· Public charity
Massachusetts Avenue Community Development Corporation
To encourage, support and assist groups to engage in social, cultural, and economic redevelopment and rehabilitation in the mass.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RILEY AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 6 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 FY2021, 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
- ICINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC3× · 2017–2020 · $28k · revenue ×14
- CACHATHAM ARCH NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $28k · revenue +62% · 30% of their budget
- TDTHE DISTRICT THEATRE INC2× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +571%
Funded once
- EJELIAS J JACOBY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -60%
- FMFIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM AND SURVIVE ALIVE INCone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -5%
- NENEAR EAST AREA RENEWAL INCone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -59%
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.
The embassy theatre enriches the cultural life of the region by providing a wide range of arts and entertainment experiences in a historic venue.
To preserve, maintain and operate the benjamin harrison presidential site, located in indianapolis, indiana as a national historic landmark by the us dept of the interior.
The indiana museum of art was founded with the vision of fostering community engagement with the arts by bringing the richness of international contemporary art directly to north central indiana. through this dynamic initiative, the museum…
Provides contemporary art exhibitions and programs to the community that are aesthetically compelling, conceptually rigorous, and socially impactful.
The mission of the columbus indiana architectural archives is to collect, conserve and promote the use of records that document the architectural engineering and arts associated with built environments of columbus, indiana.
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.
Our mission is to present the rich medical history of Indiana by preserving the Old Pathology Building collecting medical artifacts and providing exhibits publications and programs.
To promote and encourage interest in historic residential and commercial real property in johnson county, indiana.
Activities related to the operating and restoration of the historic city market, as well as the preservation of the historic architectural character of the core of the city of indianapolis.
Phoenix theatre serves as a catalyst in the indianapolis region to help nurture new talent, showcase diverse voices, and engage audiences with unique, contemporary productions.
Indianapolis Downtown Marketing, Inc. (IDMI) exists to improve downtown Indianapolis. IDMI focuses on marketing downtown businesses, destinations, organizations, activities and events.
To return vacant and abandoned property to productive use in the city of indianapolis, indiana
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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 RILEY AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS THEATRE FRINGE FE ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM ARCH NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ELIAS J JACOBY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM AND SURVIVE ALIVE INC ↗
- Who funds NEAR EAST AREA RENEWAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ATHENAEUM 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: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Massachusetts Avenue Community Development Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Massachusetts Avenue Community Development Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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