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· Public charity

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.

$55M
Granted FY2024still arriving
490
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$2.9M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$36MArts & Culture$21MCommunity Improvement$20MHealth$19MHousing & Shelter$16MHuman Services$15MYouth Development$15MPhilanthropy$12MOther$0
02FY2024 · 490 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 490 grants below total $45,357,567, the rows itemized in this filing. The $55,170,468 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,812,901 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k58 grants · $410k
  • $10k–50k229 grants · $5.3M
  • $50k–250k157 grants · $18M
  • $250k+46 grants · $22M
$35,500
Median grant
25
States reached
$475M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Horizon House Inc$2,886,429
The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation$1,994,356
We Bloom Inc$1,200,000
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine$1,071,173
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis$719,800
Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek$682,949
Eskenazi Health Foundation$534,954
IUPUI University Library$507,441
Lustgarten Foundation$500,000
University of Southern California$500,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc$457,704
Second Helpings Inc$445,863
Peace Learning Center$441,128
Englewood Community Development Corp$425,945
Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc$408,211
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 (FY17–24, $17.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Lustgarten Foundation: $500k → 6%Felege Hiywot Center: $269k → 16%Project Free University: $264k → 16%Edna Martin Christian Center: $254k → 16%Evolve International Inc: $200k → 16%Felege Hiywot Center: $173k → 16%Edna Martin Christian Center: $148k → 16%Children's Policy & Law Initiative of IN: $289k → 16%Children's Policy & Law Initiative of IN: $225k → 16%Children's Policy & Law Initiative of IN: $212k → 16%Lutheran Child and Family Services of Indiana Inc: $194k → 16%Lutheran Child and Family Services of Ind: $164k → 16%Lutheran Child and Family Services of Ind: $156k → 16%Marion County Commission on Youth: $381k → 16%Faith in Indiana: $255k → 16%Marion County Commission on Youth: $135k → 16%Marion County Commission on Youth: $125k → 16%Trans Solutions Research and Resource Center: $257k → 16%Reach for Youth Inc: $226k → 16%Reach for Youth Inc: $210k → 16%Reach for Youth Inc: $158k → 16%Coburn Place Safe Haven: $154k → 16%Pathway Resource Center Inc: $257k → 16%Pathway Resource Center Inc: $240k → 16%Pathway Resource Center Inc: $155k → 16%Pathway Resource Center Inc: $139k → 16%Outreach Inc: $245k → 16%Outreach Inc: $237k → 16%Outreach Inc: $166k → 16%Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc: $149k → 16%Westminster Neighborhood Services: $147k → 16%91 Place Incorporated: $145k → 16%The Domestic Violence Network: $320k → 16%The Domestic Violence Network: $245k → 16%The Domestic Violence Network: $233k → 16%The Domestic Violence Network: $156k → 16%Use What You've Got Ministry: $203k → 16%Use What You've Got Ministry: $150k → 16%Kids' Voice of Indiana: $173k → 16%YMCA of Greater Indianapolis: $171k → 16%Kids' Voice of Indiana: $151k → 16%Wheeler Mission Ministries: $125k → 16%Kids' Voice of Indiana: $120k → 16%Deborah's Place Inc: $221k → 16%Martin Luther King Community Center: $268k → 16%Faith in Indiana: $250k → 16%Martin Luther King Community Center: $197k → 16%Indiana Youth Group Inc: $137k → 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

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CA
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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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$172M · 550 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

550 repeat relationships: 347 still active in FY2024, 203 since wound down; 123 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

550
279

Total granted

$172M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+11%

Still filing today

82%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth 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 - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +91% · 70% of their budget
  • HH
    HORIZON HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.0M · revenue +279% · 42% of their budget
  • IC
    INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue ×14 · 68% of their budget

Funded once

  • ST
    SPEEDWAY TRAILS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue -53% · 76% of their budget
  • BU
    Butler University
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
  • BS
    Ball State University Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $506k · revenue +51%
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
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
4
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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5
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
6
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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7
Indianapolis Downtown Marketing Inc

Indianapolis Downtown Marketing, Inc. (IDMI) exists to improve downtown Indianapolis. IDMI focuses on marketing downtown businesses, destinations, organizations, activities and events.

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8
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

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

Human Services
9
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
10
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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11
Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc

The Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) advances and strengthens the competitive standing of its 29 member independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited, degree granting colleges and universities. ICI works to ensure opportunity, access,…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indiana Youth Services Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roots International Ltd. 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

808 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. 808 of the 979 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.

