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NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC

NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $697,671 to it, the largest being Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc ($210,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$698k
Net assets
$7.6M
6/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Inc does

Mission

We are a comprehensive entrepreneurial center whose mission is putting business growth, innovation and entrepreneurship to work for northeast indiana

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The northeast indiana innovation center (niic) is a nationally recognized best in class and comprehensive entrepreneurship resource center dedicated to accelerating the growth and development of innovative businesses and increasing the likelihood of their success. For over 24 years, the niic has fostered an entrepreneurial community that aligns and leverages the four pillars of venture success - capital, talent, workspace and networks. Today, with many knowlegdable workers on our innovation park campus, and with programs throughout northeast indiana, the niic is the region's largest and most diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem.

    $1,876,597 spent$652,046 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,876,597.

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 ($2.0M) Expenses 100 ($2.4M) Net assets 100 ($12M)2018 Revenue 84 ($1.7M) Expenses 96 ($2.3M) Net assets 95 ($11M)2019 Revenue 89 ($1.8M) Expenses 103 ($2.4M) Net assets 89 ($11M)2020 Revenue 87 ($1.7M) Expenses 109 ($2.6M) Net assets 82 ($9.9M)2021 Revenue 79 ($1.6M) Expenses 99 ($2.3M) Net assets 76 ($9.1M)2022 Revenue 107 ($2.1M) Expenses 106 ($2.5M) Net assets 74 ($8.8M)2023 Revenue 119 ($2.4M) Expenses 119 ($2.8M) Net assets 71 ($8.5M)2024 Revenue 77 ($1.5M) Expenses 104 ($2.5M) Net assets 63 ($7.6M)
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Revenue (77)Expenses (104)Net assets (63)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 2023 to 2024, from $9.2M to $8.3M (−10%).

$12M
$12M
$11M
$11M
$10.0M
$9.5M
$9.2M
$8.3M
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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
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 37% · 2018 37% · 2019 24% · 2020 44% · 2021 49% · 2022 56% · 2023 49% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

53% of NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

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

−$397k
’17
−$620k
’18
−$674k
’19
−$881k
’20
−$785k
’21
−$393k
’22
−$468k
’23
−$949k
’24
1.8
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

Tom Kilcoyne

CEO

Board chair

Ron Double

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2320212323212521
Joined·+1+1+5+3+1+9+3
No longer listed·4033357
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $70k.

3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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: $452k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest 8020 Foundation Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC raised.

From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER 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

NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

30%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 61% · 2019 69% · 2020 39% · 2021 53% · 2022 78% · 2023 50% — 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

38% of NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 5 states in all.

IN
PA
NJ
MO
DC

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

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Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−63% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.1M on record.

Federal$4.1M
grants $4.1Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Small Business Administration$3.3M
  • Department of Commerce$750k
  • Department of Agriculture$70k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 18%Fundraising 6%

Governance

19
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

  • Innovative Property Managment · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC?
NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $697,671 to it, the largest being Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc ($210,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $697,671 in grants to NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC?
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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