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Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$113k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 18
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2025still arriving14$113k50%
FY202414$108k29%
FY202313$131k15%
FY202215$150k47%
FY202114$124k43%
FY20208$128k13%
FY201913$113k38%
FY201818$149k50%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$206kHuman Services$182kEducation$161kHealth$137kArts & Culture$129kReligion$98kCrime & Legal$85kRecreation & Sports$61kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IN
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Desert Rose Foundation Inc$110,00093%
RHI Foundation Inc$85,50094%
EdChoice Inc$77,50080%
Columbia (The) Club Fourndation Inc$60,500218%
Groundwork Indy Inc$45,00052%
Kids' Voice of Indiana Inc$43,50052%
A Kid Again Inc$40,00040%
Happy Hollow Camp Inc$35,00041%
Church of the Brethren$30,0003n/a
Casa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit$30,00022%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Desert Rose Foundation Inc$110,00093%
RHI Foundation Inc$85,50094%
EdChoice Inc$77,50080%
Columbia (The) Club Fourndation Inc$60,500218%
Groundwork Indy Inc$45,00052%
Kids' Voice of Indiana Inc$43,50052%
A Kid Again Inc$40,00040%
Happy Hollow Camp Inc$35,00041%
Church of the Brethren$30,0003n/a
Casa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit$30,00022%
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Inc$30,0003n/a
The Remnant Trust Inc$30,00033%
Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated$29,00041%
Carbon Neutral Indiana Inc$27,500337%
XI Chapter Foundation Inc$23,800220%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$20,0003n/a
The Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc$15,00020%
350org$15,00010%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$11,00020%
Voyageur Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Indiana Air Search & Rescue Inc$10,00017%
Village of Merici Inc$10,00011%
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Inc$10,00028%
Woodstock Historical Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Indiana Wish Inc$10,0001n/a
Troy Brewer Charitable Network$10,0001n/a
Christian Peacemaker Teams Inc$7,5001n/a
Indiana Forest Alliance Inc$7,50011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,50010%
The Athenaeum Foundation Inc$6,00011%
Outreach Inc$6,00010%
Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition Inc$5,5001n/a
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc$5,5001n/a
National Farmers Union Foundation$5,00010%
Caroline Symmes Inc$5,00011%
Sertoma Inc$5,00010%
Common Ground Christian Church Inc$5,0001n/a
Hoosier Environmental Council Inc$5,00010%
Dreambuilders Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Fairbanks Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Wings and Wheels Foundation Inc$4,50012%
Rho Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity Scholarship Fund Inc$3,00023%
Indiana Blind Children's Foundation$2,27911%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDesert Rose Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetRHI Foundation Inc: $85,500 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $77,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetColumbia (The) Club Fourndation Inc: $60,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetGroundwork Indy Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKids' Voice of Indiana Inc: $43,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetA Kid Again Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHappy Hollow Camp Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCasa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit: $30,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Remnant Trust Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCentral Indiana Land Trust Incorporated: $29,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCarbon Neutral Indiana Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 37% of budgetXI Chapter Foundation Inc: $23,800 over 2y, 20% of budgetThe Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget350org: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana Air Search & Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetVillage of Merici Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWelcome Home Vietnam Veterans Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetWoodstock Historical Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIndiana Forest Alliance Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Athenaeum Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOutreach Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Farmers Union Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCaroline Symmes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSertoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHoosier Environmental Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDreambuilders Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFairbanks Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWings and Wheels Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRho Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity Scholarship Fund Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetIndiana Blind Children's Foundation: $2,279 over 1y, 0.9% 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 33.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN45.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Healthcare Initiatives Inc · Hoover Family 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.

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About Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc

How much does Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc give?
Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $112,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (18%), Human Services (16%), Education (14%).
Who are Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Desert Rose Foundation Inc ($110k), RHI Foundation Inc ($86k), EdChoice Inc ($78k).
Does Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc 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 Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc.
Where is Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation Inc based?
Louis S Hensley Jr Family Foundation 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 61 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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