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The Semler Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Semler Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$162kEducation$153kHealth$90kReligion$70kHuman Services$27kYouth Development$26kFood & Nutrition$13kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIAN UNIVERSITY$20,400
INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BISHOP CHATARD HIGH SCHOOL INC$10,000
HOLY ANGELS INC$8,000
CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL$5,600
SEEDS OF HOPE$5,600
PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL-GRANT$5,200
GUERIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC$2,900
RILEY CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$2,700
THE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC$2,500
LAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION$2,000
SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS$1,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KATE'S KART: $200 → 12%LAFAYETTE URBAN MINISTRY INC: $200 → 19%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $100 → 15%KATE'S KART: $200 → 12%KATE'S KART: $200 → 12%KATE'S KART: $100 → 12%KATE'S KART: $100 → 12%O'CONNOR HOUSE: $100 → 5%THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $200 → 16%THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $200 → 16%THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $100 → 16%SYCAMORE FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%SYCAMORE FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
OK
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$601k · 53 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
44

Total granted

$601k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+17%

Still filing today

53%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • IH
    INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $62k · revenue +173%
  • MU
    Marian University
    4× · 2021–2025 · $48k · revenue +14%
  • 5F
    500 Festival Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $32k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • CP
    CONNOR PRAIRIE (CAPITAL CAMPAIGN)
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • I
    IRT
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • IZ
    Indianapolis Zoological Society Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +37%
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
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
2
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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3
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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4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
Indiana University Health Inc

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

Health
11
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
12
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Little Angel Gowns 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

46 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. 46 of the 103 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED CATHOLIC APPEAL (ARCH OF INDIANAPOLIS): $47,500 · OtherUNITED CATHOLIC APPEAL (ARCH OF INDIANAPOLIS)Individual grant recipient: $47,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBISHOP CHATARD HIGH SCHOOL-KYLE GUYTON MEMORIAL: $25,100 · OtherBISHOP CHATARD HIGH SCHOOL-KYLE GUYTON MEMORIALRILEY CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $22,870 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherST THEODORE GUERIN HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherCLD: $20,000 · OtherMDRT: $20,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL-GRANT: $16,500 · OtherHOLY ANGELS INC: $15,500 · Other+70 more: $174,850 · Other+70 moreINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $61,500 · Arts & CultureINDIANA HISTORICAL S…Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $46,000 · Arts & CultureIndiana Repertory Th…HOOSIER SALON PATRONS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureHOOSIER SALON PATRON…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMarian University: $47,700 · Education+4 more: $3,300 · Education500 Festival Foundation Inc: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentCULVER COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $100 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS OF HOPE INC: $26,700 · HealthHospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Inc: $2,300 · Health+6 more: $1,700 · HealthSAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC: $2,900 · Public BenefitLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 · Environment
Other$429,320Arts & Culture$121,000Education$51,000Youth Development$35,100Health$30,700Public Benefit$8,900Environment$6,000

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 budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $61,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMarian University: $47,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Repertory Theatre Inc: $46,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budget500 Festival Foundation Inc: $32,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSEEDS OF HOPE INC: $26,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY ANGELS INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $12,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOOSIER SALON PATRONS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSYCAMORE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCULVER COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Inc: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARSHALL COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH MALEY FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKATE'S KART INC: $800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHEAR INDIANA INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIAM AND REECE KELLY FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Angel Gowns LTD: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE URBAN MINISTRY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TATUM PARKER PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KIDNEY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Marian University ↗
  • Who funds Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds 500 Festival Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOSIER SALON PATRONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTRAL INDIANA POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SYCAMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CULVER COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 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.

Lilly Endowment IncCentral Indiana Commu…Lumina Foundation for…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Indianapolis Foun…Lacy FoundationEugene & Marilyn Glic…Christel DeHaan Famil…Maurer Family Foundat…Richard M Fairbanks F…Dorsey Foundation IncHamilton County Commu…
Lilly Endowment IncIN39.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lacy Foundation · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community 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 Semler Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Semler Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 103 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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