How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Indiana?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Indiana, currently Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, National Rural Water Association. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Indiana?

Community Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Indiana, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Indiana?

$55M reached 105 environment organizations in Indiana, from 274 funders. 71% came from funders also based in Indiana.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Indiana · Environment

Who funds environment in Indiana

$55M reached 105 environment organizations in Indiana, from 274 funders, with no single one dominating.

$55M

granted

105

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

274 funders gave $55M to 105 environment organizations in Indiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Indiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Indiana is Community Foundation, at $10M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc, at $11M.

Largest funders of environment in Indiana

The funders giving the most to environment organizations in Indiana, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Community Foundation$10M 2Lilly Endowment Inc$9M 3National Rural Water Association$3M 4The Indianapolis Foundation Inc$3M 5North Central Health Services Inc$2M 6Greenhurst Commons Inc$2M 7National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$1M 8Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc$1M 9Silicon Valley Community Foundation$1M 10The Leighton-Oare Foundation Inc$1M

Environment organizations in Indiana that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

95 other environment organizations$15M

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc$11M Wellfield Botanic Gardens Inc$10M Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated$3M Alliance of Indiana Rural Water$3M ACRES Inc$3M

How to find environment funders in Indiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Indiana
The funders giving the most to environment in Indiana are Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, National Rural Water Association. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
30% of environment money in Indiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Indiana?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Indiana, currently Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, National Rural Water Association. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Indiana?: Community Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Indiana, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Indiana?: $55M reached 105 environment organizations in Indiana, from 274 funders. 71% came from funders also based in Indiana.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.