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Zink Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Zink Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$66kHealth$55kEducation$53kHuman Services$50kFood & Nutrition$26kEmployment$25kYouth Development$23kAnimals$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$162k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
TINDLEY ACCELERATED SCHOOLS INC$5,000
GOODWILL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INC$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC$3,000
RENGIFO PARKINSONS FOUNDATION INC$3,000
THE SALVATION ARMY INDIANA DIVISION$2,000
AVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY (DBA UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS)$2,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF IMDIANA INC$2,000
CICOA FOUNDATION INC$2,000
INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC$2,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS$1,000
FAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC$1,000
INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART INC (DBA NEWFIELDS)$1,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA$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 (FY18–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NOBLE INC: $3k → 16%NOBLE INC: $2k → 16%THE PATACHOU FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%INDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS INCORPORATED: $4k → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $4k → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%INDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS INCORPORATED: $2k → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%INDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS INCORPORATED: $2k → 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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$302k · 24 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
7

Total granted

$302k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+38%

Still filing today

88%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationEmploymentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TC
    The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +53%
  • GL
    GOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +35%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS
    6× · 2018–2025 · $19k · revenue +169%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +38%
  • AL
    A LONGER TABLE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -12%
  • GF
    GOODWILL FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL INDIANA
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
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.

Education
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 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
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
7
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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8
Indiana University Health Inc

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

Health
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 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
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

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

Health
12
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rengifo Parkinson's Foundation 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

30 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. 30 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
15/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $17,745 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY INC: $14,745 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY IN…THE SALVATION ARMY INDIANA DIVISION: $14,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY INDIANA DIVISIONPARKINSONS AWARENESS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $13,000 · OtherPARKINSONS AWARENESS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL I…FAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC: $10,000 · OtherFAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherCICOA FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · OtherCICOA FOUNDATION INCALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 · OtherHeritage Place of Indianapolis Inc: $8,500 · OtherHeritage Place of Indianapolis IncUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $5,000 · OtherSECOND HELPINGS INC: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $16,500 · Other+8 moreThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $29,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum …INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTE…Newfields Inc: $9,000 · Arts & CultureNewfields IncIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc: $7,000 · Arts & CultureIndianapolis Symphony …INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,500 · Arts & CultureINDIANA HISTORICAL SOC…Tindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $20,000 · EducationTindley Accelera…AVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS: $17,000 · EducationAVONDALE MEADOWS…ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationORCHARD SCHOOL F…+1 more: $500 · EducationWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesINDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $8,000 · Human ServicesNoble Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesA LONGER TABLE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC: $22,000 · EmploymentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $17,000 · Animals
Other$132,490Arts & Culture$64,500Education$47,500Human Services$25,000Employment$22,000Youth Development$19,000Animals$17,000

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 budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL LEGACY GROUP INC: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $19,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $17,745 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCICOA FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY INC: $14,745 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSONS AWARENESS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $13,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNewfields Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Place of Indianapolis Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINDIANA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNoble Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRILEY CHEER GUILD INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $500 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.

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 IncLumina Foundation for…United Way of Central…The Indianapolis Foun…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Central Indiana Commu…Maurer Family Foundat…The Brave Heart Found…Hoover Family Foundat…The R B Annis Educati…Richard M Fairbanks F…
Lilly Endowment IncIN33.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · The R B Annis Educational Foundation · Richard M Fairbanks 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 Zink Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zink Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 35 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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