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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 FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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 2024.

Arts & Culture$254kEducation$176kReligion$50kPhilanthropy$46kAnimals$36kEnvironment$29kYouth Development$10kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $74k
$2,972
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORCHARD SCHOOL$12,250
FRANKLIN COLLEGE$11,250
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS$10,185
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
CROWN HILL HERITAGE FOUNDATION$10,000
WOODSTOCK FOUNDATION$10,000
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
FARMHOUSE FOUNDATION$5,000
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,972
INDIANA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION$2,500
INDIANAPOLIS ZOO$2,500
HOLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION$1,250
INDIANAPOLIS GARDEN CLUB$1,000
INDY HUMANE$1,000
FORD WILSON RACE OF CHAMPIONS$376
02The need
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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 (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MARY RIGGS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $250 → 16%ST MARY'S EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $2k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$605k · 18 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$605k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+2%

Still filing today

78%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $501 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IH
    INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +173%
  • TC
    The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $90k · revenue +237%
  • FC
    Franklin College of Indiana
    5× · 2020–2024 · $89k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORD WILSON RACING CHAMPIONS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • CH
    CHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -9%
  • JC
    JOHNSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIATY
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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.

04Its 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
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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2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

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

Health
9
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

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

Health
10
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
11
Indiana University Health Jay Inc

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

Health
12
Cicp Foundation Inc

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…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indiana State Fair Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Son Foundation 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 39 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $115,472 · Arts & CultureINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETYThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $89,625 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis IncCrown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCrown Hill Heritage Foundation IncSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOODSTOCK FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherWOODSTOCK FOUNDATIONFARMHOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherFARMHOUSE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $12,150 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFORD WILSON RACING CHAMPIONS INC: $6,000 · Other+20 more: $22,776 · Other+20 moreFranklin College of Indiana: $89,250 · EducationFranklin College of Indian…ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $46,250 · EducationORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION …PARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · EducationPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INCIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $31,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $20,000 · EnvironmentHOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $7,750 · EnvironmentINDIANAPOLIS GARDEN CLUB: $1,500 · Environment+1 more: $25 · EnvironmentIndiana State Fair Foundation Inc: $9,500 · Recreation & SportsCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$250,097Other$160,926Education$147,000Animals$34,000Environment$29,275Recreation & Sports$9,500Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $115,472 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $89,625 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFranklin College of Indiana: $89,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $46,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCrown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFARMHOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana State Fair Foundation Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $7,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe League Club Inc: $2,525 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIndiana University Health Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS GARDEN CLUB: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSON FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Lilly Endowment IncVan Riper-Woodard Fam…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lumina Foundation for…Maurer Family Foundat…Central Indiana Commu…The Saltsburg Fund Ch…Griffith Family Found…Ayres Foundation IncHubbard Family Founda…Richard M Fairbanks F…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…
Lilly Endowment IncIN35.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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