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United Way of Central Indiana Inc

United way of central indiana partners to design, support and grow systems that accelerate financial stability and upward mobility for individuals and families living in or near poverty and striving for a brighter future.we help people live the lives they are capable of living.

$42M
Granted FY2025still arriving
370
Grants FY2025still arriving
31
States reached
$1.7M
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 2025.

Human Services$144MHealth$43MYouth Development$33MEducation$32MHousing & Shelter$17MPublic Safety & Disaster$12MCommunity Improvement$12MFood & Nutrition$11MOther$0
02FY2025 · 370 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 370 grants below total $29,891,414, the rows itemized in this filing. The $42,317,386 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,425,972 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 $10k147 grants · $797k
  • $10k–50k125 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k64 grants · $7.9M
  • $250k+34 grants · $18M
$16,413
Median grant
31
States reached
$255M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAMIEN CENTER THE$1,741,460
THE SALVATION ARMY (CENTRAL TERRITORY)$1,125,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER$1,027,425
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OHIO & INDIANA$818,005
LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF INKY$740,271
FLANNER HOUSE OF INDIANAPOLIS$738,713
INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE$729,120
EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER$715,283
HAWTHORNE COMMUNITY CENTER$698,208
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE$673,834
VILLAGES OF INDIANA THE$585,500
GOODWILL OF CENTRAL & SOUTHERN INDIANA$578,333
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS$524,336
FATHERS AND FAMILIES CENTER$515,000
SHEPHERD COMMUNITY INC$514,614
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, $102.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750k → 14%Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana: $1.5M → 16%LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES (IN): $1.3M → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $2.4M → 16%LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF INKY INC: $1.1M → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $1.8M → 16%Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana: $807k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $1.7M → 16%LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF INKY: $740k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $1.7M → 16%LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA: $673k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $779k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $715k → 16%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $596k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $1.3M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $1.1M → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $1.1M → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $1.0M → 16%Early Learning Indiana: $1.0M → 16%Early Learning Indiana Inc (formerly Day Nursery): $1.0M → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $901k → 16%Indianapolis Urban League Inc: $879k → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $785k → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $759k → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $734k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $729k → 16%Indianapolis Urban League Inc: $725k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $721k → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $682k → 16%Indianapolis Urban League Inc: $672k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE (IUL): $631k → 16%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $620k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $678k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH GROUP (IYG): $1.0M → 16%DAMIEN CENTER THE: $1.7M → 16%Damien Center: $1.4M → 16%Damien Center: $1.3M → 16%SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CENTER: $1.1M → 16%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $1.4M → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $2.0M → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $992k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $902k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $809k → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1.4M → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $1.0M → 16%Villages of Indiana Inc: $951k → 16%VILLAGES OF INDIANA INC THE: $602k → 16%VILLAGES OF INDIANA THE: $586k → 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

ME
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$338M · 514 repeat orgs$8.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

514 repeat relationships: 231 still active in FY2025, 283 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

514
228

Total granted

$338M
$7.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+13%

Still filing today

72%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $519k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth 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

  • JH
    JOHN H BONER COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +57%
  • EM
    EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11M · revenue +226% · 32% of their budget
  • FH
    Flanner House of Indianapolis
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7.6M · revenue +219% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • GI
    GREATER INDIANAPOLIS PROGRESS COMMITTEEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $451k · revenue +78%
  • AD
    ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE TRINITY INC ADOTT
    one grant, 2017 · $355k
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $270k · revenue +20%
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
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
2
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
3
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

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

Public Benefit
4
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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5
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
6
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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7
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

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

Human Services
8
Community Action of East Central Indiana

To provide education and assistance to low income, disadvantaged individuals and children.

Human Services
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
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
11
Lifetime Housing Group Inc

Plan, coordinate and provide affordable housing to low-income individuals and families in southeastern indiana.

Food & Nutrition
12
Indiana County Community Action Program

Provide resources for low income clients.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of Indiana United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brown County Art Guild Inc. 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

590 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 590 of the 792 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.

