Indiana · Nonprofit
EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC
EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,494,297 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($5,200,260). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $651k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Eagle Creek Park Foundation Inc does
Mission
To support the city of indianapolis parks department by preserving, protecting, and enhancing the eagle creek park located in the northwest quadrant of marion county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During fiscal year 2024, the foundation provided capital funding to support various capital projects inside eagle creek park including ornithology center, trails system, aviary, and the earth discovery center.upgraded the pin oak trail to meet aba standards. Included a new parking lot with increased handicapped spaces. Upgrades to existing parking lot around earth discovery center and to the shelter for accessibility for children on field trips and educational programs.
$1,597,865 spent91% of program spendingFoundation promotion and education:the foundation supports approximately 2,000 members with information about eagle creek park activities, environmental information, newsletters, and passes to access park facilities and activities throughout the year.
$106,777 spent$109,127 earned by the program6% of program spendingPark promotion and education:the foundation supports delivery of educational programming in ornithology, environmental study, mammal rehabilitation, and birds of prey. Approximately 124,000 people annually visit the earth discovery center and ornithology center where these programs are delivered.
$41,748 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,746,390.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.0M to $3.8M (+276%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Meghan Mustin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $88k → $16k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC’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
EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2017 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 86% — 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
60% of EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
100% of EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
30%
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 EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC: 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 EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,494,297 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($5,200,260). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $5,494,297 in grants to EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,200,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAGLE CREEK PARK FOUNDATION 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 12 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