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Lilly Endowment Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9B
Granted FY2025still arriving
2,285
Grants FY2025still arriving
44
States reached
$400M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$4.3BReligion$1.9BCommunity Improvement$1.2BPhilanthropy$973MArts & Culture$831MYouth Development$566MHuman Services$528MScience & Tech$263MOther$0
02FY2025 · 2285 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k462 grants · $1.4M
  • $10k–50k441 grants · $10M
  • $50k–250k489 grants · $51M
  • $250k+893 grants · $3.8B
$100,000
Median grant
44
States reached
$106B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA COMMUNITY DEVELPMNTPROJECTS$400,000,000
INDIANA LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECTS$400,000,000
FEEDING AMERICA$75,000,000
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$57,036,726
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$50,868,725
INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC$48,000,000
CICP FOUNDATION INC$44,000,000
STATE OF IN-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATN$40,000,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$40,000,000
PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS$40,000,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$35,000,000
MSD OF WARREN TOWNSHIP$30,000,000
CHURCH BENEFITS ASSOCIATION$30,000,000
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SCHOOL$29,553,117
MSD OF PIKE TOWNSHIP$25,501,863
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 (FY17–25, $678.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15.0M → 14%VILLAGES OF INDIANA INC: $10.0M → 18%BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FDN: $5.0M → 16%VILLAGES OF INDIANA INC: $3.3M → 18%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100.0M → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $7.0M → 17%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $3.4M → 16%LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES FUND: $4.9M → 14%YWCA USA INC: $10.0M → 14%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCA OF THE USA: $30.0M → 14%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCA OF THE USA: $15.0M → 14%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCA OF THE USA: $5.0M → 14%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $5.0M → 17%DAMAR SERVICES INC: $10.0M → 16%DAMAR FOUNDATION INC: $7.0M → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $40.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $7.5M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $7.5M → 14%DAMAR SERVICES INC: $4.0M → 16%NOBLE INC: $10.0M → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $7.5M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5.0M → 14%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $15.7M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $13.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $10.4M → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU FOUNDATION INC: $10.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $10.0M → 16%ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $5.0M → 16%FOSTER SUCCESS INC: $5.0M → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5.0M → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $55.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $12.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $5.0M → 16%DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $3.2M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $48.0M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $20.0M → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $10.0M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $6.3M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $5.0M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $5.0M → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $5.0M → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $4.0M → 16%CICOA AGING & IN-HOME SOLUTIONS: $5.0M → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Lilly Endowment Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Lilly Endowment Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.1% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0B · 1116 repeat orgs$2.0B to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

1116 repeat relationships: 639 still active in FY2025, 477 since wound down; 225 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1116
569

Total granted

$9.0B
$801M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+5%

Still filing today

61%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2B 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

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EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $266M · revenue +97% · 36% of their budget
  • IC
    Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $216M · revenue +13% · 96% of their budget
  • CF
    CICP FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $172M · revenue +40% · 89% of their budget

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS-PARKS&REC DEPT
    one grant, 2022 · $72M
  • ID
    INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RES
    one grant, 2024 · $40M
  • IW
    INDIANA WHITE RIVER STATE PARK
    one grant, 2024 · $30M
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.

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Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
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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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7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
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Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
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Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indiana Youth Services Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Thackery Foundation for Senior Living. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1106 of the 2,000 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.

