Indiana · Nonprofit
ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,978,322 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($6,284,360). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $52M
What Orchard School Foundation Inc does
Mission
Develop and educate the whole child. As a progressive, non-sectarian, independent school, orchard commits to advancing each student's academic success, self-confidence, open-mindedness, ethical character, leadership, and love of learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The elementary school is comprised of approximately 304 students from preschool through the 4th grade. The focus is on the development of the whole child - socially, emotionally, artistically, and ethically within a supportive and challenging environment. During these formative years, when children are curious and inquisitive, orchard school provides them with opportunities to discover, explore, and experiment. Children learn best by doing and, therefore, are encouraged to think, reason, create, and collaborate through active participation in the learning process.
$5,998,441 spentof which $1,123,812 as grants$6,567,343 earned by the program46% of program spendingMiddle school includes approximately 188 students in grades five through eight. The program provides a well-rounded education, including core academics, arts, and physical education/athletics. It centers around the academic, social, and emotional needs of young adolescents. Middle school students develop increased independence, personal responsibility, and accountability as they encounter increasingly higher expectations for academic and behavioral excellence.
$4,824,834 spentof which $752,467 as grants$4,202,349 earned by the program37% of program spendingExtension programs are available to all students and include summer camp, after school childcare, clubs, classes, and athletics. These programs give students a broad-based experience outside the classroom. Summer camps are also available to non-orchard students.
$2,216,815 spentof which $133,415 as grants$903,005 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,040,090.
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 2021 to 2022, from $61M to $51M (−15%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 19% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Will Lawson
Chair, trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $158k → $92k.
8 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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: $430k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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
ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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 87% · 2018 38% · 2019 48% · 2020 22% · 2021 34% · 2022 33% · 2023 37% — 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
57% of ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
98% of ORCHARD SCHOOL 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. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $8.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
- ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,978,322 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($6,284,360). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $7,978,322 in grants to ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,284,360 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORCHARD SCHOOL 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 36 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