Indiana · Private foundation
Mothershead Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $91k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,972
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Mothershead Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $91k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $133k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $89k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $96k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $223k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Historical Society | $115,472 | 4 | 1% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $89,625 | 5 | 0% |
| Franklin College of Indiana | $89,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Orchard School Foundation Inc | $46,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Crown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Farmhouse Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Garden Club of America | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Park Tudor Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana State Fair Foundation Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mothershead Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Van Riper-Woodard Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Saltsburg Fund Charitable Trust Xxxxx4005 · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Ayres Foundation Inc · Hubbard Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation
How this is measured
About Mothershead Foundation
- How much does Mothershead Foundation give?
- Mothershead Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $90,658 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Mothershead Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Education (28%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Mothershead Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Indiana Historical Society ($115k), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ($90k), Franklin College of Indiana ($89k).
- Does Mothershead Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mothershead Foundation 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 Mothershead Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Van Riper-Woodard Family Foundation Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Mothershead Foundation based?
- Mothershead Foundation is based in IN.
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