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Shaheen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Shaheen Family 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.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$776kFood & Nutrition$20kHealth$15kPublic Benefit$14kCommunity Improvement$13kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $27k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$26,851
CHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS$5,000
ESKENAZI HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC$5,000
WOMEN4CHANGE INDIANA$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $1k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $1k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $1k → 16%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 11 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$1.9M
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+101%

Still filing today

82%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEmploymentOther
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

  • UO
    University of Indianapolis
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +24%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +11%
  • TI
    The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association
    3× · 2021–2023 · $16k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • TB
    The Bay Park Conservancy Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +112%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +101%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -30%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
3
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
9
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
10
Indiana Association of Realtors Inc

To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…

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11
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
12
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dress for Success Indianapolis; the most unlike its peers is The Bay Park Conservancy 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

23 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. 23 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Indianapolis: $1,045,943 · EducationUniversity of IndianapolisINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $754,712 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA+19 more: $42,143 · OtherGREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEE: $12,228 · Community ImprovementThe Bay Park Conservancy Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association: $15,903 · Arts & CultureDANCE KALEIDOSCOPE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureIndianapolis Children's Choir: $750 · Arts & CultureWOMEN4 CHANGE INDIANA INC: $13,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,600 · PhilanthropyCHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 · InternationalCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Health
Education$1,045,943Other$796,855Community Improvement$22,228Arts & Culture$20,153Philanthropy$16,100International$15,000Health$15,000

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 budgetUniversity of Indianapolis: $1,045,943 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association: $15,903 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN4 CHANGE INDIANA INC: $13,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetGREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEE: $12,228 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Bay Park Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDANCE KALEIDOSCOPE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Indianapolis Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEENWORKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Lilly Endowment IncLumina Foundation for…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Richard M Fairbanks F…The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Lacy FoundationMaurer Family Foundat…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Samerian Foundation I…Strada Education Foun…
Lilly Endowment IncIN39.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lacy Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Samerian Foundation Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Shaheen Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Shaheen Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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