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Hendricks County Community Foundation

A broad-based community foundation funding the full local safety net — food, shelter, education, parks — and unusually willing to back capital projects.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$963k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.6MEducation$884kFood & Nutrition$596kHuman Services$498kHealth$433kYouth Development$344kArts & Culture$324kOther$0
02beneath the categories

What the grant descriptions say

In FY2022 the foundation rewrote its mission — shifting the subject from the donor ("realize their charitable goals") to the community ("understanding needs… empowering people"). A move from donor-services framing to community-leadership framing. Themes read from the grant descriptions, beneath the NTEE codes.

Each cell is that theme’s share of the year’s giving · ⚡ ringed cells mark a flagged jump.

03FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $1,749,075, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,034,059 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $284,984 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

Grant-size mix · FY2016–FY2024

FY16
22%
29%
49%
$203k
FY17
11%
49%
40%
$217k
FY18
33%
67%
$180k
FY19
16%
74%
$1.0M
FY20
44%
33%
20%
$1.2M
FY21
9%
51%
40%
$839k
FY22
31%
17%
45%
$983k
FY23
10%
22%
69%
$1.1M
FY24
16%
23%
55%
$1.7M
Under $10k$10k–50k$50k–250k$250k+

In FY2016, 0% of its dollars went out in $250k+ checks; by FY2024, 55%. Each bar is that year’s mix, not its total.

$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHEPHERD'S PATHWAY$962,873
HENDRICKS COUNTY FOOD PANTRY$167,765
FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY$99,500
PARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRICKS$70,488
BROWNSBURG FIRE TERRITORY$61,741
HENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK$43,432
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY$27,500
CICOA AGING AND IN-HOME SOLUTIONS$25,000
STRIDES TO SUCCESS$24,000
SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN$17,021
AVON EDUCATION FOUNDATION$13,426
PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL$12,948
HENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH$12,750
LEADERSHIP HENDRICKS COUNTY$12,666
RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$11,000
02The need
04

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY16–24, $841k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 4%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 4%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $24k → 7%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $10k → 7%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $42k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $10k → 7%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $9k → 7%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $17k → 5%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $36k → 7%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $11k → 7%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $35k → 5%MEALS ON WHEELS OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $5k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $8k → 5%SYCAMORE SERVICES INC: $6k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $11k → 5%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $12k → 5%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $5k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $42k → 7%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $32k → 5%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $9k → 7%SYCAMORE SERVICES INC: $8k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $52k → 7%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $13k → 5%BUILDING ESSENTIAL SKILLS TOGETHER: $8k → 6%HENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH YMCA: $26k → 4%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $16k → 5%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $9k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $100k → 7%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $12k → 5%HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $19k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $10k → 7%SYCAMORE SERVICES INC: $36k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $165k → 7%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $31k → 7%SYCAMORE SERVIES INC: $13k → 5%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.

The hardship those neighborhoods carry, beyond income:

  • Adults without health insurance:reaches 9.5% in some neighborhoods (typically 6.7%)(CDC, modeled)
  • Food access:1 of 21 neighborhoods are USDA-designated food deserts(USDA, 2019)

Hardest-hit ZIP codes: share of households below a basic cost of living

46118 38.4%46231 36%46149 33.3%46168 32.1%46103 29.8%46234 29.5%
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 44 repeat orgs$709k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

Of its 47 multi-year relationships, 15 repeat the same amount every year (8% of multi-year dollars), the pattern of a standing commitment.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
27

Total granted

$6.1M
$608k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+21%

Still filing today

70%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • SP
    SHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +453% · 99% of their budget
  • CY
    CASCADE YOUTH LEAGUE INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $760k · revenue +233%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $369k · revenue ×41

Funded once

  • HENDRICKS LIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $223k
  • HEAR INDIANA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $73k · revenue +26%
  • HC
    HENDRICKS COUNTY TOURISM COMMISSION
    one grant, 2023 · $42k
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.

Grant terms aren’t stated in the filing; a standing commitment is inferred from a level payment pattern.

What its grantees report

Each stalk is one grantee, graded by how far its own reporting goes: an activity counted, a stated aim, or a change shown.

they say it reaches here……few show it gets hereSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMENKIDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESCHILD CARE ANSWERSSYCAMORE SERVICES INCDAMAR SERVICES INCHENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICESMEALS ON WHEELS OF HENDRICKS COUNTYFAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTYHENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH YMCACICOA AGING AND IN-HOME SOLUTIONSHuman Services1/10 flowerPATH INTERNATIONALCASCADE YOUTH LEAGUEJAMESON CAMPB&O TRAIL ASSOCIATIONRecreation & Sports0/4 flowerINDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINDIANA CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATPLAINFIELD YOUTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMHENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORKCOVENANT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLINDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONEducation0/6 flowerAVON EDUCATION FOUNDATIONPUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONHENDRICKS COUNTY FOOD PANTRYPhilanthropy0/4 flower

Of 24 organizations, 1 show a change. The rest report activities or aims.

Click an area to read it, and step through its organizations.

How this is measured
Read from 24 of the 27 organizations it funds across these 4 areas (the most heavily funded), in their own program-service reporting. Achievements are the organizations’ own.
case studies

Two relationships, up close

One grantee funded repeatedly and one funded once, each traced through its own filings.

SP

SHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INC

Conviction

Deep, sustained bet on housing stability

Hendricks County Community Foundation has stood alongside Shepherd's Pathway through eight grants between 2016 and 2024, committing $1,918,905, at peak, covering 125% of the organisation's budget, in sustained conviction that stable housing is foundational to community wellbeing. Through that partnership, Shepherd's Pathway has delivered individualized case management toward housing stability, connected participants to mental health and substance abuse treatment, offered job training and employment placement, and provided emergency food, clothing, and shelter to individuals in crisis.

8× · 2017–2024
Funded
$1.9M
Granted in total
99%
Peak share of budget
+453%
Their revenue since

HEAR INDIANA INC

Funded once · graduated

One early bet, compounding returns

In 2020, Hendricks County Community Foundation made a single grant of $72,960 to Hear Indiana, representing 8% of their budget at the time, an early show of confidence in an organisation that has since grown its revenue by 26%. Hear Indiana has gone on to operate a Speech and Hearing Resource Center with Easter Seals Crossroads, administer a statewide hearing aid assistance program for youth ages 3 to 21, run a week-long residential camp for teenagers with hearing loss, and provide early intervention advocacy for families navigating school and medical systems.

At first grant · 2020
$972k
their revenue
$73k= 8% of it
once
Latest filing · 2024
$1.2M+26%
grown on its own, no further grants
2024 · what they did next

Hear Indiana operates the Speech and Hearing Resource Center in partnership with Easter Seals Crossroads, offering pediatric audiology services, listening and spoken language therapy, parent encouragement, and care coordination.

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How this is measured
Trajectories are each organization’s own subsequent IRS filings; milestones are from the public record, linked to source. Revenue is the organization’s whole income from every source. We date what happened after a grant and do not claim the grant caused it.
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
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

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.

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2
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
3
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
4
Indiana Agribusiness Council Inc

An agribusiness network advocate, representing members' interests within all levels of government and keeping members informed of the latest industry trends and news.

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5
Perry County Development Corp

Promote development in Perry County, Indiana

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6
Healthlinc Incorporated

Coordinate health care information by providing a community-wide clinical data and information exchange to the health care community.

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7
Chamber of Commerce of Harrison County

Support our members and the business environment by fostering economic and community development initiatives to improve the quality of life in harrison county.

