Indiana · Private foundation
Merchants Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $450k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $500
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indianapolis First Baptist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Helpings Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catch the Stars Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Partners in Housing Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Foundation of Randolph County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dove Recovery House for Women Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arc Minnesota Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($238k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merchants Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Merchants Foundation Inc
- How much does Merchants Foundation Inc give?
- Merchants Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $449,520 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
- What does Merchants Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (27%), Education (23%), Community Improvement (20%).
- Who are Merchants Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Indiana University Foundation ($90k), Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc ($50k), Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc ($32k).
- Does Merchants Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merchants Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Indiana Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Merchants Foundation Inc based?
- Merchants Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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