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Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc

Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,545,490 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($213,880). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$863k
Funders on record
39
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$2.0M
28/39 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc does

Mission

Assistance League volunteers transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In its 41st consecutive year, Operation School Bell provides new school clothing, shoes, and hygiene items to underserved Indianapolis students. Beyond the Bell provides a supply of new school clothing to schools; the students receiving these clothes are not otherwise served by Operation School Bell.

    $415,031 spent
    94% of program spending
  2. The Assault Survivor Kit program provides clothing for assault, rape, and domestic violence victims who are taken to hospitals and treatment centers and whose clothing is often retained as forensic evidence in the assault case. The kits consisting of a sweatshirt, sweatpants, underwear and socks, are delivered to 20 hospitals and agencies in Indianapolis and the surrounding counties. Hospital staff tell us that without this help, these victims would be released wearing hospital gowns and that these kits help to comfort the victims in their time of need and vulnerability.

    $14,542 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Through the ALI Bears Program, soft cuddly bears are distributed to hospitals and trauma centers and also to shelters, hospices, and agencies serving adults and children in grief. Caregivers at these locations give these stuffed bears to their clients to ease their emotional and physical pain from which they are suffering. Having a bear to hug provides comfort during difficult times. ALI Friends offers companionship and caring to enhance the lives of older or disabled adults at two agencies. Member volunteers bring refreshments, celebrate birthdays, and play games while entertaining the residents and guests.

    $12,974 spent
    3% of program spending
  4. The remaining program included a pilot for a literacy program which included the reading of stories to 1st grade classrooms, discussions about the stories and distributions of books to the students and contributions to the school libraries.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $442,547.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($553k) Expenses 100 ($525k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 93 ($513k) Expenses 102 ($538k) Net assets 98 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 109 ($604k) Expenses 102 ($535k) Net assets 104 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 97 ($536k) Expenses 96 ($504k) Net assets 107 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 78 ($431k) Expenses 54 ($281k) Net assets 121 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 92 ($507k) Expenses 80 ($420k) Net assets 128 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 115 ($636k) Expenses 97 ($508k) Net assets 140 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 100 ($554k) Expenses 102 ($534k) Net assets 145 ($1.6M)2025 Revenue 156 ($863k) Expenses 100 ($527k) Net assets 179 ($2.0M)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (100)Net assets (179)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.4M to $1.8M (+28%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,454 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$28k
’17
−$25k
’18
$69k
’19
$33k
’20
$150k
’21
$87k
’22
$128k
’23
$20k
’24
$337k
’25
18
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed131313141514161212
Joined·+6+7+5+9+6+16+12+6
No longer listed·6748714166
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $145k → $138k.

8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc.

14%
largest funder
36%
top three
~14
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 21% · 2019 31% · 2020 16% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

50% of Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

92% of Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IL
IN
OH
CA
CO
NC
SC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $503k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin39% · top quartile
Months of reserve17.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 3%Fundraising 13%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

81%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc?
Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,545,490 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($213,880). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc have?
IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,545,490 in grants to Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $213,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing