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Herbert Simon Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$14M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

99% of Herbert Simon Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$54MArts & Culture$1.5MEducation$958kHealth$300kFood & Nutrition$135kHuman Services$100kHousing & Shelter$30kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $14M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$13,548,764
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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
2
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
3
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
4
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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5
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
6
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
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
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 Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
10
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
11
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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12
Indiana Institute of Technology Inc

Indiana tech is a private, independent, and non-denominational university. students are prepared for active participation in the complex, global society of the 21st century and are motivated toward a life of significance and worth. about…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is 100 Black Men of Indianapolis Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $52,812,206 · PhilanthropyCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc+4 more — $774,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY KITCHEN INC — $125,000 · OtherJAKKS CARES FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $40,000 · Other+9 more — $121,500 · OtherIndiana University Foundation — $755,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOL — $100,000 · Education+2 more — $7,500 · EducationThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc — $650,000 · Arts & CultureKURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC — $100,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $15,000 · Arts & CultureEskenazi Health Foundation Inc — $300,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $100,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $12,500 · InternationalBig Green — $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$53,586,206Other$1,086,500Education$862,500Arts & Culture$765,000Health$300,000International$112,500Food & Nutrition$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $52,812,206 over 5y, 28% of budgetIndiana University Foundation — $755,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc — $650,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc — $500,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc — $300,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada — $250,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY KITCHEN INC — $125,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWFYI Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetRIGHTFIT INC — $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Green — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNewfields Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Youth Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG CAR MEDIA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN - SIERRAS — $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lilly Endowment IncDorsey Foundation IncLumina Foundation for…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Strada Education Foun…The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Madeira Fund IncMaurer Family Foundat…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Griffith Family Found…Hubbard Family Founda…
Lilly Endowment IncIN20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Strada Education Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Madeira Fund Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Hubbard Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Herbert Simon Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Herbert Simon Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Herbert Simon Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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