114
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
224
Early backer (in before they grew)
770/808
Grantees still filing
524/808
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,617,587 · EducationINDIANAPOLIS - MARIO…Indiana University Foundation: $2,995,527 · EducationIndiana University F…Butler University: $2,064,500 · EducationButler UniversityWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $1,103,469 · Education+23 more: $11,388,985 · Education+23 moreHORIZON HOUSE INC: $7,035,354 · OtherHORIZON HOUSE INCIndiana University School of Medicine: $2,133,460 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,968,015 · OtherSECOND HELPINGS INC: $2,612,337 · Other+73 more: $42,102,121 · Other+73 moreINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC: $5,235,265 · Community ImprovementINDIANAPOLIS …ROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,790,000 · Community ImprovementROTARY FOUNDA…GREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEE: $1,577,740 · Community ImprovementGREATER INDIA…Groundwork Indy Inc: $1,351,645 · Community ImprovementGroundwork In…SPEEDWAY TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,236,861 · Community ImprovementSPEEDWAY TRAI…COMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,164,865 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACT…COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $954,002 · Community ImprovementBELIEVERS UNITED IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: $854,258 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $790,257 · Community ImprovementCrown Community Development Corporation Inc: $613,742 · Community Improvement+7 more: $2,676,573 · Community Improvement+7 moreDOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,198,500 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC V…PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,008,600 · Human ServicesPATHWAY RE…REACH FOR YOUTH INC: $963,502 · Human ServicesREACH FOR …MARION COUNTY COMMISSION ON YOUTH INC: $826,525 · Human ServicesMARION COU…CHILDREN'S POLICY & LAW INITIATIVE OF INDIANA INC: $776,339 · Human ServicesFelege Hiywot Center Inc: $700,800 · Human ServicesMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $698,788 · Human ServicesFaith in Indiana: $690,992 · Human ServicesEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $648,107 · Human ServicesOUTREACH INC: $647,956 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $625,630 · Human ServicesShepherd Community Inc: $525,352 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Human Services+15 more: $5,084,683 · Human Services+15 moreEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $5,154,416 · HealthEskenazi …WE BLOOM INC: $2,015,000 · HealthWE BLOOM …THE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE: $1,071,173 · HealthTHE CENTE…STEP-UP INCORPORATED: $1,057,173 · HealthSTEP-UP I…CENTER OF WELLNESS FOR URBAN WOMEN INC: $489,236 · Health+12 more: $3,761,326 · Health+12 moreIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $3,041,498 · Arts & CultureIndiana R…BIG CAR MEDIA INC: $1,224,496 · Arts & CultureBIG CAR M…ECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $1,106,000 · Arts & CultureECLECTIC …FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $917,111 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYN…Newfields Inc: $790,915 · Arts & CultureNewfields…INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $549,744 · Arts & CultureEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $529,865 · Arts & CultureHistoric Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: $507,274 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureKURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC: $480,650 · Arts & CultureCHEYENNE DEPOT MUSEUM INC: $480,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $3,398,332 · Arts & Culture+11 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,239,202 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $2,106,685 · PhilanthropyCentral I…MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,645,943 · PhilanthropyMORGAN ST…Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $1,507,345 · PhilanthropyJewish Fe…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWIS…BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $829,630 · PhilanthropyBERRIEN C…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $776,626 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADV…UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $775,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED ST…Stifel Charitable Inc: $550,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ATHENAEUM FOUNDATION INC: $432,136 · Philanthropy+2 more: $597,472 · Philanthropy
Education$28,170,068Other$55,851,287Community Improvement$18,245,208Human Services$14,895,774Health$13,548,324Arts & Culture$13,525,885Philanthropy$12,460,039

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetINDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,617,587 over 8y, 70% of budgetHORIZON HOUSE INC: $7,035,354 over 8y, 42% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC: $5,235,265 over 8y, 68% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $5,154,416 over 8y, 24% of budgetIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $3,041,498 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $2,995,527 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $2,612,337 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,239,202 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $2,106,685 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetButler University: $2,064,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWE BLOOM INC: $2,015,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,968,015 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,790,000 over 8y, 89% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,645,943 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEE: $1,577,740 over 8y, 91% of budgetCENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $1,516,300 over 5y, 27% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $1,507,345 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $1,455,560 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFlanner House of Indianapolis: $1,435,119 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetPEACE LEARNING CENTER INC: $1,396,274 over 8y, 25% of budgetFAY BICCARD GLICK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AT CROOKED CREEK: $1,393,442 over 5y, 14% of budgetGroundwork Indy Inc: $1,351,645 over 8y, 38% of budgetThomas Ridleys 1 Like Me Inc: $1,243,691 over 6y, 96% of budgetSPEEDWAY TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,236,861 over 1y, 76% of budgetBIG CAR MEDIA INC: $1,224,496 over 8y, 16% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,198,500 over 7y, 30% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,164,865 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetPACE INC: $1,155,616 over 8y, 11% of budgetECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $1,106,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $1,103,469 over 8y, 18% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE: $1,071,173 over 1y, 18% of budgetSTEP-UP INCORPORATED: $1,057,173 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetDREAM ALIVE INC: $1,039,871 over 5y, 27% of budgetCHARITABLE ALLIES INC: $1,038,550 over 3y, 66% of budgetMartindale Brightwood Community Development Center: $1,020,206 over 4y, 16% of budgetPATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,008,600 over 8y, 34% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREACH FOR YOUTH INC: $963,502 over 8y, 12% of budgetTRUSTED MENTORS INC: $960,749 over 7y, 85% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $954,002 over 6y, 12% of budgetFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC: $933,067 over 6y, 16% of budgetFORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $917,111 over 3y, 39% of budgetINDY PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION: $907,418 over 4y, 39% of budgetWarren Arts and Education Foundation Inc: $901,437 over 8y, 98% of budgetJUDAH MINISTRIES: $895,885 over 3y, 13% of budgetHOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $865,147 over 5y, 37% of budgetDePauw University: $864,908 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBELIEVERS UNITED IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: $854,258 over 6y, 48% 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.

  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HELPINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Butler University ↗
  • Who funds WE BLOOM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Flanner House of Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds PEACE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAY BICCARD GLICK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AT CROOKED CREEK ↗
  • Who funds Groundwork Indy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Thomas Ridleys 1 Like Me Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPEEDWAY TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG CAR MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds PACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds STEP-UP INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds DREAM ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE ALLIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Martindale Brightwood Community Development Center ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOR YOUTH INC ↗

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…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…United Way of Central…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…The Brave Heart Found…Richard M Fairbanks F…Lilly Endowment IncAllen Whitehill Clowe…Maurer Family Foundat…Hamilton County Commu…Christel DeHaan Famil…
Central Indiana Community Foundation IncIN284.1× affinity394 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family 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 Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Indianapolis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%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
    2get no government money at all
    70report 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.

    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 979 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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