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Who funds housing in Indiana

Housing funding in Indiana is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc leads, and the money reaches 452 groups.

$384M
granted
452
organizations
75%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of housing in Indiana

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

Housing organizations in Indiana that draw the most

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

442 other housing organizations$222M
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc$40M

How to find housing funders in Indiana

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Indiana

    The funders giving the most to housing in Indiana are Lilly Endowment Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the housing 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    25% of housing money in Indiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Indiana?
Start with the funders already giving to housing in Indiana, currently Lilly Endowment Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Indiana?
Lilly Endowment Inc gives the most to housing organizations in Indiana, $49M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Indiana?
$384M reached 452 housing organizations in Indiana, from 1,055 funders. 75% 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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.