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Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc

Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,296,149 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($107,296,149). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$107M
Net assets
$61M
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc does

Mission

To help strengthen indiana congregations by helping them find and use the best resources available to address their challenges and opportunities - and then to share what we learn nationwide

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Awarded grants to over 300 congregations

    $9,832,310 spentof which $7,864,790 as grants
    81% of program spending

  2. Provided resource consulting services to over 2,000 congregations all over the state of indiana.

    $1,308,226 spent
    11% of program spending

  3. Sponsored several educational events and meetings serving more than 1,500 people representing over 2,000 congregations from 109 faith groups or denominations.

    $1,046,107 spent$7,952 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,186,643.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.7M) Expenses 100 ($7.0M) Net assets 100 ($40M)2018 Revenue 266 ($9.8M) Expenses 104 ($7.2M) Net assets 105 ($42M)2019 Revenue 344 ($13M) Expenses 126 ($8.8M) Net assets 118 ($47M)2020 Revenue 242 ($8.9M) Expenses 259 ($18M) Net assets 95 ($38M)2021 Revenue 17 ($627k) Expenses 101 ($7.1M) Net assets 80 ($32M)2022 Revenue 972 ($36M) Expenses 125 ($8.7M) Net assets 144 ($57M)2023 Revenue 483 ($18M) Expenses 143 ($10.0M) Net assets 168 ($66M)2024 Revenue 232 ($8.5M) Expenses 208 ($14M) Net assets 155 ($61M)
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Revenue (232)Expenses (208)Net assets (155)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $32M to $59M (+83%).

$40M
$42M
$47M
$38M
$32M
$59M
$68M
$63M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3.3M
’17
$2.6M
’18
$3.9M
’19
−$9.2M
’20
−$6.4M
’21
$27M
’22
$7.8M
’23
−$6.0M
’24
9.2
months of
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

Kara Faris

Executive director of programs

Board chair

Rev Richard Hamm

Chair, board of directors

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222024
Listed891314131418
Joined·+5+6+2+3+2·
No longer listed·42141·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150k → $16M.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Indianapolis Center for Congregations 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Indianapolis Center for Congregations 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

The Indianapolis Foundation Inc82%Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc82%Indiana Primary Health Care Assoc Inc81%Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana Inc81%Cicp Foundation Inc80%Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc80%Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide80%Community Reinvestment Foundation II Inc80%

Nationally

The Indianapolis Foundation Inc82%Interfaith Council for Action Inc82%Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc82%Fund for the Center for Community Change82%Jewish Community Center of Orange County82%Interfaith Community Services Inc81%Indiana Primary Health Care Assoc Inc81%Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana Inc81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
82%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Christian Theological Seminary · exempt
  • Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Indianapolis Center for Congregations 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 Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc?
Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,296,149 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($107,296,149). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $107,296,149 in grants to Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc?
LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $107,296,149 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Indianapolis Center for Congregations 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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