Indiana · Private foundation
John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $268k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $268k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $245k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $257k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $284k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $252k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg Academy | $249,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Batesville Comm School Corp | $205,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $135,360 | 6 | 3% |
| Kids Discovery Factory | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| City of Batesville | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Batesville Beautification League Inc | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Batesville Area Arts Council Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Southeastern Indiana Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gibson Theatre Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 41% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($767k), not named here.
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: Ripley County Community Foundation Inc · The Frederick W and Jolene Edmunds Rockwood Family Foundation · William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc
- How much does John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc give?
- John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $268,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Philanthropy (21%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Oldenburg Academy ($250k), Batesville Comm School Corp ($205k), Safe Passage Inc ($135k).
- Does John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ripley County Community Foundation Inc, The Frederick W and Jolene Edmunds Rockwood Family Foundation, William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation.
- Where is John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc based?
- John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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