Indiana · Public charity
Hamilton County Tourism Inc
To promote and encourage visitors to hamilton county, indiana
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $448,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Hamilton County Tourism Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $857k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.5M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $527k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $363k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $749k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $912k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Westfield | $1,445,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Noblesville Creates | $889,491 | 7 | 42% |
| Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad Inc | $856,750 | 5 | 31% |
| Tourism Tomorrow Inc | $335,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Conner Prairie Museum Inc | $320,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of Hamilton County Parks Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Roberts Chapel Church and Burial Association Incorporated | $100,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fishers Parks and Recreation | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Westfield | $1,445,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Noblesville Creates | $889,491 | 7 | 42% |
| Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad Inc | $856,750 | 5 | 31% |
| Tourism Tomorrow Inc | $335,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Conner Prairie Museum Inc | $320,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of Hamilton County Parks Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Roberts Chapel Church and Burial Association Incorporated | $100,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fishers Parks and Recreation | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 28% |
| City of Fishers | $29,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Highway Department | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Noblesville Fire Department | $23,358 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Carmel | $20,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Carmel Dads Club Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carmel Christkindlmarkt Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Great American Songbook Foundation Inc | $10,750 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($885k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hamilton County Tourism Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Hamilton County Tourism Inc
- How much does Hamilton County Tourism Inc give?
- Hamilton County Tourism Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $1,013,000, out of $1,818,444 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hamilton County Tourism Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Community Improvement (34%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Hamilton County Tourism Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Westfield ($1.4M), Noblesville Creates ($889k), Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad Inc ($857k).
- Does Hamilton County Tourism Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hamilton County Tourism Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc, Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hamilton County Tourism Inc based?
- Hamilton County Tourism Inc is based in IN.
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