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University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

$81M
Granted FY2025still arriving
178
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$44MHealth$986kHuman Services$126kEmployment$75kArts & Culture$8kCommunity Improvement$6k
02FY2025 · 178 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 178 grants below total $15,449,944, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,278,451 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $65,828,507 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 $10k12 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k112 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k37 grants · $3.6M
  • $250k+17 grants · $8.8M
$29,872
Median grant
3
States reached
$302M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Central Indiana Education Service Ctr$1,118,552
Plymouth Community Schools$1,046,793
Region 8 Education Service Center$663,060
MSD of Warren Township$649,256
South Bend Community School Corporation$554,402
Wilson Education Center$540,473
East Central Education Service Center$532,600
MSD Lawrence Township$443,570
Perry Township Schools$441,088
Southern Indiana Education Center$410,068
Wabash Valley Education Center$409,917
Gary Community School Corporation$406,697
Hamilton Southeastern School Corp$398,750
MSD of Wayne Township$349,363
Elkhart Community Schools$310,667
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 (FY21–21, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outr: $12k → 17%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 120 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

120 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 93 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

120
28

Total granted

$36M
$522k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
0%

Still filing today

19%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEmploymentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • IW
    INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +36%
  • ANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +8%
  • II
    INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $658k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • SI
    SPEDACTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $72k · 64% of their budget
  • TL
    Teach-USA LLC
    one grant, 2024 · $58k
  • VC
    VICTORY COLLEGE PREP INC
    one grant, 2024 · $51k · revenue -3%
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
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
3
Independence Academy

The mission of independence charter school (iacs) is to educate students of diverse ages and backgrounds - helping them understand, thrive in, and enhance our community, our environment,and our world. iacs regards learning as a continuing…

Education
4
The New American Academy Charter School

The new american academy charter school empowers learners and inspires leaders to make this a better world. through our collaborative teacher teams, mastery-based career ladder, and looping cycles, we offer personalized rigorous…

Education
5
Covenant Christian Schools of Indianapolis Inc

The school's objective is to provide an excellent, christ-centered education, equipping students for a life of scholarship, leadership, and service.

Education
6
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
7
International School of Indiana Inc

The mission of the international school of indiana is to provide our students with a world-class education that prepares them to be responsible citizens and effective leaders in a rapidly globalizing and interdependent world.

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8
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
9
Intrinsic Schools

The mission of intrinsic schools is to create a revolutionary new school model in order to 1) prepare all students for postsecondary success and world-changing endeavors; and 2) provide the education community with a roadmap to sustainable…

Education
10
Christian Academy of Indiana Inc

The mission of christian academy school system is to develop students with a heart for god who grow as jesus did in wisdom, stature, and in favor with god and men.

Education
11
Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma charter school seeks to achieve academic excellence through engaged learning in a setting that involves students, teachers, and parents.

Education
12
The Columbus Academy

The columbus academy aspires to be an inclusive community where all differences consistent with the mission of the school are valued, respected, and integrated into the education process.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Matchbook Learning Schools of Indiana; the most unlike its peers is Posey County Economic Development Partnership 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

47 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. 47 of the 242 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
18/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MSD OF WARREN TOWNSHIP: $1,622,624 · OtherGary Community School Corporation: $1,248,255 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $1,216,417 · Other+161 more: $31,190,254 · Other+161 moreINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,247,138 · EducationINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVER…CENTRAL INDIANA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENT: $1,118,552 · EducationCENTRAL INDIANA EDUCATI…ANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC: $1,044,154 · EducationANDERSON UNIVERSITY INCTaylor University: $1,013,336 · EducationTaylor UniversityINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $657,793 · EducationINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TE…SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS COLLEGE: $619,633 · EducationSAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS…+30 more: $2,390,972 · Education+30 more
Other$35,277,550Education$9,091,578

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 budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,247,138 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL INDIANA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENT: $1,118,552 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC: $1,044,154 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTaylor University: $1,013,336 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMARTIN UNIVERSITY: $803,977 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $657,793 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS COLLEGE: $619,633 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC: $247,393 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAREER ACADEMY OF SOUTH BEND INC: $191,553 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJAMES B HUNT JR INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP & POLICY FDN: $175,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSTEEL CITY ACADEMY INC: $169,702 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetHERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $148,721 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIRVINGTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC: $123,390 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJOSHUA ACADEMY INC: $102,863 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetINDIANA MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY - INDIANAPOLIS INC: $98,676 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetADELANTE SCHOOLS INC: $96,395 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL INDIANA MILITARY ACADEMY INC: $86,698 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetButler University: $80,265 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOakland City University: $76,077 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPEDACTS INC: $72,428 over 1y, 64% of budgetSOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE INC: $71,273 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEAST CHICAGO URBAN ENTERPRISE ACADEMY INC: $68,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetACE PREPARATORY INC: $67,381 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $58,724 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $57,986 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS: $53,419 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PATH SCHOOL INC: $52,344 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVICTORY COLLEGE PREP INC: $50,784 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDIANA MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY NORTH INDIANAPOLIS INC: $48,789 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrace Schools: $32,919 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTIMOTHY L JOHNSON ACADEMY INC: $32,672 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIANA LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS: $30,734 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREXEL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $29,672 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $27,634 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPRINGVILLE COMMUNITY AND RURAL FOUNDATION INC: $27,581 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChristel House Academy Inc: $27,074 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROWN POINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSN: $27,054 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHARTER SCHOOL OF THE DUNES INC: $24,552 over 1y, 0.1% 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 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL INDIANA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENT ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Taylor University ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS COLLEGE ↗

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.

Project Lead the Way IncIN96.5× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Project Lead the Way Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Teachers Treasures Inc · Cicp Foundation Inc · Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Share Our Strength · The Mind Trust Inc · Regional Opportunity Initiatives 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 University of Indianapolis funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University of Indianapolis. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 242 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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