Indiana · Nonprofit
RETHINK COALITION INC
RETHINK COALITION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,120 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $97k
What Rethink Coalition Inc does
Mission
The Organization supports the charitable purposes of the Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc., Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc., and The Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Inc. ("Supported Organizations") by working to (1) promote connectivity by improving highways and streets, (2) enhance the environment, (3) reduce infrastructure barriers that fragment communities, (4) create a healthier community and environment by increasing transportation options, (5) ensure dignity, and local engagement in city infrastructure decisions, and to (6) increase opportunities for sustainable economic planning and development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization began work on the SE Gateway Planning Study focused on the southwest leg of Interstate I-65/I-70 Indianapolis downtown Inner Loop and surrounding areas funded with the USDOT Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program grant. The Organization was awarded the grant in the Spring of 2023. The grant is part of federal initiative to reconnect communities that were cut off from economic opportunity and burdened by past transportation infrastructure decisions. Preparation work for starting the grant was finalized early in 2024 when the USDOT grant agreement was signed and contracts with the vendors working on the grant were executed. The organization expects to complete the SE Gateway Planning Study at the end of 2025.
$201,044 spent$250,000 earned by the program93% of program spendingThe organization continued its educational mission by hosting or participating in over 100 stakeholder meetings and presentations and providing regular email and website updates, reaching over 1000 people. The objective for the meetings, presentations, and communications was to continue engaging stakeholders in a community conversation about options of rebuilding the city's urban highways using recessed construction. They were also designed to provide general education about urban highway infrastructure design and engage community members in discussions about alternatives. Expenses for meeting spaces and materials distributed at these meetings were donated. A majority of the organization's time dedicated to its educational activities outside of education attributed to the SE Gateway Planning Study was donated as in-kind services
$12,546 spent6% of program spendingThe organization engaged with Indiana's Department of Transportation in their ProPEL Indy Study, a two-year PEL study to gauge community needs and design options for interstate infrastructure inside Indianapolis I-465 bypass for the next 20 years. Most of the organization's time dedicated to the ProPEL Indy Study was donated as in-kind services support.
$2,000 spent1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,590.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $17k to $97k (+455%).
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: 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RETHINK COALITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Brenda Freije
CEO and President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $600.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 RETHINK COALITION 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
RETHINK COALITION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
95% 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 RETHINK COALITION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
66% of RETHINK COALITION 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 $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
RETHINK COALITION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding RETHINK COALITION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Transportation$2.0M
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 RETHINK COALITION 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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc · exempt
- Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · exempt
- Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RETHINK COALITION 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 RETHINK COALITION INC?
- RETHINK COALITION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,120 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RETHINK COALITION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $45,120 in grants to RETHINK COALITION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RETHINK COALITION INC?
- THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RETHINK COALITION 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 3 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