Funding search · EIN 203523866 · Indianapolis, IN

The Semler Family Foundation

Name: The Semler Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

147
grants reported: $426,450
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Indiana Repertory Theatre4 grants · $46,000
Connor Prairie4 grants · $40,000
Marian University3 grants · $37,700
500 Festival Foundation3 grants · $31,000
United Catholic Appeal (Arch of Indianapolis)2 grants · $27,500
Guerin Catholic High School3 grants · $20,000
Cld Worldwide2 grants · $20,000
Providence Cristo Rey High School-Grant4 grants · $16,100
Holy Angels2 grants · $15,500
Indiana Historical Society4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$132,650

2022

$97,700

2023

$95,000

2024

$101,100

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 147 grants.

$20,400
Marian University · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General fund
$15,000
United Catholic Appeal (Arch of Indianapolis) · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$13,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$13,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$12,500
United Catholic Appeal (Arch of Indianapolis) · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Indiana Historical Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$11,000
500 Festival Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$10,800
Marian University · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Bishop Chatard High School · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Connor Prairie · Fishers, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
500 Festival Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Cld Worldwide · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Connor Prairie · Fishers, IN · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$10,000
500 Festival Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Cld Worldwide · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Connor Prairie · Fishers, IN · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Guerin Catholic High School · Noblesville, IN · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Connor Prairie · Fishers, IN · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Purdue University Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2025
General fund
$7,500
Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2024
General fund
$7,400
Gleaners Food Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Marian University · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Davison project/gala/helping hands
$6,000
St Meinrad · St Meinred, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,600
Crossroads of America Council · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$5,600
Seeds of Hope · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$5,300
Providence Cristo Rey High School-Grant · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$5,200
Providence Cristo Rey High School-Grant · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$5,200
Providence Cristo Rey High School-Grant · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$5,200
Riley Childrens Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Guerin Catholic High School · Noblesville, IN · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Guerin Catholic High School · Noblesville, IN · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Mdrt · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Ato Foundation (Ga Ross Fund) · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Boyscouts Crossroads of America Gov Lunch · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Indianapolis Zoo · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Mdrt · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
St Mary'S Catholic Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$4,100
Sisters of St Francis · Oldenburg, IN · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Hoosier Art Salon · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$3,500
Hoosier Art Salon · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$2,900
Center for Leadership Development · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General fund
$2,700
Riley Childrens Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$2,500
The Central Indiana Police Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General fund
$2,500
Sagamore Institute · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Crossroads of America Council · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Sagamore Institute · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General fund
$2,300
Hospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Lake Maxinkuckee Association · Culver, IN · 2025
Program support (fireworks)
$2,000
Antiquarian Historical Society · Culver, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,800
Crossroads of America Council · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Gleaners Food Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,200
Riley Childrens Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Gleaners Food Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Indiana Historical Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Little Sisters of the Poor · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Merciful Help Center-Grant · Carmel, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Purdue University Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Sagamore Institute · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Sisters of St Francis · Oldenburg, IN · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Archdiocese of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Boy Scout Troop 131 · Bolingbrook, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hoosier Art Salon · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Lake Max Enviromental Fund · Culver, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Lake Maxinkuckee Association · Culver, IN · 2024
Program support (fireworks)
$1,000
Purdue University Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Program support
$1,000
The Central Indiana Police Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Archdiocese of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Catholic Relief Services Usccb · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Gleaners Food Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Lake Max Enviromental Fund · Culver, IN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Lake Maxinkuckee Association · Culver, IN · 2023
Program support (fireworks)
$1,000
Winged Victory Fund · Carmel, IN · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Archdiocese of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Christel House · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Culver Boys & Girls Club · Culver, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Impact International · Plantation, FL · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Lake Maxinkuckee Association · Culver, IN · 2022
Program support (fireworks)
$1,000
Little Sisters of the Poor · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Lmec · Culver, IN · 2022
Program support
$750
Lake Max Enviromental Fund · Culver, IN · 2022
Program support
$600
Boy Scout Troop 131 · Bolingbrook, IL · 2025
General fund
$600
Merciful Help Center-Grant · Carmel, IN · 2022
Program support
$600
Seeds of Hope · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$500
Indiana Historical Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$500
Indiana Historical Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program support
$400
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2025
General fund
$400
Francine'S Friends (Ff Mammography) · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
General fund
$400
Hear Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$400
Indiana Golf Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$400
K9 for Warriors · Ponte Verda, FL · 2025
Program support
$400
Providence Cristo Rey High School-Grant · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$300
Crossroads of America Council · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Program support
$200
Children'S Flight of Hope · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General fund
$200
Franciscan Health Foundation · Mishawaka, IN · 2025
General fund

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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.