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Niel C & Karen M Ellerbrook Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Niel C & Karen M Ellerbrook Family Foundation Inc

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.

$132k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$574kPhilanthropy$190kHealth$64kArts & Culture$47kReligion$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$42kFood & Nutrition$31kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE$25,000
RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$20,000
FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF INDIANA$20,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC$10,000
INDIANA CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
BUFFALO TRACE COUNCIL INC$1,000
WFYI FOUNDATION INC$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%LAMPION CENTER: $3k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IN
CT
CA
KY
AR
DC
GA
TX
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$952k · 20 repeat orgs$241k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
42

Total granted

$952k
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+6%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $193k · revenue +13%
  • FC
    Franklin College of Indiana
    4× · 2018–2024 · $75k · revenue +26%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $31k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • BS
    BALL STATE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $85k
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -18%
  • IT
    IVY TECH OF SW INDIANA
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
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
3
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Physicians Inc

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

Health
10
The Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Iup)

To provide philanthropic support to indiana university of pennsylvania.

Education
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indiana State University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

32 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. 32 of the 65 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EIU FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherEIU FOUNDATIONBALL STATE FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherBALL STATE FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF SW INDIANA: $65,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SW INDIANARILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $31,000 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCCHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $27,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $25,500 · Other+31 more: $134,550 · Other+31 moreBall State University Foundation Inc: $220,000 · EducationBall State University Foundation IncUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $193,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLEFranklin College of Indiana: $75,000 · EducationFranklin College of IndianaINDIANA CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Education+5 more: $26,000 · EducationTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $15,000 · HealthSPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · Health+3 more: $2,500 · HealthUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureIndianapolis Opera Company: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureUnited States Association for UNHCR: $7,500 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalLAMPION CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesEVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Animals
Other$543,550Education$534,000Health$45,000Philanthropy$40,500Arts & Culture$26,500International$8,500Human Services$3,000Animals$1,000

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 budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $220,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $193,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFranklin College of Indiana: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIndianapolis Opera Company: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANSVILLE RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMPION CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONIC CHOIR INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA PARKINSON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO TRACE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #156: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWFYI Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArts Council of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 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 IncCommunity Foundation …The Indianapolis Foun…Centerpoint Energy Fo…Central Indiana Commu…Koch Foundation IncDuke Energy FoundationNicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lumina Foundation for…The Bower-Suhrheinric…Evansville Endowment …Baird Foundation Inc
Lilly Endowment IncIN25.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Koch Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Baird 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 Niel C & Karen M Ellerbrook Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Niel C & Karen M Ellerbrook Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 65 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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