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Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc

The mission of Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis is to promote the vision of a vibrant, engaged, inclusive, and sustainable Jewish community by serving as its central philanthropic, planning, community engagement, and unifying partner. See Schedule O for continuation.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
72
Itemized grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$4.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$692,195
Organizations funded a year
52 to 66
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$108M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$3.4M17%
FY202360$3.2M20%
FY202266$3.0M20%
FY202163$3.9M19%
FY202062$4.1M16%
FY201965$3.9M23%
FY201864$4.8M36%
FY201752$5.9Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$15MPhilanthropy$8.8MHealth$5.4MArts & Culture$2.9MReligion$2.4MYouth Development$700kCivil Rights$606kRecreation & Sports$408kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
TN
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 148 grantees
All grantees of Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Community Center Association of Indianapolis Incorporated$8,792,099821%
Indianapolis Jewish Home Inc$4,397,742816%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Indianapolis$2,454,804892%
Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis$1,876,781813%
Indiana University Foundation$1,573,66380%
Bureau of Jewish Education Inc$1,082,587291%
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Inc$855,6598n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc$687,71084%
Park Tudor Foundation Inc$658,75041%
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc$522,96881%
Newfields Inc$454,30380%
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$453,65089%
University High School of Indiana Inc$425,98562%
Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc$328,90081%
Hillel Foundation at Indiana University Inc$314,160317%
Goodwill Legacy Group Inc$312,00080%
Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI)$298,0507n/a
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck Foundation Inc$266,6438n/a
Palm Springs Art Museum$251,52581%
Eisenhower Medical Center$229,90060%
State Leadership Project$200,00021%
Friends of the Cultural Center Inc$163,19080%
Indianapolis Jewish Home Guild$155,5602n/a
Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc$155,00051%
Kipp Indianapolis Inc$140,00040%
Anti-Defamation League$132,08240%
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc$131,92041%
Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc$127,70071%
Heartland Film Inc$126,50027%
Alzheimer Indiana Chapter$123,0503n/a
Indianapolis First Baptist Church$120,0001n/a
Jewish Women's Theatre$120,00054%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$119,60080%
Birthright Israel Foundation$117,00060%
Shaarey Tefilla Congregation Inc$111,2778n/a
Indianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc$104,15071%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$101,00010%
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Inc$100,00040%
Hoosier Environmental Council Inc$99,50081%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$98,50080%
Rollins College$92,21820%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$85,57070%
Ays Inc$85,00041%
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades$77,5507n/a
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc$75,00040%
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc$74,10060%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$70,50060%
Hillel Foundation at Miami University$70,00036%
Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc$68,20040%
The Josef Gingold Fund for the Intl Violin Competition of Indianapolis$67,50029%
Families Moving Forward$60,00031%
Camp Nebagamon$60,00021%
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival$60,00041%
Butler University$57,75060%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$57,50040%
Sephardic Community of Indianapolis$55,3985n/a
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$55,10020%
Indiana Forest Alliance Inc$55,00034%
Temple Chai$54,2015n/a
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$52,27550%
American Saddle Horse Museum Association Inc$50,00017%
The Greenwood School Inc$50,00011%
Congregation Bnai Torah$48,6404n/a
Children's After School Arts$46,560214%
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Inc$45,00010%
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic$45,00037%
National Jewish Health$44,54060%
Chai Lifeline Inc$44,25060%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$43,00010%
Union for Reform Judaism$40,8004n/a
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc$40,50011%
The Lerner Jewish Community Day School$40,00031%
American Platform Tennis Associationinc$40,00012%
American Piano Awards Inc$38,75041%
The Hillel Foundation at Purdue$38,637210%
Big Green$38,50011%
Purdue International Inc$37,08851%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$36,80030%
Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc$35,20060%
Child Advocates Inc$35,00020%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$34,16020%
Families First Indiana Inc$32,00021%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$31,18030%
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America$30,15330%
The Sun Publishing Company$30,00030%
Teach for America Inc$30,00030%
Unity Warriors Inc$28,30011%
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc$27,10020%
Vail Health Services Foundation$26,99620%
Indianapolis Opera Company$26,74531%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$26,10040%
The Actors' Fund of America$26,00030%
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc$25,80040%
Institute for Quality Education Inc$25,50020%
A Longer Table Inc$25,00013%
National Novel Writing Month$25,00031%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$25,00021%
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Miami University$25,0001n/a
Indiana Jewish Historical Society Inc$24,93046%
Lubavitch Foundation of Indiana Inc$23,555262%
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc$22,50041%
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc$22,18720%
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky$20,71520%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$20,60030%
People for Urban Progress Inc$20,00028%
Harvard Law School Fund$20,0001n/a
American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand$20,00040%
Harvard Law School$20,0001n/a
