Indiana · Nonprofit
TANGRAM INC
TANGRAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,617,426 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($7,500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Tangram Inc does
Mission
Tangram, inc. Supports people with disabilities by designing services to meet their specific needs and desires. We assist them to live full, meaningful, and happy lives, at home and as members of their community. [continue to schedule o][continue from page 2] tangram joins with community partners to create inclusive and sustainable solutions to challenges faced by those impacted by disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tangram's community living services provide the necessary supports to help the individuals we serve achieve independence, maintain their health and wellness, manage their finances, and build the lives they envision for themselves. In the year ended june 30, 2025, tangram provided over 248,000 hours of support to 110 adults and youth with disabilities, helping those we serve live a full and meaningful lives in the communities of their choice.
$8,910,116 spent$9,305,213 earned by the program89% of program spendingAs part of tangram's holistic approach for serving persons living with disabilities, we provide behavioral consultation and training. We work with a team to develop a uniquely customized behavioral support plan and offer training to help individuals and their support team to implement the plan. Our individualized approach is designed to enhance the behavioral health of each individual and help him or her continue on a path of greater self-determination, independence, and involvement. In the year ended june 30, 2025, tangram provided over 2000 hours of behavioral support and training services to 60 persons living in the community.tangram's applied behavior analysis (aba) services provide individualized support to enhance the quality of life for individuals with autism. Our evidence-based approach focuses on assessing behavior utilizing comprehensive behavioral assessments which identify strengths, needs, and areas to target for skill development. Individualized treatment plans and behavior support plans are intervention strategies developed based on the assessment results. The aba team uses evidence-based techniques such as positive reinforcement, self-advocacy training, and…
$981,334 spent$1,056,613 earned by the program10% of program spendingAs a vocational rehabilitation provider, tangram helps individuals with disabilities and veterans find competitive employment. For the year ended june 30, 2025, 25 clients were served.
$121,289 spent$32,792 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,012,739.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $4.9M to $12M (+152%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 15% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Shannon Samuel Criss
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $7.7M → $196k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TANGRAM 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
TANGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 87% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of TANGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
100% of TANGRAM 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. $60k 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.
Organizations like TANGRAM INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TANGRAM 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 TANGRAM INC?
- TANGRAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,617,426 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($7,500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TANGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $9,617,426 in grants to TANGRAM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TANGRAM INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TANGRAM 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 9 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