Indiana · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE
COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,420,570 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,390,570). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Community-Engaged Alliance does
Mission
Community-Engaged Alliance is a non-profit partnership of indiana's public, private, and community college higher education institutions focused on advocating, implementing, and improving community engagement efforts so that students graduate as well-informed, engaged, and productive members of society who are fully enabled to provide leadership and service that advances the public good in their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The lilly endowment program supports programming and sub-grants indiana institutions of higher education that offer high-impact education practices and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff that help develop the next generation of civic leaders, create teaching, support, and assessment practices that strengthen community-based teaching and research and the collective impact of the institution within the local community. These programs engaged a total of 3,200 individuals at 40 higher education campuses throughout indiana.
$381,856 spentof which $100,150 as grants97% of program spendingSummit and research symposium provides professional development for faculty, staff, students, and community members. We strive to bring our partners the resources, contacts, training, andinformation that they need to fulfill their commitment to their students and the community. This program engaged approximately 135 individuals.
$10,830 spent$1,965 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $392,686.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $667k to $1.2M (+81%).
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.
97% of COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Elijah Howe
Executive director
Board chair
Steven Combs
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $850k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE?
- COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,420,570 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,390,570). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,420,570 in grants to COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,390,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ALLIANCE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing