Indiana · Private foundation
Sexton Charitable Foundation 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 | 4 | $135k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $2.1M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.2M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $350k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $400k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.1M | 86% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc | $1,285,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Central Indiana Police Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 28% |
| 500 Festival Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The King's Foundation America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ogden Museum of Southern Art | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc | $1,285,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Central Indiana Police Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 28% |
| 500 Festival Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The King's Foundation America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ogden Museum of Southern Art | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Exploring the Arts Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Woodstock Historical Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Kart 4 Kids Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Southern Methodist University ($2.0M), Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc ($1.3M), The Central Indiana Police Foundation Inc ($500k).
- Does Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sexton Charitable Foundation 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 Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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