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Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc

The Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) advances and strengthens the competitive standing of its 29 member independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited, degree granting colleges and universities.

$23M
Granted FY2025still arriving
76
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

89% of Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc’s FY2025 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. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

6
’17
5
’18
5
’19
7
’20
6
’21
5
’22
5
’23
13
’24
10
’25

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

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Philanthropy$8.8MEducation$200kArts & Culture$116kCommunity Improvement$111k
02FY2025 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 76 grants below total $1,570,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $23,043,593 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $21,473,593 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k72 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $390k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$100M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Central Indiana Community Foundation$160,000
Community Foundation Alliance$120,000
Legacy Foundation Inc$60,000
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne$50,000
Community Foundation of Howard County$40,000
Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc$40,000
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc$40,000
Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette$40,000
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc$40,000
Johnson County Community Foundation Inc$30,000
Community Foundation of Elkhart County$30,000
Northern Indiana Community Foundation Inc$30,000
Hendricks County Community Foundation Inc$30,000
Porter County Community Foundation$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS$25,000
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Hendricks County Community Foundation Inc: $30k → 5%Johnson County Community Foundation Inc: $30k → 8%Porter County Community Foundation: $30k → 9%Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc: $40k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY: $26k → 12%Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc: $40k → 13%Northern Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $30k → 14%Legacy Foundation Inc: $60k → 15%Community Foundation of Howard County: $40k → 15%Community Foundation Alliance: $120k → 15%Central Indiana Community Foundation: $160k → 16%Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc: $40k → 19%Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette: $40k → 19%COMMUNITY FDN OF SOUTHERN INDIANA INC: $26k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY: $26k → 12%COMMUNITY FDN OF STJOSEPH COUNTYINC: $26k → 13%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FDN OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $26k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $104k → 16%WABASH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $26k → 19%Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne: $50k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE: $78k → 15%CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FT WAYNE: $33k → 12%INDIANA CPA SOCIETY INC: $116k → 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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$470k · 8 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +173% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$470k
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+173%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HF
    HERITAGE FUND SUPPORTING FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $124k · revenue +39% · 91% of their budget
  • GC
    GREENE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue ×11
  • UC
    UNION COUNTY FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • IC
    INDIANA CPA SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $116k · revenue -17%
  • FC
    Franklin College of Indiana
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue +10%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa

To build a stronger fayette county by inspiring charitable giving, supporting nonprofits, and nurturing positive community impact.

Philanthropy
2
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
3
Our Community Foundation Inc

Meet the changing needs of our community by fostering a culture of local philanthropy and to provide support to public charitable organizations.

Philanthropy
4
Community Foundation of Lorain County

The community foundation responds to the changing needs of the community by making grants to local nonprofit organizations, awarding scholarships to help local students, working together with donors to build community endowment and…

Philanthropy
5
Community Foundation of Johnson County

Connecting communities who care with causes that matter to support sustainable change. to be the trusted leader of charitable giving; supporting donors, nonprofit organizations, and our communities.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The greater cedar rapids community foundation (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's…

Philanthropy
7
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
8
Jefferson Community Foundation

Jcf connects people, ideas, and resources to build a future of opportunity for all in jefferson county.

Philanthropy
9
Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas and investment to make this a community where every individual has equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity. (continued on schedule o)

Philanthropy
10
The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc

To connect donors with their charitable giving priorities, serve as a resource for local nonprofit organizations and provide leadership to the community.

Philanthropy
11
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc

The community foundation is a philanthropic organization that manages charitable funds with a broad base of donors to benefit the areas of western tennessee, eastern arkansas, and northern mississippi. since 1969, the community foundation…

Philanthropy
12
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

The community foundation of greater dubuque grows philanthropy to improve life in northeast iowa by serving donors, strengthening nonprofits and leading collaborative initiatives to address community needs.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Grant County Indiana Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr14%56%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr23%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr14%46%20–35yr13%43%35–55yr23%11%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/82
the rest of the field
10%
4,324/41,913

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

77 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. 77 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/77
Grantees still filing
69/77
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $875,000 · PhilanthropyCentral Indiana Community Foundation IncCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC — $744,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INCLEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $372,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $310,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY INC — $297,000 · Philanthropy+61 more — $6,089,000 · Philanthropy+61 moreINDIANA CPA SOCIETY INC — $116,467 · OtherBlackford County Community Foundation — $62,000 · OtherWayne County Foundation Inc — $33,000 · OtherVERMILLION COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $19,500 · OtherRose-Hulman Institute of Technology — $14,000 · Other+2 more — $13,000 · OtherWELLS COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 · EducationTrine University — $45,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC — $25,000 · EducationFranklin College of Indiana — $25,000 · EducationINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $25,000 · EducationMarian University — $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE — $20,500 · EducationThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame — $20,000 · EducationPARKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$8,687,000Other$257,967Education$248,000Civil Rights$62,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $875,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC — $744,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $372,000 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $310,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY INC — $297,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $248,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC — $248,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $248,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $248,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY — $248,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA INC — $248,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC — $186,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $186,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $179,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHERITAGE FUND SUPPORTING FOUNDATION INC — $124,000 over 9y, 91% of budgetJASPER NEWTON FOUNDATION INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUNITY FOUNDATION OF LA PORTE COUNTY — $124,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetKOSCIUSKO COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY — $124,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MUNCIE AND DELAWARE COUNTY INC — $124,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetINDIANA CPA SOCIETY INC — $116,467 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWESTERN INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $104,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $91,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDEARBORN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLAGRANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $62,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetBLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PORTLAND FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGREENE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCASS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetDECATUR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJENNINGS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MADISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTY INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDTN OF JACKSON COUNTY — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHENRY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBROWN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,000 over 9y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE FUND SUPPORTING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JASPER NEWTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITY FOUNDATION OF LA PORTE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KOSCIUSKO COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MORGAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MUNCIE AND DELAWARE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA CPA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DEARBORN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGRANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PORTLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 IncIndiana Philanthropy …Indiana Philanthropy …Aws Foundation IncEarly Learning Indian…Duke Energy FoundationFirst Financial Found…Regional Opportunity …Wabash County Young M…Baird Foundation IncNorthwest Central Ind…Nisource Charitable F…
Lilly Endowment IncIN107.1× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation Inc · Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · First Financial Foundation · Regional Opportunity Initiatives Inc · Wabash County Young Mens Christian Association Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation

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 Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 82 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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