Indiana · Nonprofit
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,429,776 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($3,757,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Family Development Services Inc does
Mission
The mission of family development services, a head start organization, is to improve the lives of low-income children by providing quality early childhood education and comprehensive, family focused child development services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start program - the purpose of this federally funded program is to serve low-income preschool children and their families by providing a quality early childhood education and supportive services. Achievements include serving over 960 children annually at 10 sites in marion and hamilton counties, including 10% special needs children, licensed by the state of indiana, part-day and full day services offered august - june, annually, limited full day, full year services, two meals and two snacks provided daily, improved child outcomes as dictated by federal mandates, provision of the following comprehensive services through the following service delivery areas - early child education - family partnership - outcomes and transition - special needs - mental health - health and nutrition - social services - bi-lingual services.
$13,625,685 spent69% of program spendingEarly head start program - the purpose of this federally funded program is to serve low-income infants, toddlers and their families by providing a quality early childhood education and supportive services. Achievements include serving over 100 infants and toddlers annually at 6 sites in marion county and hamilton county, including 10% special needs children, licensed by the state of indiana, full day, full year services, two meals and two snacks provided daily, provision of the following comprehensive services through the following service delievery areas - developmentally appropriate infant-toddler education program - family partnership - outcomes and transition to head start - special needs - mental health - health and nutrition - social services - bi-lingual services.
$3,548,153 spent18% of program spendingThe usda program provides supplemental funding to qualified agencies to provide nutritious meals and snacks to low-income children during the 2024-2025 school year, family development services provided 246,105 meals and 112,586 snacks.
$1,505,303 spent8% of program spendingExpenses are for other items directly related to the exempt purpose of the organization.
$1,156,235 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,835,376.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.0M to $20M (+187%).
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: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2022 88% · 2023 99% · 2024 96% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $39k → $470k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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: 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 72% · 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
95% of FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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. $488 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $189.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$189.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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 FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC?
- FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,429,776 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($3,757,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,429,776 in grants to FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,757,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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 5 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