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Who funds The Indianapolis Foundation?

Indianapolis, Indiana · EIN 454618430

11 private foundations reported grants to The Indianapolis Foundation in Indianapolis, Indiana totaling $17.6 million across 14 grants in tax years 2024 to 2025. The largest funder was Lilly Endowment Inc, with $15.1 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of The Indianapolis Foundation that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like The Indianapolis Foundation's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund The Indianapolis Foundation

All 11 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Lilly Endowment Inc
Indiana · 2025 · accepts applications
Indiana community fdn init-gift2$15.1 million
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Indiana · 2024
Support of charitable efforts to address homelessness in indianapolis2$1.1 million
The McKnight Foundation
Minnesota · 2024 · accepts applications
to seed a collaboration of local and national foundations in Indiana to support strategies and policies at the intersection of environmental justice, federal funding implementation, and democracy1$500,000
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York · 2025
In support of underserved small business expansion1$450,000
McKinney Family Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2024
To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential.1$100,000
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc
Indiana · 2024 · accepts applications
To support The Indianapolis Foundation's Center for Racial Equity and Economic Opportunity initiative.1$100,000
Elanco Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2025 · accepts applications
Housing to recovery fund1$100,000
The Patricia Schaefer Foundation Tr
Indiana · 2024
Grantmaking2$100,000
M Morgan Trust for Indpls Fdn
Illinois · 2025
General1$43,924
Meyer S Efroymson Trust
Pennsylvania · 2024
General support1$15,906
Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation
Indiana · 2024 · accepts applications
Support program1$1,000

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds The Indianapolis Foundation?

Lilly Endowment Inc, Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation and McKinney Family Foundation Inc, and 6 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does The Indianapolis Foundation get from foundations?

$17.6 million in 14 reported grants from 11 private foundations in tax years 2024 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Lilly Endowment Inc, The McKnight Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, Elanco Foundation Inc and Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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