Funding search · EIN 843388298 · Indianapolis, IN

Blue Heron Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

45
grants reported
$559,130
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Isaiah 117 House4 grants · $134,100
  • Star Guides Foundation1 grant · $68,000
  • Lasting Change2 grants · $57,147
  • Girls Inc of Indianapolis2 grants · $55,000
  • Chatard Annual Fund3 grants · $42,100
  • Bishop Chatard High School1 grant · $33,600
  • Indianapolis Children'S Museum2 grants · $30,000
  • The Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation1 grant · $25,000
  • Institute for Affordable Transportation Inc (Buv)2 grants · $19,000
  • Trinity Haven3 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$107,300
2022
$125,197
2023
$187,728
2024
$138,905
2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

  • $68,000

    Star Guides Foundation · St George, UT · 2024

    General support

  • $61,000

    Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethtown, TN · 2023

    General support

  • $60,500

    Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethtown, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Girls Inc of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $33,600

    Bishop Chatard High School · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $28,647

    Lasting Change · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $28,500

    Lasting Change · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chatard Annual Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Girls Inc of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $15,025

    People for Bikes · Boulder, CO · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Indianapolis Children'S Museum · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Indianapolis Children'S Museum · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $12,000

    Chatard Annual Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $10,500

    Outreach Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Trinity Haven · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Wildwood Running · Portland, OR · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Institute for Affordable Transportation Inc (Buv) · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $9,000

    Institute for Affordable Transportation Inc (Buv) · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $6,600

    Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethtown, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $6,000

    Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethtown, TN · 2025

    General support

  • $5,100

    Chatard Annual Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Damien Center · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Southeast Community Services · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County · Bloomington, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Outreach Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Trinity Haven · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $3,600

    Immaculate Heart of Mary Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $3,600

    Immaculate Heart of Mary Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $3,600

    Immaculate Heart of Mary Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $3,300

    Immaculate Heart of Mary Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Trinity Haven · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $2,430

    Bahati Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,250

    Donation To Leuk&Lymphoma Society · Carmel, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $528

    Indiana Donor Network · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Daughters of Charity Inc (St L University) · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Isf Foundation (Indiana State Fair) · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Terre Haute South Athletic Booster Club · Terre Haute, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Alzheimer'S Association Walk · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Lake Lemon Conservancy District · Unionville, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Meridian Kessler Neighborhood Association · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $250

    Ability Experience Gear Up Florida · Charlotte, NC · 2025

    General support

  • $250

    Lake Lemon Conservancy District · Unionville, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $250

    Humane Society of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $100

    St Baldrick'S Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2023

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.