Indiana · Nonprofit
DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS
DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,106,229 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($352,393). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Dress for Success Indianapolis does
Mission
To empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Style for success program - this program provides a woman with a complete suit ensemble including accessories such as shoes, scarves, jewelry, or other interview-appropriate items for her interview. Each client works one-on-one with a highly-trained volunteer personal shopper, who helps her select professional attire and also provides support and encouragement as the woman prepares for her upcoming interviews. After a client finds work, she can return to dress for success for her employment suiting, during which time we provide her with additional apparel suitable for the position she has accepted. Clients are referred to dfsi by workforce development programs and social service agencies who have assited them in becoming job-ready. 52% of members overcame employment barriers with one-on-one success coaching.
$475,533 spentof which $244,680 as grants$14,527 earned by the program49% of program spendingCareer development - the career development center provides services pre-development training, computer access, mock interviews, resume development, career counseling and assistance with on-line job applications. The center's services are available to all clients of Dress for Success Indianapolis. 62% of members took educational classes to learn skills and further their careers.
$259,571 spent27% of program spendingProfessional women's group - pwg promotes employment retention and career advancement by providing professional and personal development opportunities in a safe, supportive environment. Members of this group, who have successfully retained employment with the assistance of the suits for success program, attend monthly meetings for one full year, after which they graduate in to a life-long membership program. Each regularly scheduled meeting consists of two key elements: an expert speaker leading a discussion and a networking period. Monthly meetings cover a variety of subjects and activities that promote professional development. Topics include communication skills, the "unwritten rules" of the workplace, childcare issues, financial planning, stress management and juggling responsibilities, among others. 65% of members earned a raise or promotion.
$238,413 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $973,517.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.4M to $1.7M (+24%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Julie Petr
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $58k → $210k.
7 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
46% 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 DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 50% · 2019 30% · 2020 27% · 2021 21% · 2022 34% · 2023 16% — 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
65% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
58% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $802k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS: 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 DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS?
- DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,106,229 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($352,393). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $2,106,229 in grants to DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS?
- Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $352,393 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 44 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