Indiana · Nonprofit
Culver Educational Foundation
Culver Educational Foundation (Indiana) receives grants from 181 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,259,146 to it, the largest being CONSERVE SCHOOL CORPORATION ($8,715,273). 123 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $140M
- Funders on record
- 181
- Grants received
- $49M
- Net assets
- $1.1B
What Culver Educational Foundation does
Mission
Culver's mission is to educate its students for leadership and responsible citizenship in society by nurturing the whole individual- mind, spirit and body - through integrated programs that emphasize the cultivation of character.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Culver promises top academics, competitive athletics and education you need to be a leader and a responsible global citizen in high school, in college and beyond. Culver encourages you to develop your individual interests and talents, all while helping you move beyond self-imposed limitations. Our mission to develop and nurture the whole person - mind, spirit and body - with our unique focus on leadership training means you receive the total educational experience that has set Culver above other schools for more than a century. Instruction is for grades 9-12, ranging from the arts and music to science, math and humanities as well as unique programs in leadership, wellness and a servant leadership project requirement for graduation.
$44,849,023 spentof which $1,600,000 as grants$56,468,490 earned by the program47% of program spendingCulver Academies understands the financial commitment of an independent school education and focuses on maximizing our resources to provide opportunities to those families who qualify or warrant assistance. Culver offers need based financial aid assistance as well as non-need-based awards. Need based aid depends solely on a family's financial profile and is independent from the admissions process. Scholarships / Merit awards are based on the strength of the candidate and can range from small amounts to full awards.
$17,260,441 spentof which $17,260,441 as grants18% of program spendingFounded in 1902, Culver Summer Schools and Camps is a fun- filled, naturally beautiful 1,800-acre setting where nearly 1,400 young people from around the world, ages 7-17, develop positive self-esteem through accomplishment and self-discipline. It is a high challenge-high support-high reward environment for learning leadership skills that improve personal confidence.
$10,759,589 spent$11,635,018 earned by the program11% of program spendingStudent Services Programs: A variety of student services and activities were provided, including Barber Shop, Laundry-Dry Cleaning, Dining Hall, and Student Health Services.
$22,329,059 spent$914,003 earned by the program23% of program spendingStudent Services Programs, General/Other: Auxiliary services such as required uniform and a campus bookstore provided for the convenience of students.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $95,198,112.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $594M to $894M (+51%).
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.
19% of Culver Educational Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Miles D White
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 45 funders to 83 funders, grant income rose $6.2M → $9.1M.
47 of 181 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 Culver Educational Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 181 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
Culver Educational Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% 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 Culver Educational Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 47% · 2019 14% · 2020 27% · 2021 17% · 2022 41% · 2023 62% — 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
54% of Culver Educational Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
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
Culver Educational Foundation draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 32 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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.
Against its field
Culver Educational Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like Culver Educational Foundation
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Culver Chapel Columbarium LLC · disregarded
- Lowenstine Fund Corporation · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (5) CO - Culver Educational Foundation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Culver Educational Foundation: 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 Culver Educational Foundation?
- Culver Educational Foundation (Indiana) receives grants from 181 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,259,146 to it, the largest being CONSERVE SCHOOL CORPORATION ($8,715,273). 123 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Culver Educational Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 181 organizations giving $49,259,146 in grants to Culver Educational Foundation, 123 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Culver Educational Foundation?
- CONSERVE SCHOOL CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,715,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Culver Educational Foundation 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 181 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