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Fenneman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Fenneman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$420kArts & Culture$239kPhilanthropy$203kEducation$186kYouth Development$155kRecreation & Sports$150kHealth$126kHousing & Shelter$67kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $90k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLAT ROCK RIVER YMCA CAMP$15,000
INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$15,000
YOUTH FIRST$15,000
BUTLER UNIVERSITY$15,000
STABILITY FIRST$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY INC$10,000
HAPPY HOLLOW CAMP$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $211k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FLAT ROCK RIVER YMCA CAMP: $100k → 11%BROWN COUNTY YMCA: $500 → 10%FLAT ROCK RIVER YMCA CAMP: $15k → 11%FLAT ROCK RIVER YMCA CAMP: $15k → 11%FLAT ROCK RIVER YMCA CAMP: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $20k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $15k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $10k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $10k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $10k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $5k → 16%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 19 repeat orgs$481k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$1.2M
$481k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+15%

Still filing today

63%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis
    8× · 2017–2025 · $210k · revenue +7%
  • BU
    Butler University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $150k · revenue +39%
  • YF
    YOUTH FIRST
    8× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
    one grant, 2022 · $349k
  • Indiana University Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • MC
    Morgan County Substance Abuse Council
    one grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +15%
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 Frankfort 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 University Health Bedford Inc

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

Health
4
Indiana University Health Jay Inc

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

Health
5
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

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

Health
6
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
7
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
8
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Physicians 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 Morgan Inc
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10
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
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mind Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

22 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. 22 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA: $349,310 · OtherYMCA OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANAINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $231,950 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAIndividual grant recipient: $106,568 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOOSIER TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $62,500 · OtherHOOSIER TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $58,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE NATURE CONSERVATORY: $36,000 · Other+14 more: $71,700 · Other+14 moreYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $210,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's C…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY: $49,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…+2 more: $9,500 · PhilanthropyIndiana University Health Foundation Inc: $100,000 · HealthIndiana Univ…YOUTH FIRST: $90,000 · HealthYOUTH FIRST+1 more: $2,000 · HealthButler University: $150,000 · EducationButler Uni…THE MIND TRUST INC: $6,000 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationSTABILITY FIRST INC: $66,500 · Housing & ShelterHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$916,028Human Services$210,500Philanthropy$208,500Health$192,000Education$156,750Housing & Shelter$66,500Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $210,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetButler University: $150,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Health Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH FIRST: $90,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSTABILITY FIRST INC: $66,500 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetHOOSIER TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $62,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY: $49,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMorgan County Substance Abuse Council: $23,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEVSC FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNewfields Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKOSCIUSKO COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN COUNTY YMCA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORGAN COUNTY HISTORY CENTER AND MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Oaks Academy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MORGAN COUNTY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds Butler University ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FIRST ↗
  • Who funds STABILITY FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOSIER TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Morgan County Substance Abuse Council ↗
  • Who funds Phi Delta Theta Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds EVSC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Newfields Inc ↗
  • Who funds KOSCIUSKO COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTINSVILLE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN COUNTY YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN COUNTY HISTORY CENTER AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds The Oaks Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MORGAN COUNTY ↗

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.

Lilly Endowment IncUnited Way of Central…Kendrick Foundation I…Lumina Foundation for…The Smithville Charit…Duke Energy FoundationBaird Foundation IncThe Ackerman Foundati…Indiana Youth Institu…Maurer Family Foundat…Richard M Fairbanks F…Centerpoint Energy Fo…
Lilly Endowment IncIN22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Kendrick Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc

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 Fenneman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fenneman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 35 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-PF 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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