Foundations

Private foundations in Indiana

Foundations that fund causes in Indiana

• Education
  $1.6 billion from 2,537 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $465 million from 391 foundations
• Youth programs
  $275 million from 868 foundations
• Faith communities
  $269 million from 1,346 foundations
• Community development
  $131 million from 414 foundations
• Health
  $101 million from 622 foundations
• Human services
  $99.6 million from 492 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $93.8 million from 598 foundations
• Science and research
  $61.1 million from 269 foundations
• International
  $45.2 million from 233 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $33.8 million from 275 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $25.7 million from 409 foundations
• Animals
  $16.0 million from 339 foundations
• Veterans
  $5.9 million from 118 foundations
• Disability
  $5.4 million from 170 foundations
• Seniors
  $3.2 million from 90 foundations

These count grants to recipients in Indiana, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in Indiana

• Indianapolis
  224 foundations · $4.2 billion
• Carmel
  76 foundations · $74.6 million
• Merrillville
  9 foundations · $74.4 million
• Fort Wayne
  81 foundations · $62.4 million
• Evansville
  225 foundations · $57.9 million
• Columbus
  12 foundations · $45.3 million
• South Bend
  60 foundations · $37.7 million
• Muncie
  53 foundations · $20.7 million
• Valparaiso
  11 foundations · $17.5 million
• Auburn
  7 foundations · $10.5 million
• Mishawaka
  15 foundations · $9.9 million
• Terre Haute
  45 foundations · $8.7 million
• Bloomington
  20 foundations · $8.6 million
• Granger
  10 foundations · $7.2 million
• Jeffersonville
  19 foundations · $6.7 million
• Fishers
  23 foundations · $5.8 million
• Warsaw
  10 foundations · $4.8 million
• Zionsville
  18 foundations · $4.8 million
• Munster
  5 foundations · $3.9 million
• Lafayette
  18 foundations · $3.4 million
• Jasper
  31 foundations · $3.0 million
• Westfield
  10 foundations · $2.5 million
• Elkhart
  11 foundations · $2.0 million
• Michigan City
  14 foundations · $1.7 million
• Greenwood
  9 foundations · $1.6 million
• Avon
  6 foundations · $1.3 million
• Richmond
  9 foundations · $1.3 million
• Syracuse
  5 foundations · $1.0 million
• West Lafayette
  8 foundations · $944,246
• Seymour
  7 foundations · $844,386
• Batesville
  5 foundations · $766,683
• North Manchester
  7 foundations · $695,360
• Newburgh
  6 foundations · $520,117
• Franklin
  7 foundations · $485,699
• Noblesville
  14 foundations · $483,936
• Crown Point
  9 foundations · $480,625
• Greenfield
  11 foundations · $159,598
• Monterey
  5 foundations · $120,077

Indiana foundations that accept applications

• Lilly Endowment Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.9 billion a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $30.2 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Education
• Elevance Health Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $28.5 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Health
• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $22.7 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $21.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness
• Jean and Bernas Downing Charitable Trust · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $16.9 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Food and hunger
• Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $16.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Arts and culture
• Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $123,062 · Youth programs
• John W Anderson Foundation · Valparaiso
  Accepts applications $13.2 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Youth programs
• Surack Family Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $13.0 million a year · typical grant $7,778 · Education
• Dekko Foundation Inc · Kendallville
  Accepts applications $12.2 million a year · typical grant $12.2 million
• Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · South Bend
  Accepts applications $11.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• The James Foundation Inc · Auburn
  Accepts applications $8.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation
• Ball Brothers Foundation · Muncie
  Accepts applications $8.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation
• 8020 Foundation Trust · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Education
• Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc · La Porte
  Accepts applications $8.0 million a year · typical grant $8.0 million
• Foellinger Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $6.9 million a year · typical grant $6.9 million
• David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $6.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Carmel
  Accepts applications $6.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Smith Family Foundation Inc · Carmel
  Accepts applications $6.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Bethany Legacy Foundation Inc · Madison
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $67,500 · Youth programs
• George and Frances Ball Foundation · Muncie
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Samerian Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation Inc Aka K21 Health Foundation · Winona Lake
  Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $24,004 · Health
• Zimmer Biomet Foundation Inc · Warsaw
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Evansville
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $4,760 · Education
• The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $31,250 · Health
• The Clowes Fund Incorporated · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $3.1 million
• James W & Betty Dye Foundation Inc · Munster
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $3.1 million · Education
• White Oak Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $37,500 · Community development
• Edmund F and Virginia B Ball Foundation Inc · Muncie
  Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education
• Von Tobel Foundation Inc · Valparaiso
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · International
• RJS Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $3,178 · Housing and homelessness
• Gaither Charitable Foundation Inc · Alexandria
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Raymond Foundation Inc · Bloomington
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $162,500 · Education
• Jasteka Foundation · Jeffersonville
  Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Healthcare Foundation of Miami County Inc · Peru
  Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• JD Finish Line Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Food and hunger
• Foundations of East Chicago Inc · East Chicago
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $1.8 million
• Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Boren Foundation Inc · Upland
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $16,255 · Environment and conservation
• Round Room Gives Inc · Fishers
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $3,452 · Youth programs
• Kendrick Foundation Inc · Mooresville
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $12,258 · Youth programs
• The Albert G and Grace Hahn Educational Foundation of the Indiana Hospital Assoc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health
• Brotherhood Mutual Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• Olive B Cole Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Lincoln Legacy Foundation Inc · Plainfield
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $39,104 · Community development
• McMillen Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $45,000 · Arts and culture
• Paul Ogle Foundation Inc · Jeffersonville
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• Ruxer Foundation Inc · Jasper
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $2,250 · Community development

