Indiana · Public charity
Indiana Bar Foundation
The INDIANA BAR FOUNDATION (ibf) is a charitable foundation dedicated to strengthening access to justice and appreciation for the rule of law in indiana.
- $9.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,607,089
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Indiana Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $409k 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 | 17 | $9.1M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $7.4M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $5.3M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $2.7M | 59% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $1.4M | 11% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Bono Indiana Inc | $9,960,724 | 8 | 89% |
| Indiana Legal Services Inc | $6,679,962 | 8 | 9% |
| Indianapolis Legal Aid Society Inc | $2,924,027 | 8 | 40% |
| Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc | $1,686,684 | 7 | 20% |
| Kiosk Information Systems Inc | $1,319,132 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana Inc | $620,463 | 7 | 41% |
| Disability Legal Services of Indiana Inc | $348,047 | 4 | 70% |
| Legal Aid Society of Evansville Inc | $299,996 | 4 | 17% |
| Legal Aid Corp of Tippecanoe County | $270,916 | 4 | 37% |
| The Volunteer Lawyer Network Inc | $258,950 | 3 | 64% |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Indiana Bar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · The Clowes Fund Incorporated · Hoover Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Indiana Bar Foundation
- How much does Indiana Bar Foundation give?
- Indiana Bar Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $9,245,162 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Indiana Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%), Youth Development (0%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Indiana Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pro Bono Indiana Inc ($10.0M), Indiana Legal Services Inc ($6.7M), Indianapolis Legal Aid Society Inc ($2.9M).
- Does Indiana Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indiana Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, United Way of Central Indiana Inc.
- Where is Indiana Bar Foundation based?
- Indiana Bar Foundation is based in IN.
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