Indiana · Private foundation
Quest For Excellence 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.
- $203k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $71,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $519k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Quest For Excellence Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $203k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $107k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $305k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $13k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $341k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Foundation Inc | $335,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Fair Haven Inc | $300,100 | 2 | 52% |
| Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc | $129,966 | 2 | 5% |
| Indiana Blind Children's Foundation | $67,888 | 3 | 6% |
| Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc | $48,000 | 2 | 4% |
| East 10th Children and Youth Centerinc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizon House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws & Think Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc | $9,443 | 1 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $6,683 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Foundation Inc | $335,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Fair Haven Inc | $300,100 | 2 | 52% |
| Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc | $129,966 | 2 | 5% |
| Indiana Blind Children's Foundation | $67,888 | 3 | 6% |
| Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc | $48,000 | 2 | 4% |
| East 10th Children and Youth Centerinc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizon House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws & Think Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc | $9,443 | 1 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $6,683 | 2 | 0% |
| Soar Initiative Inc | $650 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $261 | 2 | 0% |
| Gennesaret Free Clinic Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvest Girls International | $50 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($126k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Quest For Excellence Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Healthcare Initiatives Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Quest For Excellence Inc
- How much does Quest For Excellence Inc give?
- Quest For Excellence Inc reported 9 grants totaling $203,330 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Quest For Excellence Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Housing & Shelter (32%), Education (13%).
- Who are Quest For Excellence Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Fair Haven Foundation Inc ($335k), Fair Haven Inc ($300k), Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc ($130k).
- Does Quest For Excellence Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Quest For Excellence Inc 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 Quest For Excellence Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
- Where is Quest For Excellence Inc based?
- Quest For Excellence Inc is based in IN.
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