Largest foundations in Indiana

• Lilly Endowment Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.9 billion a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Dean & Barbara White Family Foundation Inc · Merrillville
  Preselected only $71.8 million a year · typical grant $777,742 · Education
• The Cummins Foundation Inc · Columbus
  Preselected only $42.9 million a year · typical grant $43.6 million
• Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $30.2 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Education
• Eli Lilly and Company Foundation · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $29.1 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Elevance Health Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $28.5 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Health
• Pierre F & Enid Goodrich Foundation · Carmel
  Preselected only $24.3 million a year · typical grant $24.3 million
• Endless Success Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $23.6 million a year · typical grant $16.0 million
• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $22.7 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $21.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness
• Jean and Bernas Downing Charitable Trust · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $16.9 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Food and hunger
• Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $16.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Arts and culture
• Deborah Joy Simon Charitable Foundation · Carmel
  Preselected only $16.4 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million · Education
• Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $123,062 · Youth programs
• Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $14.3 million a year · typical grant $5,647 · Education
• Herbert Simon Family Foundation · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $13.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• John W Anderson Foundation · Valparaiso
  Accepts applications $13.2 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Youth programs
• Surack Family Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $13.0 million a year · typical grant $7,778 · Education
• Dekko Foundation Inc · Kendallville
  Accepts applications $12.2 million a year · typical grant $12.2 million
• Asante Foundation Inc · South Bend
  Preselected only $11.8 million a year · typical grant $110,000 · Human services
• Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · South Bend
  Accepts applications $11.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Indiana University Health Morgan Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $11.1 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The James Foundation Inc · Auburn
  Accepts applications $8.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation
• Ball Brothers Foundation · Muncie
  Accepts applications $8.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation
• Regenstrief Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $8.2 million a year · typical grant $707,789 · Health
• 8020 Foundation Trust · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Education
• Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc · La Porte
  Accepts applications $8.0 million a year · typical grant $8.0 million
• University Obstetricians-Gynecologists Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $7.8 million a year · typical grant $7.8 million · Health
• Walther Cancer Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $7.5 million a year · typical grant $7.5 million
• Foellinger Foundation Inc · Fort Wayne
  Accepts applications $6.9 million a year · typical grant $6.9 million
• David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $6.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Carmel
  Accepts applications $6.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Smith Family Foundation Inc · Carmel
  Accepts applications $6.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Sam Shine Foundation Inc · Greenville
  Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $40,250 · Education
• Bethany Legacy Foundation Inc · Madison
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $67,500 · Youth programs
• Thrush-Thompson Foundation Inc · McCordsville
  Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Faith communities
• George and Frances Ball Foundation · Muncie
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Old National Bank Foundation Inc · Evansville
  Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $5.0 million
• Samerian Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation Inc Aka K21 Health Foundation · Winona Lake
  Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $24,004 · Health
• Aceso Foundation Inc · Bloomington
  Preselected only $4.6 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Animals
• Marten Charitable Foundation Corporation · Carmel
  Preselected only $4.5 million a year · typical grant $4.5 million · Education
• The June E Enoch Foundation · Evansville
  Preselected only $4.1 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Arts and culture
• Zimmer Biomet Foundation Inc · Warsaw
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Evansville
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $4,760 · Education
• Koch Foundation Inc · Evansville
  $4.0 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The Drexel Fund · South Bend
  Preselected only $3.7 million a year · typical grant $56,000 · Education
• The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis Inc · Indianapolis
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $31,250 · Health
• Arthur Dean Family Foundation Inc · Indianapolis
  Preselected only $3.7 million a year · typical grant $70,000 · Youth programs
• Blue Sky Foundation Inc · New Albany
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Faith communities

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