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The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc

To provide resources to national, state, and local programs creating motivational and educational opportunities for youth and families throughout the state of indiana and surrounding communities.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.4MEducation$3.4MYouth Development$1.6MHuman Services$874kRecreation & Sports$582kHousing & Shelter$200kPublic Safety & Disaster$96kCommunity Improvement$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $1,518,640, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,895,541 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $376,901 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $393k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
$35,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF INDIANA$210,000
PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS CORP$200,000
ONE MIND AT WORK$200,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA$99,000
COURAGEOUS HEALING INC$75,000
IRVINGTON COUNSELING COLLECTIVE$66,250
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL INDIANA$60,900
RECOVERY CAFE MUNCIE$56,000
COBURN PLACE SAFE HAVEN$50,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK$50,000
IDONTMIND$50,000
GIRLS INC OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS$47,000
SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC$46,400
SHELICE'S ANGELS$35,000
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$33,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% 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 AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 14%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $26k → 14%ASIAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 5%REACH FOR YOUTH INC: $90k → 16%REACH FOR YOUTH INC: $75k → 16%COBURN PLACE SAFE HAVEN: $50k → 16%FIREFLY CHILDREN & FAMILY ALLIANCE: $75k → 16%PATACHOU FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 16%PAWS AND THINK INC: $20k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $30k → 16%INDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $22k → 16%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK: $50k → 16%A KID AGAIN- INDIANA CHAPTER: $10k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $42k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $36k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $34k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $33k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $29k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH GROUP INC: $140k → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $80k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH GROUP INC: $77k → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $75k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
CA
VA
SC
DC
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 100%.

The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 30 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
42

Total granted

$8.5M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+11%

Still filing today

83%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $495k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +97%
  • PH
    PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $850k · revenue +617%
  • IP
    INDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $500k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN INDIANA
    one grant, 2023 · $310k
  • NG
    NAMI GREATER INDIANAPOLIS
    one grant, 2023 · $130k
  • PA
    PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $85k
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
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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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 University Health Frankfort Inc

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

Health
4
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
5
Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc

Through information exchange, we improve health and healthcare.

Health
6
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
7
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
8
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
9
Indiana University Health Inc

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

Health
10
The Mind Trust Inc

The mind trust strives to provide every student in indianapolis and beyond with access to an excellent education.

Education
11
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iyg Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Club of Morgan County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

62 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. 62 of the 85 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/62
Grantees still filing
36/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Indiana University Foundation: $3,190,311 · EducationIndiana University Foundation+7 more: $191,692 · Education+7 moreRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $650,000 · OtherRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF INDIANA: $520,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF IN…MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN INDIANA: $310,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN IN…NAMI GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $130,000 · OtherPHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE FOUNDATION (PAF): $85,000 · OtherHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $175,438 · OtherHVAF OF INDIANA INC+29 more: $656,549 · Other+29 moreONE MIND AT WORK INC: $450,000 · HealthONE MIND AT WORK IN…OVERDOSE LIFELINE INC: $272,666 · HealthOVERDOSE LIFELINE I…COURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $175,000 · HealthCOURAGEOUS HEALING …Irvington Counseling Collective Inc: $122,507 · HealthIrvington Counselin…BRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $108,750 · HealthBRING CHANGE 2 MINDCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY INDIANA: $108,574 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMM…Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $79,150 · HealthRECOVERY CAFE OF MUNCIE INC: $76,000 · HealthST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Health+10 more: $294,440 · Health+10 moreIYG INC: $216,640 · Human ServicesIYG INCYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $203,630 · Human ServicesYoung Men's…REACH FOR YOUTH INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesREACH FOR Y…MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $155,000 · Human ServicesMARTIN LUTH…CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,969 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $86,764 · Human Services+5 morePROJECT HEALTHY MINDS: $850,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT H…ECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $32,500 · Arts & CultureINDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Recreation & SportsUSA FOOTBALL INC: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $99,000 · Youth DevelopmentFAMILY CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA INC INDIANA FAMILY CAREER & COMMUNITY: $49,175 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $47,000 · Youth DevelopmentMANIAC FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentINDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Bloom Project Inc: $10,000 · Youth Development
Education$3,382,003Other$2,526,987Health$1,762,087Human Services$1,068,003Arts & Culture$882,500Recreation & Sports$560,000Youth Development$265,175

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 budgetIndiana University Foundation: $3,190,311 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT HEALTHY MINDS: $850,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetOVERDOSE LIFELINE INC: $272,666 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetIYG INC: $216,640 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $203,630 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $175,438 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $175,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetREACH FOR YOUTH INC: $165,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $155,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetIrvington Counseling Collective Inc: $122,507 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $108,750 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY INDIANA: $108,574 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $99,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $79,150 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE OF MUNCIE INC: $76,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKENNEDY KING MEMORIAL INITIATIVE: $70,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,969 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA FOOTBALL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $54,042 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDONTMIND: $50,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetOAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA INC INDIANA FAMILY CAREER & COMMUNITY: $49,175 over 1y, 16% of budgetFRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $48,394 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $47,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: $46,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEP-UP INCORPORATED: $44,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMILLION MEAL MOVEMENT INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MILK BANK INC: $34,130 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $32,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MORGAN COUNTY: $32,200 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetINDIANA VETERAN INITIATIVE INC: $30,438 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTECHPOINT FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWarren Arts and Education Foundation Inc: $25,450 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetChristel House Academy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA LONGER TABLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $21,764 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $18,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGAPE THERAPEUTIC RIDING RESOURCES: $18,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $15,360 over 1y, 4.7% 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.

Central Indiana Commu…The Indianapolis Foun…United Way of Central…Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Brave Heart Found…Lumina Foundation for…Hamilton County Commu…Pacers Foundation IncIndiana Youth Institu…Maurer Family Foundat…Samerian Foundation I…
Central Indiana Community Foundation IncIN65.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Pacers Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Samerian 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 The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Indianapolis Colts 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 85 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 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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