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Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.8MEducation$2.1MRecreation & Sports$765kCrime & Legal$500kHealth$150kPhilanthropy$100kInternational$50kReligion$5k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$75,000
500 FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$50,000
ODGEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART$5,000
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE PRINCE'S FOUNDATION AMERICA INC: $100k → 14%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.
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 6 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$2.7M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+41%

Still filing today

83%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • IM
    INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +63%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +13%
  • IM
    INDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • Southern Methodist University
    one grant, 2024 · $2.0M · revenue +3%
  • AF
    AJ FOYT RACING LLC
    one grant, 2020 · $750k
  • TC
    THE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +10% · 28% of their budget
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
Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc

The foundation was established to promote and assist the indiana state musuem and historic sites with the objective of collecting, preserving and interpreting indiana history for the benefit of the public.

Arts & Culture
2
500 Festival Inc

The mission of the 500 Festival is to produce life-enriching events and programs that celebrate the spirit and legacy of the Indianapolis 500 and foster a positive impact on the city of Indianapolis and state of Indiana.

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3
Indiana Symphony Society Inc

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra inspires and unites our community through our music.

Arts & Culture
4
American Association of Museums

Champion equitable and impactful museums by connecting people, fostering learning and community, and nurturing museum excellence.

Arts & Culture
5
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc

The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
7
Robert & Ellen Haan Museum of Indiana Art Inc

The mission of the haan museum of indiana art is to preserve and share the best of indiana arts and the historic museum property; to broaden public awareness of indiana arts, american furniture, and classical architecture through…

Arts & Culture
8
Institute of Fine Arts Foundation

Supports the nyu institute of fine arts, a division of the nyu graduate school of arts and science; which is devoted to graduate teaching and research in the history of art and archeology and the conservation of works of art.

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9
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc

The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.

Arts & Culture
10
Evansville Museum of Arts History & Science

The museum's mission is to enrich lives through preservation, exploration, enlightenment and amazement.

Arts & Culture
11
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kart 4 Kids 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,285,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INCWHITEHOUSE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $860,000 · OtherWHITEHOUSE HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONAJ FOYT RACING LLC: $750,000 · OtherAJ FOYT RACING LLC500 FESTIVAL PRINCESS PROGRAM: $125,000 · Other+2 more: $105,000 · OtherSouthern Methodist University: $2,000,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist UniversityINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC L…THE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Crime & Legal500 Festival Foundation Inc: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 · HealthKART 4 KIDS INC: $15,000 · HealthThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART: $30,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORING THE ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWOODSTOCK HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE KING'S FOUNDATION AMERICA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesBest Buddies International Inc: $50,000 · International
Other$3,125,000Education$2,150,000Crime & Legal$500,000Youth Development$250,000Health$165,000Arts & Culture$130,000Human Services$100,000International$50,000

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 budgetSouthern Methodist University: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,285,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 28% of budget500 Festival Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE KING'S FOUNDATION AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEXPLORING THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWOODSTOCK HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetKART 4 KIDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sexton Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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