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8
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
9
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
10
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
11
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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12
Indiana Association of Realtors Inc

To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hendricks County Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Plainfield International Festival Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

53 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. 53 of the 81 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/53
Grantees still filing
42/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INC: $1,859,173 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INCPlainfield Community School Corporation: $123,037 · OtherPlainfield Community School Co…BROWNSBURG FIRE TERRITORY: $115,795 · OtherBROWNSBURG FIRE TERRITORYNORTH WEST HENDRICKS SCHOOL CORP: $111,106 · OtherNORTH WEST HENDRICKS SCHOOL CO…HENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $90,250 · OtherMILL CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP: $83,532 · OtherFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODG: $80,000 · OtherHEAR INDIANA INC: $72,960 · OtherHENDRICKS COUNTY TRAUMA RESOURCE CENTER: $71,500 · OtherPLAINFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LEGACY: $66,664 · OtherTHE PARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $307,274 · OtherTHE PARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRI…INDIANA FAITH SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Other+40 more: $769,332 · Other+40 moreFAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY INC: $369,284 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMIS…HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $146,464 · Human ServicesHENDRICKS COU…STRIDES TO SUCCESS INC: $129,012 · Human ServicesSTRIDES TO SU…SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $75,858 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WI…SYCAMORE REHABILITATION SERVICES HENDRICKS COUNTY ARC INC: $61,992 · Human ServicesSYCAMORE REHA…KIDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $38,500 · Human Services+6 more: $82,075 · Human Services+6 moreCASCADE YOUTH LEAGUE INC: $760,000 · Recreation & SportsCASCADE YOUT…JAMESON INC: $49,100 · Recreation & SportsJAMESON INC+2 more: $29,997 · Recreation & SportsIndiana University Foundation: $264,903 · EducationIndiana Uni…HENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK: $216,944 · EducationHENDRICKS C…COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $172,250 · EducationCOVENANT CH…Indiana State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationPlainfield Youth Assistance Program: $27,500 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationHENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $542,836 · PhilanthropyHENDRICKS C…James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $96,644 · PhilanthropyJames Whitc…AVON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $44,316 · PhilanthropyAVON EDUCAT…PUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $32,926 · PhilanthropyHENDRICKS LIVE INC: $223,485 · Arts & CultureLEADERSHIP HENDRICKS COUNTY: $83,823 · Arts & CulturePLAINFIELD INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INC: $24,852 · Arts & Culture
Housing & Shelter$1,859,173Other$1,966,450Human Services$903,185Recreation & Sports$839,097Education$721,597Philanthropy$716,722Arts & Culture$332,160

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INC: $1,859,173 over 8y, 99% of budgetCASCADE YOUTH LEAGUE INC: $760,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $542,836 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY INC: $369,284 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE PARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $307,274 over 6y, 73% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $264,903 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK: $216,944 over 4y, 72% of budgetCOVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $172,250 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $146,464 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetSTRIDES TO SUCCESS INC: $129,012 over 7y, 15% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $96,644 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $90,250 over 3y, 11% of budgetLEADERSHIP HENDRICKS COUNTY: $83,823 over 5y, 14% of budgetFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODG: $80,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $75,858 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA FAITH SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetHEAR INDIANA INC: $72,960 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetSYCAMORE REHABILITATION SERVICES HENDRICKS COUNTY ARC INC: $61,992 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $54,294 over 5y, 1.2% of budget420 MINISTRIES INC: $52,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetJAMESON INC: $49,100 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAVON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $44,316 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetTHE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC: $40,601 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetKIDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $38,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $32,926 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetIndiana University Health West Hospital Inc: $31,856 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPlainfield Youth Assistance Program: $27,500 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKINGSWAY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC: $24,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBrownsburg Education Foundation Inc: $23,393 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetLevel Two Inc: $20,783 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INERNATIONAL: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPAT'S PALS THERAPY RANCH INC: $13,740 over 1y, 14% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB & O TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $12,497 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMISTY EYES DOG SHELTER & HUMANE EDUCATIO: $11,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $10,975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Interfaith Cooperation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAINFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $7,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBuilding Essential Skills Together: $7,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ARK INC: $7,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetIndiana University Health Foundation Inc: $6,946 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDamar Services Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY YOUTH COUNCIL: $5,381 over 1y, 16% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Hendricks County Inc: $5,075 over 1y, 2.8% 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 SHEPHERD'S PATHWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE YOUTH LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRICKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS LIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIDES TO SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP HENDRICKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODG ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA FAITH SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAR INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds SYCAMORE REHABILITATION SERVICES HENDRICKS COUNTY ARC INC ↗
  • Who funds The Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds 420 MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMESON INC ↗
  • Who funds AVON EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds Indiana State University Foundation Inc ↗
10 internal · 3 shared anchors

