· Private foundation
Watersite Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $10,000 |
| MARION UNIVERSITY | $9,000 |
| CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | $5,000 |
| SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SPEEDWAY | $5,000 |
| LITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY | $5,000 |
| INDIANA STATE GAMES | $2,000 |
| B&O TRAIL ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF MAROTT WOODS NATURE | $1,000 |
| PURDUE FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarian University3× · 2023–2025 · $24k · revenue +14%
- LRLITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +1%
- SFScholarships for Speedway Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +15%
Funded once
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +1%- ITIVY TECH FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -2%
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
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…
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…
Indiana tech is a private, independent, and non-denominational university. students are prepared for active participation in the complex, global society of the 21st century and are motivated toward a life of significance and worth. about…
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
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…
To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
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.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Marian University ↗
- Who funds LITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds Scholarships for Speedway Inc ↗
- Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds B & O TRAIL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLLIDAY PARK FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Watersite Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Watersite Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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