacturing Technology Inc$50,0001n/a
Indiana Institute of Technology Inc$50,00010%
Levisonics Inc$50,0001n/a
Amplified Sciences Inc$50,0001n/a
Independence Science LLC$50,0001n/a
University of Indianapolis$50,00010%
Wik Devices LLC$50,0001n/a
Ball State University$50,0001n/a
ZS System LLC$50,0001n/a
Valgotech LLC$37,4721n/a
Render PBC$30,8751n/a
ShopScope Inc$30,0001n/a
Slipstream$25,0001n/a
Covur$25,0001n/a
Structured Immunity$25,0001n/a
Frost Control Systems$25,0001n/a
Sengo LLC$25,0001n/a
Mindful Projects$25,0001n/a
Flato Inc$25,0001n/a
BioLine LLC$25,0001n/a
CODEinCLASS LLC$25,0001n/a
Purdue University Fort Wayne Foundation$25,0001n/a
Simba Chain$25,0001n/a
GiveGrove LLC$25,0001n/a
Healthy Points LLC$25,0001n/a
Atlas 3D$25,0001n/a
Polar Clean LLC$24,9841n/a
Third Coast Federal$24,9701n/a
BCI Solutions Inc$24,9631n/a
Simba Chain Inc$24,9451n/a
Flightprofiler LLC$24,9441n/a
Trek 10$24,7321n/a
Sisk Rifles Manufacturing LLC$24,3241n/a
Invanti LLC$22,5001n/a
Access Ventures Inc$20,00010%
CreateAbility Concepts Inc$12,7011n/a
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$10,00010%
General Ledger$10,0001n/a
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc$8,00010%
Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association$8,00011%
Impowerus Inc$7,5001n/a
Junior Achievement of Northern in Inc$6,00010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elevate Ventures Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNortheast Indiana Regional Partnership Inc: $329,849 over 1y, 12% of budgetNinetwelve Institute Inc: $273,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $253,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $227,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDimension Mill INC: $71,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetIndiana University Research & Technology Corporation: $71,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetColumbus Area Chamber Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTrine University: $58,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $58,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Institute of Technology Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Indianapolis: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Ventures Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana Restaurant & Lodging Association: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern in Inc: $6,000 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 17.

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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

University of Notre Dame du LacIN12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to Elevate Ventures Inc?

Find your warmest path to Elevate Ventures Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Elevate Ventures Inc

How much does Elevate Ventures Inc give?
Elevate Ventures Inc reported 8 grants totaling $903,708 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Elevate Ventures Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (46%), Education (19%), Community Improvement (13%).
Who are Elevate Ventures Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Next Level Manufacturing Institute LLC ($440k), Indiana University School of Medicine ($332k), Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership Inc ($330k).
Does Elevate Ventures Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Elevate Ventures Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include University of Notre Dame du Lac.
Where is Elevate Ventures Inc based?
Elevate Ventures 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 88 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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