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Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc

Our mission is to champion, support and connect our members as they transform Indiana through effective philanthropy.

$456k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

94% of Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Partnership Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’22
1
’23
2
’24

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 FY2022–2024.

Philanthropy$904k
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 28 grants below total $421,311 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $456,300 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $34,989 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $356k
$13,861
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation Partnership$40,334
Owen County Community Foundation$35,290
Wabash Valley Community Foundation$30,199
Ripley County Comm Found$25,103
Washington County Community Foundation$19,897
Community Foundation of Randolph Co$19,704
Union County Community Foundation$17,912
Legacy Foundation$17,082
Community Foundation of St Joseph Co$16,619
Community Foundation Elkhart County$15,888
Northern Indiana Community Foundation$15,543
Community Foundation of Noble County$15,455
The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County Inc$14,216
Warren County Community Foundation$13,861
South Madison County Community Found$12,486
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 (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 68% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Community Foundation of Hancock County Inc: $12k → 5%Community Foundation of Boone County Inc: $11k → 5%Hendricks County Comm Found: $12k → 5%Community Foundation of DeKalb County Inc: $12k → 9%Steuben County Community Foundation Inc: $12k → 9%The Putnam County Community Foundation: $11k → 10%Warren County Community Foundation: $14k → 10%Community Foundation of Noble County: $15k → 10%Benton County Community Foundation Inc: $11k → 10%Decatur County Communtiy Foundation Inc: $11k → 11%Montgomery County Community Foundation Inc: $13k → 11%Union County Community Foundation: $18k → 11%Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc: $10k → 12%Community Foundation of Wabash County Inc: $10k → 12%Ripley County Comm Found: $25k → 12%Community Foundation Partnership: $40k → 12%Washington County Community Foundation Inc: $21k → 13%Greene County Community Foundation: $8k → 13%Community Foundation of St Joseph Co: $17k → 13%Northern Indiana Community Foundation: $16k → 14%Owen County Community Foundation: $35k → 14%The Blue River Community Foundation Inc: $19k → 14%Legacy Foundation: $17k → 15%South Madison County Community Found: $12k → 15%Community Foundation of Randolph Co: $20k → 15%Scott County Community Foundation Inc: $10k → 15%Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County: $16k → 18%Wabash Valley Community Foundation: $30k → 19%Community Foundation of Grant Co: $11k → 19%Steuben County Community Foundation Inc: $9k → 9%Warren County Community Foundation Inc: $11k → 10%Benton County Community Foundation Inc: $9k → 10%Montgomery County Community Foundation Inc: $11k → 11%Ripley County Community Foundation Inc: $22k → 12%Washington County Community Foundation: $20k → 13%Northern Indiana Community Foundation: $12k → 14%Blue River Community Foundation: $12k → 14%Legacy Foundation Inc: $11k → 15%Madison County Community Foundation Inc: $9k → 15%Community Foundation of Randolph County Inc: $14k → 15%Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County: $11k → 18%Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc: $19k → 19%Community Foundation of Grant Co: $10k → 19%Warren County Community Foundation Inc: $9k → 10%Montgomery County Comm Found: $10k → 11%Ripley County Community Foundation Inc: $17k → 12%Blue River Community Foundation: $9k → 14%Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc: $30k → 19%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
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.

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Adams County Community Foundation Inc

Building partnerships between donors and community to enrich and enhance the quality of life in adams county, indiana.

Philanthropy
2
Dubois County Community Foundation

The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the…

Philanthropy
3
Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa

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

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
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
6
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc

To build enduring charitable resources used to positively impact our community by: serving as a partner and resource for donors, their advisors, and not-for-profit organizations; making it simple for donors to fulfill their individual…

Philanthropy
7
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
8
The Community Foundation for Mchenry County

The community foundation for mchenry county's mission is to philanthropically address the needs of mchenry county by providing leadership, granting resources, stewarding assets, and fostering awareness.

Philanthropy
9
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
10
Jefferson Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
11
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
12
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

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 Warren County Community Foundation. 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%64%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr23%5%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr14%72%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr23%3%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%0/39
the rest of the field
10%
4,324/41,956

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

39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WABASH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $78,505 · PhilanthropyWABASH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCRIPLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $64,771 · PhilanthropyRIPLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $41,385 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $40,334 · PhilanthropyBLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $39,880 · PhilanthropyLEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $35,669 · PhilanthropyOWEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $35,290 · PhilanthropyWARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $34,682 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY INC — $33,958 · PhilanthropyMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $33,792 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC — $33,790 · Philanthropy+28 more — $431,904 · Philanthropy+28 more
Philanthropy$903,960

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWABASH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $78,505 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRIPLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $64,771 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $41,385 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $40,334 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $39,880 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $35,669 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOWEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $35,290 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $34,682 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY INC — $33,958 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $33,792 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC — $33,790 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $27,129 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $26,473 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MUNCIE AND DELAWARE COUNTY INC — $23,946 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC — $23,583 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $22,948 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC — $21,669 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,913 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA INC — $20,291 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $18,957 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY INC — $18,444 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $18,190 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREENE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $15,734 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $15,699 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNOBLE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $15,455 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $15,311 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $14,980 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC — $13,066 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $11,775 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC — $11,701 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDECATUR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $11,109 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY INC — $9,849 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $9,508 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITY FOUNDATION OF LA PORTE COUNTY — $8,030 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $7,368 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,920 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,886 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJENNINGS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,484 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Indiana Philanthropy …Independent Colleges …Lilly Endowment IncDuke Energy FoundationAws Foundation IncBaird Foundation IncCenterpoint Energy Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…Early Learning Indian…Wabash County Young M…American Water Charit…Regional Opportunity …
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation IncIN79.2× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation Inc · Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Aws Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Wabash County Young Mens Christian Association Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Regional Opportunity Initiatives 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 Indiana Philanthropy Alliance 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%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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