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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Indiana, currently Lilly Endowment Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Srcco. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Indiana?

Lilly Endowment Inc gives the most to science organizations in Indiana, $197M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Indiana?

$418M reached 55 science organizations in Indiana, from 353 funders. 56% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Indiana

Funding is concentrated: Purdue Research Foundation alone draws 80% of every science grant dollar in Indiana. One funder dominates the giving, Lilly Endowment Inc, at 47% of the total.

$418M

granted

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

353 funders gave $418M to 55 science organizations in Indiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Indiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Indiana is Lilly Endowment Inc, at $197M.
The science organization drawing the most is Purdue Research Foundation, at $335M.

Largest funders of science in Indiana

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

1Lilly Endowment Inc$197M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$48M 3Srcco$42M 4Walther Cancer Foundation Inc$15M 5Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$11M 6American Cancer Society Inc$7M 7Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation$7M 8Charles J Lynn 2835168510 Xxxxx7008$6M 9The Bessemer Giving Fund$5M 10Jean and Bernas Downing Charitable Trust$5M

Science organizations in Indiana that draw the most

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

Purdue Research Foundation$335M University of Notre Dame du Lac$51M

How to find science funders in Indiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Indiana
The funders giving the most to science in Indiana are Lilly Endowment Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Srcco. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
44% of science money in Indiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Indiana?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Indiana, currently Lilly Endowment Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Srcco. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Indiana?: Lilly Endowment Inc gives the most to science organizations in Indiana, $197M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Indiana?: $418M reached 55 science organizations in Indiana, from 353 funders. 56% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

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.