How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Indiana?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Indiana, currently Lilly Endowment Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, United Way of Central Indiana Inc. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.

Who is the largest youth development funder in Indiana?

Lilly Endowment Inc gives the most to youth development organizations in Indiana, $198M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to youth development in Indiana?

$698M reached 719 youth development organizations in Indiana, from 1,249 funders. 72% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Indiana

$698M reached 719 youth development organizations in Indiana, from 1,249 funders, with no single one dominating.

$698M

granted

719

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

1,249 funders gave $698M to 719 youth development organizations in Indiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% of that came from funders also based in Indiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Indiana is Lilly Endowment Inc, at $198M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Indiana Youth Institute Inc, at $106M.

Largest funders of youth development in Indiana

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

1Lilly Endowment Inc$198M 2Boys & Girls Clubs of America$37M 3United Way of Central Indiana Inc$33M 4John W Anderson Foundation$30M 5Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc$21M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$19M 7Crossroads of America Council Bsa Foundation Inc$16M 8The Indianapolis Foundation Inc$14M 9National Philanthropic Trust$12M 10Girl Scouts of the United States of America$12M

Youth development organizations in Indiana that draw the most

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

709 other youth development organizations$383M

Indiana Youth Institute Inc$106M Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County Inc$17M

How to find youth development funders in Indiana

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Start with the funders already active in Indiana
The funders giving the most to youth development in Indiana are Lilly Endowment Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, United Way of Central Indiana Inc. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
28% of youth development money in Indiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Indiana?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Indiana, currently Lilly Endowment Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, United Way of Central Indiana Inc. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Indiana?: Lilly Endowment Inc gives the most to youth development organizations in Indiana, $198M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Indiana?: $698M reached 719 youth development organizations in Indiana, from 1,249 funders. 72% 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.