The Great American Songbook Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Indianapolis Orthodox Board of Kashrus Inc$19,2001n/a
Temple Menorah$18,0802n/a
Indiana Historical Society$17,09530%
Bat Yam Temple of the Islands Inc$16,5002n/a
American University$15,00030%
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Indiana St$13,0002n/a
Miami University Foundation$12,50010%
Holliday Park Foundation Inc$10,61011%
The Hun School of Princeton$10,50020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,30010%
Brothers for Life$10,00010%
American Cabaret Theatre Inc$10,00011%
United Way of Greater Chattanooga$10,00010%
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc$10,00011%
Orchard School Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Indiana Golf Foundation$10,0001n/a
World Ort Inc$10,00011%
American Red Cross Chapter 14164$9,2331n/a
Indiana Jewish Discovery Center Inc$8,1201n/a
Second Helpings Inc$8,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In$8,00010%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$7,50010%
Indiana University Health Inc$7,10010%
The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower$6,50010%
Michael Levin Lone Soldier Foundation Inc$6,25011%
Film Independent$6,00010%
Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Fe$6,00011%
The Center for the Performing Arts Inc$6,00010%
Congregation Bnai Brith$5,8801n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,54010%
The Temple Congregation Adath Isreal B Rith Sholom Inc$5,1861n/a
The Blue Card Inc$5,04010%
Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc$5,00010%
Achduth Vesholom Congregation$5,0001n/a
In Cure of Ms Inc$5,00015%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$5,00010%
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc$5,00010%
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Community Center Association of Indianapolis Incorporated: $8,792,099 over 8y, 21% of budgetIndianapolis Jewish Home Inc: $4,397,742 over 8y, 16% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of Indianapolis: $2,454,804 over 8y, 92% of budgetHasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis: $1,876,781 over 8y, 13% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,573,663 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBureau of Jewish Education Inc: $1,082,587 over 2y, 91% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc: $687,710 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetPark Tudor Foundation Inc: $658,750 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc: $522,968 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNewfields Inc: $454,303 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Indiana Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $453,650 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetUniversity High School of Indiana Inc: $425,985 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $328,900 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHillel Foundation at Indiana University Inc: $314,160 over 3y, 17% of budgetGoodwill Legacy Group Inc: $312,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Springs Art Museum: $251,525 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $229,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetState Leadership Project: $200,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $163,190 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetArts Council of Indianapolis Inc: $155,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetKipp Indianapolis Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $132,082 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $131,920 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetIndiana State Museum Foundation Inc: $127,700 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetHeartland Film Inc: $126,500 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetJewish Women's Theatre: $120,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $119,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $117,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIndianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc: $104,150 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $101,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHoosier Environmental Council Inc: $99,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $98,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRollins College: $92,218 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc: $85,570 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAys Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTriangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $74,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $70,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHillel Foundation at Miami University: $70,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $68,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Josef Gingold Fund for the Intl Violin Competition of Indianapolis: $67,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetFamilies Moving Forward: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCamp Nebagamon: $60,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRancho Mirage Writers Festival: $60,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetButler University: $57,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Indiana Inc: $55,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 123.

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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.

Central Indiana Community Foundation IncIN58.7× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc

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.

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About Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc

How much does Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc give?
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc reported 72 itemized grants totaling $4,013,209, out of $4,526,626 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Philanthropy (23%), Health (14%).
Who are Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Community Center Association of Indianapolis Incorporated ($8.8M), Indianapolis Jewish Home Inc ($4.4M), Jewish Community Relations Council of Indianapolis ($2.5M).
Does Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation.
Where is Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc based?
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc is based in IN.

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 163 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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