· Private foundation
Marni McKinney Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k23 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA | $12,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $6,000 |
| WOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL INDIANA | $5,000 |
| INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER | $4,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| THE JULIAN CENTER | $3,000 |
| INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART | $2,500 |
| WALLOON LAKE TRUST & CONSERVANCY | $2,500 |
| THE CARTER CENTER | $2,000 |
| CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | $2,000 |
| WHEELER MISSION MINISTERIES | $2,000 |
| DRESS FOR SUCCESS | $1,500 |
| GIRLS INC OF INDIANAPOLIS | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IAINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +143%
- HEHoosier Environmental Council Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +219%
- WLWALLOON LAKE ASSOCIATION AND CONSERVANCY9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +102%
Funded once
- PTPHOENIX THEATRE INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +86%
- FHFAIR HAVEN FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +29%
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.
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.
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…
To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.
The international center is a catalyst to inform, convene, and connect public, private, and civic global objectives in indiana. for nearly half a century, the international center has served as a guide to the world's cultural landscape and…
The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.
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…
Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…
Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Hoosier Environmental Council Inc ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE JULIAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Newfields Inc ↗
- Who funds WALLOON LAKE ASSOCIATION AND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Butler University ↗
- Who funds FAIRBANKS HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds NUVO CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Harrison Center for the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds PHOENIX THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds FAIR HAVEN FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · McKinney Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Marni McKinney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marni McKinney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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