Indiana · Private foundation
The Aikman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Aikman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 8 | $85k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $84k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $90k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $100k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $192,250 | 6 | 0% |
| All American Horse Charities Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Salvation Army | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Ballet Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Composers Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $192,250 | 6 | 0% |
| All American Horse Charities Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Salvation Army | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Ballet Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Composers Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Inc | $7,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Food Gatherers | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olivet Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Saddle Horse Museum Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Aikman 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Aikman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Aikman Foundation Inc give?
- The Aikman Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Aikman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (44%), Animals (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Aikman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($192k), All American Horse Charities Inc ($60k), Salvation Army ($31k).
- Does The Aikman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aikman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Aikman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Aikman Foundation Inc based?
- The Aikman Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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