Indiana · Public charity
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc
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- $562k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $153k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $23,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $245M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $153k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $300k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $223k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $270k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $134k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $171k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $198k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $420,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $280,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rewild | $140,000 | 5 | 0% |
| World Parrot Trust USA Inc | $124,455 | 5 | 3% |
| International Elephant Foundation | $64,895 | 5 | 3% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $53,050 | 4 | 1% |
| Mara Elephant Project USA Inc | $51,991 | 4 | 0% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Indiana National Resources | $33,945 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Zoological Society of Cincinnati · Columbus Zoological Park Association · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc
- How much does Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc give?
- Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $153,000, out of $561,555 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (83%), Environment (15%), Education (1%).
- Who are Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lincoln Park Zoological Society ($420k), Wildlife Conservation Society ($280k), Rewild ($140k).
- Does Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Zoological Society of Cincinnati, Columbus Zoological Park Association, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc based?
- Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc is based in IN.
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