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Meridian Foundation Inc at a glance

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Meridian 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.

$145k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$132kHealth$93kArts & Culture$81kEducation$60kPhilanthropy$53kEmployment$50kCommunity Improvement$45kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$18,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZIONSVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION INC$25,000
P30 INC$20,000
MARIAN UNIVERSITY$20,000
NEUROHOPE OF INDIANA INC$18,000
FREE PRESS INDIANA$18,000
PACE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC$16,500
TRIPLE T ACADEMY INC$15,000
THE NEW HARMONY PROJECT INC$12,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $162k) 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.

area typical 10%PACE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $17k → 15%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA: $50k → 16%TRIPLE T ACADEMY INC: $15k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $10k → 16%BE NIMBLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%YOU YES YOU PROJECT INC: $20k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $10k → 16%PATCHWORK INDY: $10k → 16%CICO AGING & IN-HOME SOLUTIONS: $10k → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $10k → 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.
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.
03Its 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.

1
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
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
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
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
8
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
9
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

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.

Community Improvement
10
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
11
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
12
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cicp Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Triple T Academy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 46 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY S…YOU YES YOU PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesYOU YES YOU PROJECT INCPACE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesPACE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENC…TRIPLE T ACADEMY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTRIPLE T ACADEMY INCCICOA AGING & IN-HOME SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCICOA AGING & IN-HOME SOLUT…EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INCMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SE…Be Nimble Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesBe Nimble Foundation IncTMP Enterprises Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTMP Enterprises IncPATCHWORK INDY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATCHWORK INDY INCBIG CAR MEDIA INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBIG CAR MEDIA IN…FREE PRESS INDIANA: $18,000 · Arts & CultureFREE PRESS INDIA…RIVER WEST THEATRE INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureRIVER WEST THEAT…THE NEW HARMONY PROJECT INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW HARMONY …NAPTOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNAPTOWN AFRICAN …INDIANAPOLIS FILM PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureINDIANAPOLIS FIL…Conner Prairie Museum Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie M…TRINITY FREE CLINIC INC: $25,000 · HealthTRINITY FREE C…NEUROHOPE OF INDIANA INC: $18,000 · HealthNEUROHOPE OF I…Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthEskenazi Healt…THE MILK BANK INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE MILK BANK …OVERDOSE LIFELINE INC: $10,000 · HealthOVERDOSE LIFEL…PROJECT WILL INC: $10,000 · HealthPROJECT WILL I…P30 INC: $20,000 · OtherP30 INCBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $12,500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOU…INDIANAPOLIS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (INDIANAPOLIS ZOO): $10,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY…ESKENAZI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherESKENAZI FOUNDATIONSOCIETY OF ST ANDREW: $10,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST ANDREWONE VOICE COALITION OF MARTINDALE BRIGHTWOOD INC: $10,000 · OtherONE VOICE COALITION OF MARTINDA…LAUNCH HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherLAUNCH HOPE FOUNDATIONCICP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherCICP FOUNDATION INCPattern Inc: $10,000 · OtherPattern Inc16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $10,000 · Other16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATIONZIONSVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherZIONSVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION INCST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $12,000 · OtherST MATTHEWS HOUSE INCMedical Mutts Service Dogs Inc: $10,000 · OtherMedical Mutts Service Dogs IncMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $10,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INCDEEPLY INGRAINED INC: $10,000 · OtherDEEPLY INGRAINED INCMarian University: $20,000 · EducationPURDUE POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $10,000 · EducationChristel House Academy Inc: $10,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $10,000 · EducationCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $12,500 · PhilanthropyGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EmploymentLATINAS WELDING GUILD: $10,000 · Employment
Human Services$161,500Arts & Culture$98,500Health$83,000Other$184,500Education$50,000Philanthropy$42,500Employment$40,000

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 budgetLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTRINITY FREE CLINIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBIG CAR MEDIA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMarian University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOU YES YOU PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetRIVER WEST THEATRE INC: $18,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCICP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW HARMONY PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $12,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPURDUE POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedical Mutts Service Dogs Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLATINAS WELDING GUILD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetChristel House Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCICOA AGING & IN-HOME SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPTOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE MILK BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERDOSE LIFELINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEEPLY INGRAINED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS FILM PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPattern Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBe Nimble Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT WILL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTMP Enterprises Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetConner Prairie Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Lumina Foundation for…Samerian Foundation I…Richard M Fairbanks F…United Way of Central…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Allen Whitehill Clowe…Maurer Family Foundat…
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN52.6× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc

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

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 46 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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