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Eli Lilly and Company 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.

$29M
Granted FY2024still arriving
95
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$6.4M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$46MHealth$32MEducation$22MYouth Development$5.7MCommunity Improvement$5.5MArts & Culture$5.5MInternational$2.0MEmployment$1.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 95 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $441k
  • $50k–250k41 grants · $4.5M
  • $250k+25 grants · $24M
$100,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONS$6,376,338
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA$5,969,034
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC$1,000,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$1,000,000
INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY$780,177
INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$709,500
CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS INCORPORATED$600,000
INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$550,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY$500,000
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$500,000
BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION INC$500,000
HOWARD UNIVERSITY$500,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY$500,000
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$500,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FLYWHEEL FOUNDATION: $75k → 15%FLYWHEEL FOUNDATION: $75k → 15%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $25k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $8k → 16%BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 16%BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $250k → 16%TRANS SOLUTIONS RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $167k → 16%TRANS SOLUTIONS RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $167k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $700k → 16%DAMIEN CENTER INC: $60k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $50k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $15k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $313k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE: $80k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
DE
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$102M · 69 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +12% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

69 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
49

Total granted

$102M
$9.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+2%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • IP
    INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +135% · 33% of their budget
  • TC
    The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +237%
  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • IB
    Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M · revenue -80%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $375k
  • PL
    PHALEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES
    one grant, 2023 · $375k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
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
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

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.

Health
5
Enroll Indy Inc

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,…

Education
6
University of Indianapolis

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.

Education
7
Indiana University Health Inc

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

Health
8
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
9
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
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…

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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 Economic Development Foundation Inc

To promote industrial and business development, diversification of indiana's economy, and overall economic growth of indiana; to promote the retention, expansion, growth, and modernization of indiana's businesses; to promote the creation…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is Potawatomi Park Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsYouth Development CentersEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Health Access Advocacy and …Youth Development ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Mentoring ProgramsCommunity Arts CentersLgbtq+ Community SupportAffordable Housing Construc…Youth Sports ProgramsLocal History MuseumsUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%13%5–10yr18%13%10–20yr14%20%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr23%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%2%<5yr13%11%5–10yr18%13%10–20yr14%10%20–35yr13%6%35–55yr23%59%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/140
the rest of the field
10%
4,324/41,855

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

137 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 137 of the 162 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
136/137
Grantees still filing
73/137
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MATCHING GIFTS PAID - ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONS — $26,038,322 · OtherMATCHING GIFTS PAID - ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING …Indiana University School of Medicine — $6,629,289 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONS — $6,376,338 · OtherADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING ORGANIZATIONSCENTRAL INDIANA CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $2,150,001 · OtherINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC — $2,000,000 · Other+69 more — $14,328,520 · Other+69 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC — $33,517,700 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INCCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $1,545,000 · Philanthropy+29 more — $3,328,612 · Philanthropy+29 moreINDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $4,188,350 · EducationINDIANAPOLI…THE MIND TRUST INC — $1,800,000 · EducationTHE MIND TR…Teach for America Inc — $1,400,000 · EducationTeach for A…IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC — $780,000 · EducationIVY TECH FO…GLOBAL BRIGADES INC — $649,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY — $500,000 · EducationFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc — $500,000 · Education+24 more — $2,654,000 · Education+24 moreThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc — $3,300,000 · Arts & CultureECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION — $905,001 · Arts & CultureINDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $900,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc — $450,000 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie Museum Inc — $250,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $310,000 · Arts & CultureIndiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc — $5,000,000 · Science & TechEVERY GIRL CAN STEM INC — $250,000 · Science & TechTHE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC — $1,110,000 · Community ImprovementGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc — $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC — $666,666 · Community ImprovementIndianapolis Downtown Inc — $200,000 · Community Improvement16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION — $135,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $100,000 · Community ImprovementYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis — $1,012,500 · Human ServicesBe Nimble Foundation Inc — $1,000,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESEARCH & RESOURCE CENT fka TransSolutions Rsrch & Res Ctr — $333,334 · Human ServicesINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesFLYWHEEL FOUNDATION — $150,000 · Human Services+4 more — $237,500 · Human Services
Other$57,522,470Philanthropy$38,391,312Education$12,471,350Arts & Culture$6,115,001Science & Tech$5,250,000Community Improvement$3,211,666Human Services$2,983,334

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC — $33,517,700 over 5y, 11% of budgetIndiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc — $5,000,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $4,188,350 over 5y, 33% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc — $3,300,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC — $2,000,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTHE MIND TRUST INC — $1,800,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $1,545,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $1,400,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC — $1,110,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $1,058,079 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis — $1,012,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc — $1,000,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetBe Nimble Foundation Inc — $1,000,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION — $905,001 over 3y, 23% of budgetINDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $900,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $825,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC — $780,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetINDY CHAMPIONSHIPS LEGACY INC — $750,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC — $700,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC — $696,725 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC — $666,666 over 2y, 26% of budgetGLOBAL BRIGADES INC — $649,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetPACERS FOUNDATION INC — $632,860 over 3y, 72% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $556,584 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS — $500,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc — $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC — $495,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc — $450,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $378,123 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC — $350,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESEARCH & RESOURCE CENT fka TransSolutions Rsrch & Res Ctr — $333,334 over 2y, 25% of budgetMACGILLIVRAY FREEMAN FILMS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $320,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC — $275,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $270,368 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConner Prairie Museum Inc — $250,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetREDF — $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC — $250,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMV3 Foundation — $250,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetTECHPOINT FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $225,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE INC — $215,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTIMMY GLOBAL HEALTH INC — $206,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCIVIC NEWS COMPANY — $200,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER INC — $200,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC — $200,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Indianapolis Foun…Lumina Foundation for…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lilly Endowment IncCentral Indiana Commu…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Strada Education Foun…Richard M Fairbanks F…United Way of Central…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Maurer Family Foundat…The Mind Trust Inc
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN69.1× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · The Mind Trust Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Eli Lilly and Company Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • United Way of Suwannee Valley Inc — 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc — 11% of income from government
  • United Way Emerald Coast — 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc — 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Northwest Florida Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • United Way of the Big Bend Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 162 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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