· Private foundation
Scottish Rite of Indianapolis Foundation Inc
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES BY FUNDING APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS SERVING THOSE PURPOSES.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k20 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
- $250k+1 grant · $7.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC | $6,962,522 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| INDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC | $69,770 |
| MASONIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| RAINBOW GIRLS OF INDIANA | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| GRANT-HAMILL FOUNDATION INC | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ISINDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC4× · 2019–2022 · $10M · revenue +88% · 90% of their budget
Indiana University Foundation5× · 2017–2021 · $525k · revenue +97%- CDCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC5× · 2017–2021 · $374k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- AOAASR OF FREEMASONRY NMJ VALLEY OF INDPLS LODGE OF PERFECTION2× · 2017–2018 · $23k · revenue -20%
- IOINTERNATIONAL ORDER OF RAINBOW FOR GIRLS- INDIANA GRAND ASSEMBLYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +627%
- DIDEMOLAY INTERNATIONALone grant, 2018 · $6k
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.
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.
The mission of the University of Indianapolis is to prepare its graduates for effective membership in the societies in which they live and serve, and for excellence and leadership in their lives.
The indiana university research and technology corporation (iurtc) serves indiana university, the state of indiana, and the nation through creation and application of the university developed technologies and services, and the expanded…
To serve the charitable purpose of operating the continuing care retirement community known as the indiana masonic home in franklin, indiana.
Identify and involve more than 750,000 alumni to serve indiana university and each other.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
To support the indiana masonic home
To secure and preserve private resources for the betterment of indiana state university and its students.
Maintain library and museum of indiana masonic memorabilia
Indiana landmarks revitalizes communities, reconnects us to our heritage, and saves meaningful places.
To serve the healthcare needs of every life we touch with compassion, respect, and dignity.
Labor/ management trust fund
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds MASONIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AASR OF FREEMASONRY NMJ VALLEY OF INDPLS LODGE OF PERFECTION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF RAINBOW FOR GIRLS- INDIANA GRAND ASSEMBLY ↗
- Who funds GRANT HAMILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Scottish Rite of Indianapolis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scottish Rite of Indianapolis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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