· Private foundation
First Merchants Southern Indiana Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $87k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Investment In First Savings Financial Group Inc.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA | $100,000 |
| LEADERSHIP SOUTHERN INDIANA | $75,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA | $36,616 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC | $25,000 |
| CLARKSVILLE IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +30% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $603k · revenue +11%
- LSLEADERSHIP SOUTHERN INDIANA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $401k · revenue +30%
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC5× · 2021–2025 · $115k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- UOU OF L STUDENT ATHLETEone grant, 2022 · $35k
- LDLHOME DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUNDone grant, 2020 · $30k
- SCSIMMONS COLLEGE OF KYone grant, 2020 · $15k
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.
Inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
Junior Achievement of Central Illinois inspires and prepares young people to succeed in the global economy. Our volunteer-delivered, experiential programs give students knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness and…
Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.
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.
Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.
Our mission is to inspire and enable youth ensuring they have the resources and opportunities to grow, learn, and thrive.
To promote equal access to justice for all indiana residents regardless of economic status
Junior achievement will ensure that every child in the region has a fundamental understanding of the free-enterprise system. junior achievement (ja) helps kids understand the connection between personal responsibility, hard work,…
An agribusiness network advocate, representing members' interests within all levels of government and keeping members informed of the latest industry trends and news.
To support the activities of junior achievement of northern indiana, inc.
The mission of Junior Achievement is to inspire and prepare students to succeed in a global economy.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP SOUTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC ↗
- Who funds Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc ↗
- Who funds ALIGN SOUTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HARRISON COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN FOUNDATION ↗
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: Harrison County Community Foundation Supporting Organization Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization First Merchants Southern Indiana Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Merchants Southern Indiana Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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