Indiana · Nonprofit
THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC
THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,684 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $403k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $134k
- Net assets
- $330k
What The Indy Learning Team Inc does
Mission
The indy learning team builds partnerships to create opportunity through access to literacy. We accomplish this by: empowering and investing in community members and programs; providing science-based explicit literacy instruction to catch kids before they fail; building an infrastructure to deal with unanticipated needs and problems; creating a low barrier of entry for students and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tutoring programs: 1:1 tutoring pairs students with a reading specialist, two times per week year round. In 2024, we provided more than 3,000 hours of 1:1 tutoring to more than 60 students. This free tutoring program is typically the only resource students have to reach full literacy. Many students in the program begin with limited foundational literacy skills. On average program participants see an average literacy growth of 247% in a single semester.
$93,440 spent$81,474 earned by the program44% of program spendingTilt tech: the indy learning team uses adira reads' tilt tech, a literacy building program that uses ai to improve instructional impact, steady student growth, stronger foundational literacy skills, and actionable insights for teachers and administrators. In 2025, tilt tech with adira reads supported more than 2,500 students.
$42,385 spent$37,695 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe free communi-tea book club is a partnership with tamika catchings and her foundation catch the stars. Free books are available year-round at tea's me community caf near tarkington park in indianapolis. In 2024, we gave away more than 3,500 new books. We have 1,400 people in our free communi-tea book club.
$16,769 spent$14,585 earned by the program8% of program spendingTilt's programs also include engaging storytimes featuring authors and literacy advocates, curated book distributions to build home libraries, and structured professional development for educators to implement science-based literacy strategies.
$60,767 spent$19,005 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,361.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $164k to $330k (+101%).
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.
61% of THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Susan Appel
Exec. Director/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $300 → $4k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE INDY LEARNING TEAM 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
THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 72% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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
50% of THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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 THE INDY LEARNING TEAM 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. $27k 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.
Against its field
THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 THE INDY LEARNING TEAM 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 THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC?
- THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,684 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $133,684 in grants to THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INDY LEARNING TEAM INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INDY LEARNING TEAM 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 8 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