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INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC

INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,952 to it, the largest being BLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC ($205,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$242k
Net assets
$12M
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral Foundation Inc does

Mission

To raise and expend funds to be used for major renovation to the scottish rite cathedral in order to conserve its present historic appearance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Repairs and renovations to scottish rite cathedral theater and auditorium.

    $311,471 spentof which $166,771 as grants
    78% of program spending
  2. Making charitable grants to qualifying community organizations including funds for management and operation of a learning center for dyslexic children.

    $81,931 spentof which $81,931 as grants
    21% of program spending
  3. Making scholarships for members and their families attending qualifying institutions.

    $6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $399,402.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($763k) Expenses 100 ($890k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 51 ($387k) Expenses 50 ($441k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 75 ($573k) Expenses 41 ($364k) Net assets 111 ($2.2M)2020 Revenue 57 ($434k) Expenses 66 ($585k) Net assets 94 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 416 ($3.2M) Expenses 64 ($567k) Net assets 266 ($5.2M)2022 Revenue 60 ($456k) Expenses 97 ($862k) Net assets 211 ($4.1M)2023 Revenue 57 ($437k) Expenses 83 ($740k) Net assets 550 ($11M)2024 Revenue 167 ($1.3M) Expenses 93 ($829k) Net assets 611 ($12M)2025 Revenue 141 ($1.1M) Expenses 92 ($816k) Net assets 632 ($12M)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (92)Net assets (632)Peer revenue range

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 $4.2M to $11M (+162%).

$4.0M
$4.0M
$4.1M
$3.7M
$5.2M
$4.2M
$11M
$12M
$12M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

27% of INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$127k
’17
−$55k
’18
$210k
’19
−$151k
’20
$2.6M
’21
−$406k
’22
−$303k
’23
$444k
’24
$259k
’25
0.1
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.

Board chair

David A Clayton

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+1+1+1+1+3+0+0
No longer listed·01111300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $113k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $10M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Scottish Rite of Indianapolis Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL 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

INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION 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

85% 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 INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC.

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 89% · 2021 89% · 2022 85% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.

“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

85% of INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $36k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.

IN
NC

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

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’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $206k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin24% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 18%Fundraising 33%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

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 1 related entity

  • Aasr of Freemasonry Nmj Valley of Indpls Lodge of Perfection · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC?
INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,952 to it, the largest being BLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC ($205,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $241,952 in grants to INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION INC?
BLUE RIVER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INDIANAPOLIS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL 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.

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