FundersIndiana

Indiana Foundations Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 71 foundations are based in Indiana and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

71foundations in this range
$549.5Mgranted between them
3,563funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Lumina Foundation for Education IncIndianapolis$15,000571$176.8M
Nicholas H Noyes JR MemorialCarmel$6,600256$14.9M
Jd Finish Line Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,000202$8.2M
John W Anderson FoundationValparaiso$15,000194$52.6M
Hoover Family FoundationIndianapolis$8,000165$2.3M
Surack Family Foundation IncFort Wayne$12,500111$44.8M
Robert & Toni Bader CharitableIndianapolis$10,000102$1.5M
Samerian Foundation IncIndianapolis$5,00092$19.3M
Christel Dehaan Family Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,00089$60.1M
The Smithville Charitable Foundation IncEllettsville$10,00084$3.9M
M E Raker Foundation IncFort Wayne$7,50070$1.9M
Kosciusko 21ST Century Foundation IncWinona Lake$17,24668$15.0M
Zimmer Biomet Foundation IncWarsaw$10,00068$18.2M
Do It Best Foundation IncFort Wayne$5,00062$1.2M
Olive B Cole Foundation IncFort Wayne$13,25056$5.1M
Arthur Jordan FoundationCarmel$5,00055$2.0M
Oneamerica Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,00053$2.9M
Boren Foundation IncUpland$15,00047$3.5M
William E Schmidt Foundation IncEvansville$6,00045$2.1M
Bill Simpson Foundation IncBrownsburg$10,00043$1.2M
The Ackerman FoundationIndianapolis$10,00041$2.5M
The Forest Fund IncIndianapolis$10,00039$1.1M
The Dr Dane & Mary Louise MillerWinona Lake$10,00039$4.5M
Buck FoundationEvansville$15,00037$2.0M
William C Meier Foundation ImaCarmel$5,00034$517K
Jasteka FoundationJeffersonville$5,00033$7.5M
C Richard Johnson & Verna LouiseBoonville$5,00032$1.8M
Tim and Libby Ash Family Foundation IncFort Wayne$5,00031$3.2M
The Leep Foundation IncMishawaka$24,00030$3.7M
Clarence E Custer and Inez R CusterColumbus$5,00030$1.4M
White Oak Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,00030$7.4M
Elizabeth Ruddick Nugent FoundationColumbus$8,00030$1.8M
The West Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,00029$1.0M
The Health Foundation of GreaterIndianapolis$23,00028$9.1M
Flowers Family Foundation IncBloomington$10,00028$1.3M
Cornelius Family Foundation IncZionsville$10,00027$6.0M
The Donald F Wood and Darlene MSpencerville$15,00026$2.3M
Von Tobel Foundation IncValparaiso$10,00026$11.3M
O'rourke Schof Family FoundationFort Wayne$10,00026$905K
Larry J and Dinah M Bird FamilyTerre Haute$5,00026$665K
Mary C & Perry F Spencer FdnFort Wayne$10,00025$945K
Hulman & Company Foundation IncIndianapolis$20,00025$1.5M
Clara Fairbanks Foundation IncTerre Haute$5,00025$468K
Merchants Foundation IncCarmel$5,00025$553K
Sherman and Marjorie ZeiglerMuncie$15,00023$3.0M
Thompson Thrift Foundation IncTerre Haute$7,00023$1.6M
David P Sheetz FoundationIndianapolis$15,00022$3.0M
Elba L and Gene Portteus Branigin FoundationFranklin$9,00021$1.2M
Irions Foundation IncElkhart$10,00020$1.8M
Rjs Foundation IncIndianapolis$5,25019$5.1M
The Klapper Family Foundation IncIndianapolis$10,50018$2.4M
Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer FoundationMuncie$20,00017$1.8M
Baldwin Foundation Xxx-Xx-XxxxEvansville$6,00017$442K
The Winchester FoundationWinchester$5,00016$545K
Adl Charitable TrustZionsville$7,50016$1.3M
Fenneman Family Foundation IncMartinsville$10,00016$1.0M
The Green Family Charitable FndGreenwood$17,78815$1.8M
The Swisher Foundation Inc Co Jeffrey BodkinIndianapolis$11,00015$862K
Kevin and Pamela Kelly FamilyFort Wayne$5,00014$484K
Arthur and Gesena Griffin TrustNorth Manchester$5,00014$595K
Larry Paul Fleschner CharitableTerre Haute$10,00013$483K
Vevay Switzerland County Foundation IncVevay$6,25012$715K
Rmsm Fdn Xxx-Xx-XxxxEvansville$5,00012$200K
Indiana Chemical Trust Tr Ua-Fdt 320006018Evansville$10,00012$2.3M
Shaw-Burckhardt-Brenner FoundationIndianapolis$5,00011$192K
Robert & Helen Haddad FoundationColumbus$5,00011$751K
William a & Marth H HillenbrandBatesville$13,93711$986K
Healthcare Foundation of MiamiPeru$10,76410$4.0M
The Brougher Family Foundation IncIndianapolis$5,00010$162K
Shein Charitable TrustSouth Bend$19,50010$1.1M
Garatoni-Smith Scholarship CorporationMishawaka$10,00010$416K

Other grant sizes in Indiana

Under $5,000Foundations in Indiana

Grantmaking Charities report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Schedule I only requires listing recipients paid over $5,000, so a Schedule I filer's median runs higher than a private foundation's would for the same underlying giving. See grantmaking charities in the same range anyway.

New Indiana foundations, as they file

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