Indiana · Private foundation
Sterrett 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.
- $334k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $167k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Sterrett Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 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 | 11 | $334k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $24k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $45k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $216k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $404k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $267k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geist Christian Church | $238,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Butler University | $180,409 | 6 | 0% |
| Indiana Golf Foundation Inc | $101,461 | 4 | 6% |
| Coolwater Christian Church | $98,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Indiana University Foundation | $28,222 | 4 | 0% |
| Village of Merici Inc | $27,750 | 3 | 2% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fore Batten Foundation | $17,975 | 1 | 1% |
| Tindley Accelerated Schools Inc | $11,314 | 1 | 0% |
| South Bronx United Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($791k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sterrett Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc
How this is measured
About Sterrett Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Sterrett Family Foundation Inc give?
- Sterrett Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $334,164 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sterrett Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Religion (22%), Recreation & Sports (20%).
- Who are Sterrett Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Geist Christian Church ($239k), Butler University ($180k), Indiana Golf Foundation Inc ($101k).
- Does Sterrett Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sterrett Family 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 Sterrett Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Sterrett Family Foundation Inc based?
- Sterrett Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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