455
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
245
Early backer (in before they grew)
1086/1106
Grantees still filing
757/1106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANA LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECTS INC: $400,250,000 · EducationINDIANA LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECTS INCIndiana University Foundation: $266,452,741 · EducationIndiana University FoundationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $216,066,684 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacIndependent Colleges of Indiana Inc: $215,790,450 · EducationIndependent Colleges of Indiana IncPurdue Research Foundation: $194,018,515 · EducationPurdue Research FoundationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $133,155,263 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $108,563,386 · Education+59 more: $1,659,073,625 · Education+59 moreINDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $250,500,000 · OtherINDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPCHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $114,424,426 · OtherNATIONAL TRUST HISTORIC PRESERVATN: $110,732,910 · OtherIndianapolis Center for Congregations Inc: $107,296,149 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $103,100,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP: $89,500,000 · Other+75 more: $1,802,637,222 · Other+75 moreINDIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INC: $400,000,000 · Community ImprovementINDIANA C…CICP FOUNDATION INC: $172,446,054 · Community ImprovementCICP FOUN…16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $60,437,811 · Community Improvement16 TECH C…THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC: $37,150,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $42,956,408 · Community Improvement+2 moreINDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC: $182,139,008 · PhilanthropyINDIANA A…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $139,248,042 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $45,066,025 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $39,330,507 · PhilanthropyCentral I…LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $38,587,500 · PhilanthropyLEGACY FO…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC: $34,667,918 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $28,000,000 · Philanthropy+11 more: $158,499,761 · Philanthropy+11 moreEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $126,828,620 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $108,919,852 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $107,350,200 · Human ServicesINDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $103,298,411 · Human ServicesNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $50,200,000 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $21,194,915 · Human Services+6 more: $88,301,115 · Human ServicesSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $90,623,332 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $48,924,754 · Arts & CultureNewfields Inc: $30,673,847 · Arts & CulturePARTNERS FOR SACRED PLACES INC: $18,479,032 · Arts & CultureINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $18,298,255 · Arts & CultureARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $16,451,950 · Arts & CultureHistoric Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: $16,193,580 · Arts & CultureINDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $15,028,939 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie Museum Inc: $14,182,265 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $72,045,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $45,200,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $40,200,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $30,200,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $21,167,222 · Youth DevelopmentNational FFA Foundation Inc: $17,700,000 · Youth DevelopmentNational 4-H Council: $15,100,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $11,100,000 · Youth Development
Education$3,193,370,664Other$2,578,190,707Community Improvement$712,990,273Philanthropy$665,538,761Human Services$606,093,113Arts & Culture$268,855,954Youth Development$252,712,222

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINDIANA LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECTS INC: $400,250,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $266,452,741 over 9y, 36% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $216,066,684 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetIndependent Colleges of Indiana Inc: $215,790,450 over 9y, 96% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $194,018,515 over 9y, 78% of budgetINDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC: $182,139,008 over 9y, 97% of budgetCICP FOUNDATION INC: $172,446,054 over 9y, 89% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $139,248,042 over 9y, 69% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $133,155,263 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $126,828,620 over 8y, 73% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $108,919,852 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $108,563,386 over 9y, 20% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $107,350,200 over 3y, 43% of budgetIndianapolis Center for Congregations Inc: $107,296,149 over 8y, 98% of budgetINDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $103,298,411 over 8y, 90% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $103,100,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $90,623,332 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $85,069,849 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetFeeding America: $75,000,200 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $72,263,456 over 9y, 68% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $72,045,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetWabash College: $71,889,207 over 9y, 36% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $64,475,111 over 8y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $64,302,350 over 9y, 68% of budget16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $60,437,811 over 7y, 79% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS: $60,170,000 over 8y, 82% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $58,596,895 over 9y, 13% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $50,200,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $50,143,961 over 5y, 21% of budgetCOUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $49,953,800 over 6y, 84% of budgetTHE FUND FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION INC: $49,575,000 over 9y, 90% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $48,924,754 over 9y, 28% of budgetCITY SEMINARY OF NEW YORK: $47,687,000 over 5y, 90% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $45,619,290 over 9y, 18% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $45,200,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $45,066,025 over 5y, 49% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $41,337,800 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetNATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $40,200,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $39,330,507 over 9y, 53% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $39,071,221 over 9y, 95% of budgetButler University: $38,646,684 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $38,587,500 over 6y, 27% of budgetDePauw University: $37,694,151 over 9y, 12% of budgetTHE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC: $37,150,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetGrace Schools: $36,393,147 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTaylor University: $35,861,382 over 8y, 24% of budgetBelmont University: $35,655,065 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC: $34,667,918 over 5y, 87% 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.

  • Who funds INDIANA LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds Purdue Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds CICP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Wabash College ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds 16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds National Council of YMCAs of the USA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION INC ↗

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.

Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Indianapolis Foun…United Way of Central…Richard M Fairbanks F…Allen Whitehill Clowe…Maurer Family Foundat…Indiana Youth Institu…The Brave Heart Found…Central Indiana Commu…Christel DeHaan Famil…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…
Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial FoundationIN178.8× affinity203 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

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 Lilly Endowment Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lilly Endowment Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Lilly Endowment Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 2000 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-PF 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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