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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 481

Labor union

$311k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$378kEmployment$200kRecreation & Sports$198kEducation$133kHealth$88kArts & Culture$81kMembership Benefit$62kYouth Development$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $213,942, the rows itemized in this filing. The $310,876 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $96,934 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $190k
$10,442
Median grant
3
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION$25,000
INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$25,000
TOP NOTCH OF INDIANA$20,000
ELECTRICAL WORKERS BENEFIT TRUST FUND$15,000
INDIANA STATE AFL-CIO$15,000
THE MRA FOUNDATION$15,000
LONG ELECTRIC CO INC$10,442
HOOSIER WOMEN FORWARD$10,000
IBEW UNITY FUND$10,000
IBEW LOCAL 481 RETIREES FUND$10,000
HUNGER INC$10,000
INDIANA CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION$8,500
ELECTRICAL WORKERS INDIANAPOLIS$7,500
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ELECTRICAL WORKERS INDIANAPOLIS: $8k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 13 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$1.1M
$126k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+55%

Still filing today

54%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • IB
    INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +25%
  • IS
    INDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $120k · revenue +308%
  • CI
    CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PROGRESS COUNCIL OF INDIANA INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $102k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • HS
    Hamilton Southeastern School Corp
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • IP
    INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +61%
  • PT
    PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Indiana Technology Student Association
Education
2
Indianapolis Junior Golf Foundation
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3
Indiana High School Athletic Association

Supervise high school athletic competition in indiana

Recreation & Sports
4
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

—
5
Central Indiana Independent Electrical Contractors Inc

The mission of iec is to enhance the independent electrical contractor's success by developing a professional workforce, communicating clearly with government, promoting ethical business practices, and providing leadership for the…

Community Improvement
6
Indiana Constructors Inc

Promote the common business and regulatory interest of individuals, organizations, associations, and corporations associated with the indiana construction industry and works to improve the business conditions in the indiana construction…

Community Improvement
7
Ymca Foundation of Greater Indianapolis
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8
Indiana Golf Association Inc

To promote the sport of golf.

—
9
Indiana University Health Morgan Inc
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10
Indiana Interscholastic Athletic

The mission of the indiana interscholastic athletic administrator's association is to provide a multitude of quality opportunities for indiana student-athletes. toward that aim, the iiaaa will promote leadership and education among…

Community Improvement
11
Indy Youth Sports Inc

IYS has provided sports to over 1200 kids in the inner city of Indianapolis, IN free of charge. We also have taken middle school to camps at IU Bloomington and provided food.

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12
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IBEW PAC EDUCATION FUND: $385,000 · OtherIBEW PAC EDUCATION FUNDINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS: $152,540 · OtherINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERSCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PROGRESS COUNCIL OF INDIANA INC: $101,500 · OtherCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PROGRESS COUNCIL OF INDIANA INCELECTRICAL WORKERS BENEFIT TRUST FUND: $70,000 · OtherELECTRICAL WORKERS BENEFIT TRUST FUND+19 more: $286,193 · Other+19 moreINDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION: $120,000 · Recreation & SportsINDIANA SP…Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Diabetes Association: $25,000 · HealthST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,300 · HealthINDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationFRANKLIN TOWNSHIP EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · EducationLEAGUE OF MIRACLES INC: $10,550 · Youth DevelopmentGOTR OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentINDIANA CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION INC: $8,500 · Community Improvement
Other$995,233Recreation & Sports$120,000Arts & Culture$75,000Health$28,300Education$21,000Youth Development$18,550Community Improvement$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS: $152,540 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION: $120,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PROGRESS COUNCIL OF INDIANA INC: $101,500 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetELECTRICAL WORKERS BENEFIT TRUST FUND: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHoosier Heartland Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO: $31,970 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetIAC SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 3y, 47% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFranklin Township Youth Football Club Inc: $12,034 over 1y, 11% of budgetLEAGUE OF MIRACLES INC: $10,550 over 1y, 13% of budgetHUNGER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetINDIANA CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION INC: $8,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS SOAP BOX DERBY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,180 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 481 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 481. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's 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
    4report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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