44
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
153
Early backer (in before they grew)
563/590
Grantees still filing
369/590
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN H BONER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $12,432,132 · OtherJOHN H BONER COMMUNITY CENTER INCFlanner House of Indianapolis: $7,627,153 · OtherCatholic Charities Indianapolis Inc: $6,949,399 · OtherHAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,797,649 · OtherFAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC: $6,311,898 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $6,113,805 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $6,043,926 · OtherSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,740,076 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $6,501,121 · Other+100 more: $95,532,087 · Other+100 moreEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $10,548,394 · Human ServicesEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INCEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $7,237,379 · Human ServicesEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INCLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $7,198,837 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES O…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $6,935,382 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of…INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $6,479,601 · Human ServicesINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INCCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $6,224,922 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S BUREAU INCTHE DAMIEN CENTER: $5,974,761 · Human ServicesTHE DAMIEN CENTERMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,517,870 · Human ServicesMARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $4,320,608 · Human ServicesNoble Inc: $4,136,078 · Human ServicesST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $4,115,265 · Human ServicesThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $3,917,482 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,594,396 · Human Services+27 more: $29,022,780 · Human Services+27 moreCROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $5,796,331 · HealthLITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC: $3,453,289 · HealthHEALTHNET INC: $1,563,996 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,265,824 · HealthFAIRBANKS HOSPITAL INC: $995,598 · HealthMARTIN CENTER INC MARTIN CTR SICKLE CELL INITIATIVE: $943,285 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $943,052 · Health+6 more: $1,617,790 · HealthHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $5,685,986 · Housing & ShelterCOALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION OF GREATER INDPLS INC: $2,195,322 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER OF MORGAN COUNT: $1,391,577 · Housing & ShelterSTABILITY FIRST INC: $846,084 · Housing & ShelterEnglewood Community Development Corp: $612,613 · Housing & Shelter+5 more: $1,453,079 · Housing & ShelterFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC: $3,171,979 · EducationVICTORY COLLEGE PREP INC: $1,264,963 · EducationBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $1,003,680 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INCORPORATED: $983,255 · EducationTindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $614,883 · EducationTHE PATH SCHOOL INC: $611,536 · EducationBELIEVE CIRCLE CITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $496,547 · EducationINDIANA MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY - INDIANAPOLIS INC: $473,881 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $427,559 · Education+8 more: $2,116,686 · EducationBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $4,126,785 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $1,441,968 · Youth DevelopmentSTARFISH INC: $1,221,038 · Youth DevelopmentEAST 10TH CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTERINC: $1,140,386 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $1,125,276 · Youth DevelopmentCatholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Inc: $367,491 · Youth Development+1 more: $298,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC: $6,272,496 · EmploymentTEENWORKS INC: $1,015,513 · EmploymentBOSMA INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC: $703,964 · Employment+1 more: $243,000 · Employment
Other$160,049,246Human Services$105,223,755Health$16,579,165Housing & Shelter$12,184,661Education$11,164,969Youth Development$9,720,944Employment$8,234,973

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 budgetJOHN H BONER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $12,432,132 over 9y, 23% of budgetEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $10,548,394 over 9y, 32% of budgetFlanner House of Indianapolis: $7,627,153 over 9y, 31% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $7,237,379 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $7,198,837 over 9y, 24% of budgetCatholic Charities Indianapolis Inc: $6,949,399 over 9y, 15% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $6,935,382 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetHAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,797,649 over 9y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $6,501,121 over 9y, 30% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $6,479,601 over 9y, 19% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC: $6,311,898 over 5y, 24% of budgetGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC: $6,272,496 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $6,224,922 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $6,043,926 over 9y, 22% of budgetTHE DAMIEN CENTER: $5,974,761 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetCROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $5,796,331 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,740,076 over 9y, 51% of budgetHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $5,685,986 over 9y, 37% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,517,870 over 9y, 41% of budgetVolunteers of America of Indiana Inc: $4,562,238 over 7y, 12% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $4,354,912 over 9y, 14% of budgetMARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $4,320,608 over 9y, 13% of budgetNoble Inc: $4,136,078 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $4,126,785 over 9y, 29% of budgetST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $4,115,265 over 9y, 22% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $3,917,482 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,594,396 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC: $3,453,289 over 9y, 44% of budgetCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $3,399,340 over 9y, 13% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $3,371,508 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetShepherd Community Inc: $3,265,177 over 9y, 12% of budgetFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC: $3,171,979 over 9y, 44% of budgetPACE INC: $3,148,272 over 9y, 40% of budgetINFORMATION AND REFERRAL NETWORK INC: $3,079,760 over 4y, 36% of budgetHORIZON HOUSE INC: $2,897,352 over 9y, 21% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $2,808,837 over 9y, 13% of budgetCONCORD CENTER ASSOCIATION INC: $2,758,116 over 9y, 23% of budgetJAMESON INC: $2,734,101 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetIYG INC: $2,386,067 over 9y, 20% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $2,332,005 over 9y, 24% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NOBLESVILLE INC: $2,252,934 over 9y, 12% of budgetCOALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION OF GREATER INDPLS INC: $2,195,322 over 7y, 35% of budgetFAY BICCARD GLICK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AT CROOKED CREEK: $2,154,120 over 7y, 21% of budgetTANGRAM INC: $2,044,514 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetREACH FOR YOUTH INC: $1,916,269 over 9y, 24% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JOHNSON COUNTY INC: $1,912,551 over 9y, 21% of budgetCICOA FOUNDATION INC: $1,764,141 over 8y, 56% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $1,680,011 over 9y, 18% 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 JOHN H BONER COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Flanner House of Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds HAWTHORNE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DAMIEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HVAF OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN LUTHER KING MULTI-SERVICE CENTER INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Volunteers of America of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HELPINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Noble Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Villages of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Shepherd Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds FATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PACE INC ↗
  • Who funds INFORMATION AND REFERRAL NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JULIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORD CENTER ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMESON 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.

The Indianapolis Foun…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Central Indiana Commu…The Brave Heart Found…Lilly Endowment IncMaurer Family Foundat…Hamilton County Commu…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Richard M Fairbanks F…Second Helpings IncHoover Family Foundat…
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN200.1× affinity200 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Second Helpings Inc · Hoover Family Foundation

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 United Way of Central Indiana Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Central Indiana Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    79report 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 792 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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