Indiana · Public charity
Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc
Working to meet environmental and educational concerns, promoting economic development and growth in northwest indiana, and secure grants to accomplish environmental and educational goals.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $76,696
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $7.2M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $7.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $206k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urschel Development Corp | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthlinc Inc | $940,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc | $675,613 | 1 | 4% |
| Valparaiso Parks Department | $614,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Saxon Partners LLC | $558,551 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Chicago International Airport Authority | $512,113 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads YMCA Inc | $437,793 | 1 | 1% |
| Wecreate Media LLC | $387,517 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc | $352,814 | 1 | 8% |
| Northwest Indiana Forum Inc | $292,517 | 1 | 26% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urschel Development Corp | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthlinc Inc | $940,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc | $675,613 | 1 | 4% |
| Valparaiso Parks Department | $614,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Saxon Partners LLC | $558,551 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Chicago International Airport Authority | $512,113 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads YMCA Inc | $437,793 | 1 | 1% |
| Wecreate Media LLC | $387,517 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc | $352,814 | 1 | 8% |
| Northwest Indiana Forum Inc | $292,517 | 1 | 26% |
| Lower Lincoln Eso Inc | $178,681 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas P Miller & Associates LLC | $147,156 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hammond | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovators Northwest Indiana Inc | $86,386 | 1 | 91% |
| Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission | $69,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban League of Nw Indiana Inc | $65,750 | 1 | 10% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $64,451 | 1 | n/a |
| Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc | $62,697 | 1 | 1% |
| Jasper County Economic Development Organization | $56,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Laporte County Parks Department | $33,531 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $31,939 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan City Economic Development Corp | $26,667 | 1 | 3% |
| Nwi Food Council Inc | $20,987 | 1 | 1% |
| Pulaski County Community Development Commission | $14,622 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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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About Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc
- How much does Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc give?
- Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $7,564,566 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (61%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Health (7%).
- Who are Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Urschel Development Corp ($1.5M), Healthlinc Inc ($940k), The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc ($676k).
- Does Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nisource Charitable Foundation, John W Anderson Foundation, Legacy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc based?
- Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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