Indiana · Private foundation
Helen Thoele Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $48k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $859k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Helen Thoele Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 26 | $48k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $46k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $46k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $37k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $46k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $43k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $44k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $42k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Noblesville Boys & Girls Club Auxiliary Inc | $30,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Outrun the Sun Inc | $24,660 | 8 | 2% |
| Noble Inc | $18,980 | 3 | 0% |
| Fido Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Back to Basics Project | $13,000 | 5 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Freewheelin Community Bikes | $12,000 | 6 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spay Neuter Services of Indiana | $10,100 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen Thoele Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Lacy Foundation
How this is measured
About Helen Thoele Family Foundation
- How much does Helen Thoele Family Foundation give?
- Helen Thoele Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $48,085 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helen Thoele Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (24%), Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Helen Thoele Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc ($40k), Noblesville Boys & Girls Club Auxiliary Inc ($30k), Outrun the Sun Inc ($25k).
- Does Helen Thoele Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen Thoele Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Helen Thoele Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, Maurer Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Helen Thoele Family Foundation based?
- Helen Thoele Family Foundation is based in IN.
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