Kentucky · Private foundation
Indigo 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.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Indigo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k 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 | 13 | $3.9M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.7M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.5M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.4M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.1M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.0M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $767k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Parks Endowment Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc | $750,000 | 1 | 17% |
| U-Go Initiative | $750,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Room to Read | $600,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Family Community Clinic Inc | $600,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evolve502 Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Jefferson Community Technical College Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Waterstep Inc | $415,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $266,666 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Parks Endowment Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc | $750,000 | 1 | 17% |
| U-Go Initiative | $750,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Room to Read | $600,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Family Community Clinic Inc | $600,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evolve502 Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Jefferson Community Technical College Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Waterstep Inc | $415,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $266,666 | 1 | n/a |
| Dare to Care Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 21st Century Parks Inc | $208,550 | 4 | 2% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hosparus Inc Hosparus Health | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Music Box Inc | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Scholar House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School Choice Scholarships Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Sos International Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn) | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Hill Therapy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wilderness Louisville Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Indigo Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Taylor Family Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Irvin F & Alice S Etscorn Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Indigo Foundation
- How much does Indigo Foundation give?
- Indigo Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $3,866,666 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Indigo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (22%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Indigo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: 21st Century Parks Endowment Inc ($1.0M), Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc ($750k), U-Go Initiative ($750k).
- Does Indigo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Indigo Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indigo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Indigo Foundation based?
- Indigo Foundation is based in KY.
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