How its grantees work together

Purdue Extension-Hendricks County coordinates the local food pantry coalition and provides nutrition education and classes to support the pantries. It is one of 10 direct ties among 24 of its grantees, who also cluster around 3 shared regional anchors.

Inferred: ties are read by a model from news and organization websites, and each links to its source.

24
Grantees connected
10
Grantee↔grantee ties
3
Shared anchors (2+ grantees)
47
External links

Tap any organization to trace its collaborations; shared anchors pull toward the center

19 shown · 14 ties
FAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRICKS COUNTY: $379k granted · 3 linksFAMILY PROMISE OF HENDRIC…HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H FAIR: $41k granted · 2 linksSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $76k granted · 2 linksSTRIDES TO SUCCESS: $130k granted · 2 linksHENDRICKS COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $543k granted · 3 linksHENDRICKS COUNTY FOOD PAN…HENDRICKS REGIONAL HEALTH: $90k granted · 10 linksHENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $156k granted · 3 linksPLAINFIELD YOUTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $28k granted · 7 linksSHEPHERD'S PATHWAY: $1.9M granted · 3 linksSHEPHERD'S PATHWAYPURDUE EXTENSION - HENDRICKS COUNTY: $5k granted · 2 linksINDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $265k granted · 3 linksINDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDA…HENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK: $217k granted · 2 linksHENDRICKS LIVE: $223k granted · 9 linksHENDRICKS LIVECOVENANT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $172k granted · 3 linksPARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDRICKS: $309k granted · 2 linksPARKS FOUNDATION OF HENDR…AVON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $44k granted · 3 linksHendricks County Community Foundation: named by 7 granteesHendricks County Communit…Avon Community School Corporation: named by 2 granteesAvon Community School Cor…The Republican Newspaper: named by 2 granteesThe Republican Newspaper
grantee external partner named by both stated inferred

Tap any organization in the graph to trace its collaborations, or start with the strongest ties below.

Strongest grantee↔grantee ties

  • ↔
    explicit Joint program
  • ↔
    explicit Joint program
  • ↔
    explicit Funding
  • ↔
    explicit Affiliation

Anchors several grantees share

  • 7 grantees
  • 2 grantees
  • 2 grantees
Joint program 30Funding 13Affiliation 9Collaboration 3Coalition 2
How this is measured
Ties are extracted by a model from news and organization websites, not from tax filings, so they are directional rather than exhaustive. Corroborated ties were named independently by both organizations.
Cause groups: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Housing & Shelter, Human Services, Philanthropy, Unclassified, Youth Development

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.

United Way of Central…Central Indiana Commu…Lincoln Legacy Founda…Lilly Endowment IncDuke Energy FoundationNicholas H Noyes Jr M…Maurer Family Foundat…Indiana University He…The Indianapolis Foun…Indiana Youth Institu…The Brave Heart Found…Hoover Family Foundat…
United Way of Central Indiana IncIN33.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lincoln Legacy Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hoover Family Foundation

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 Hendricks County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hendricks County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
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    How do I get to Hendricks County Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hendricks County Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 81 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object 202542659349300709 · view filing · hendrickscountycf.org

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