Indiana · Private foundation
Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $682k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $152k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $157k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $155k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $150k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $155k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $160k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $159k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $165k | 74% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $395,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $190,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Butler University | $70,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marian University | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $22,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Lipscomb University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wabash College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $395,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $190,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Butler University | $70,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marian University | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $22,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Lipscomb University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wabash College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| DePauw University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southeastern University Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hanover College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grace Schools | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbia College | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hamilton Southeastern Schools | $11,403 | 4 | 1% |
| Manchester University Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Msd of Lawrence Township | $7,835 | 3 | n/a |
| Columbia College Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carmel Clay School Corporation | $4,663 | 3 | n/a |
| Avon Community School Corporation | $4,440 | 2 | n/a |
| Mt Vernon Community Schools Adm | $3,774 | 2 | n/a |
| Noblesville Schools | $3,652 | 2 | n/a |
| Zionsville Community Schools | $2,894 | 2 | n/a |
| Perry Township Schools | $2,874 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Elementary School PTO | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Belzer Middle School PFO | $2,500 | 1 | 35% |
| University High School of Indiana Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Msd of Pike Township | $2,481 | 1 | n/a |
| Beech Grove City Schools | $2,270 | 1 | n/a |
| North West Hendricks School Corp | $2,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Woods Elementary School PTO | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westfield Washington Schools | $1,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation | $1,766 | 1 | n/a |
| Center Grove Community School | $1,690 | 2 | n/a |
| Plainfield Community School Corporation | $1,624 | 1 | n/a |
| Sand Creek Intermediate School PTO | $1,199 | 1 | 3% |
| Clarks Creek Elementary PTO Inc | $1,076 | 1 | 7% |
| White River Elementary School PTO | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Herron High School Inc | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| St Theodore Guerin High School | $498 | 1 | n/a |
| Stony Creek Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization | $404 | 1 | n/a |
| Noblesville West Middle School PTO Inc | $301 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($356k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · Project Lead the Way Inc · University of Indianapolis · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Indianafirst Inc First Indiana Robotics · Teachers Treasures Inc · Gpd Group Employees Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc
- How much does Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc give?
- Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $162,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (96%), Health (4%).
- Who are Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indiana University School of Medicine ($395k), Trustees of Purdue University ($190k), Butler University ($70k).
- Does Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Project Lead the Way Inc, University of Indianapolis.
- Where is Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc based?
- Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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