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12 funders with a record of paying for “indy”
Where the money went Lilly Endowment Inc → City of Indianapolis-Parks&rec Dept: $72M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Friends of Indy Animals: $3.2M across 8 grants, latest 2024 City Fund → Education United Indy Inc Dba Rise United: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc → Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation Inc: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Urban League Inc → Indy Black Chamber of Commerce Inc: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Groundwork Indy: $845K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce: $550K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundatio: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Nations Development Institute → Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indi: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial → Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Dba Indy Chamber: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Indy Pride Inc: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Battery Innovation Center Institute: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc → Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023 City Fund → Great Public Schools for Indy Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation Inc: $467K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Indy Reads: $453K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Indy Public Safety Foundation Inc: $384K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Urban League Inc → She Event Indy: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Indy Reads: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2024 First Nations Development Institute → Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indi: $85K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial → Indy Hunger Network: $80K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Innopower Indy Inc: $38K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Indy Gateway Inc: $16K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indy Hunger Network: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024 City Fund → Great Public Schools for Indy Dba Rise Indy: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Marion County Commission On Youth: $381K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Child Care Answers of Central Indiana: $355K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Urban League Inc → Thrival Academy Indy LLC: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc → Teach Indy: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Humane Society of Indianapolis Aka Indy Humane: $163K across 2 grants, latest 2024 First Nations Development Institute → Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indi: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial → Indianapolis Parks Foundation Inc: $39K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Indy Reads: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Indy Back Pack Attack: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → She Event Indy: $352K across 3 grants, latest 2024 City Fund → Great Public Schools for Indy Inc Dba Rise Indy: $330K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Edna Martin Christian Center Inc: $325K across 1 grant, latest 2024 City Fund → Great Public Schools for Indy: $277K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Patchwork Indy Inc: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Thrival Academy Indy Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Employindy: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity: $195K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Inc: $192K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc: $191K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Groundwork Indy: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Indy Reads: $177K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Education United Indy Inc: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Gr Indy: $152K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc → Kipp Indy Public Schools: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Indy Neighborhood Cats: $135K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Urban League Inc → Education United Indy Inc: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Indianapolis Foundation Inc → Proact Indy: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Proact Indy: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Girls Incorporated of Indianapolis Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation → Indianapolis Downtown Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Growing Places Indy: $89K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Groundwork Indy Inc: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indy Hub Foundation Inc: $84K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc → Employindy: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust → Groundwork Indy: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc → Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lilly Endowment Inc: $75M on this topic. Open the funder. Lilly Endowment Inc $75M Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable… $3.9M The Indianapolis Foundation Inc: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Indianapolis Foundation I… $2.7M City Fund: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. City Fund $2.6M Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Central Indiana Community Fou… $2.5M Eli Lilly and Company Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Eli Lilly and Company Foundat… $2.1M Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Richard M Fairbanks Foundatio… $2.0M National Urban League Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. National Urban League Inc $1.6M Lumina Foundation for Education Inc: $613K on this topic. Open the funder. Lumina Foundation for Educati… $613K First Nations Development Institute: $410K on this topic. Open the funder. First Nations Development Ins… $410K Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial: $204K on this topic. Open the funder. Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial $204K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $60K City of Indianapolis-Parks&rec Dept: received $72M on this topic City of Indianapolis-Parks&rec… $72M Friends of Indy Animals: received $3.2M on this topic Friends of Indy Animals $3.2M Battery Innovation Center Institute: received $1.5M on this topic Battery Innovation Center Insti… $1.5M Groundwork Indy: received $1.1M on this topic Groundwork Indy $1.1M Indy Hunger Network: received $1.1M on this topic Indy Hunger Network $1.1M Education United Indy Inc Dba Rise United: received $1.1M on this topic Education United Indy Inc Dba R… $1.1M Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation Inc: received $1.0M on this topic Central Indiana Corporate Partn… $1.0M Indy Black Chamber of Commerce Inc: received $1.0M on this topic Indy Black Chamber of Commerce… $1.0M Indy Reads: received $885K on this topic Indy Reads $885K Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc: received $700K on this topic Greater Indianapolis Chamber of… $700K Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: received $600K on this topic Indianapolis Chamber of Commerc… $600K Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce: received $550K on this topic Greater Indianapolis Chamber of… $550K Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundatio: received $500K on this topic Greater Indianapolis Chamber of… $500K Great Public Schools for Indy Inc: received $500K on this topic Great Public Schools for Indy I… $500K Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation Inc: received $467K on this topic Central Indiana Corporate Partn… $467K Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: received $400K on this topic Indianapolis Chamber of Commerc… $400K Great Public Schools for Indy Dba Rise Indy: received $400K on this topic Great Public Schools for Indy D… $400K Indy Public Safety Foundation Inc: received $384K on this topic Indy Public Safety Foundation I… $384K Marion County Commission On Youth: received $381K on this topic Marion County Commission On You… $381K Child Care Answers of Central Indiana: received $355K on this topic Child Care Answers of Central I… $355K She Event Indy: received $352K on this topic She Event Indy $352K Great Public Schools for Indy Inc Dba Rise Indy: received $330K on this topic Great Public Schools for Indy I… $330K Edna Martin Christian Center Inc: received $325K on this topic Edna Martin Christian Center Inc $325K Employindy: received $306K on this topic Employindy $306K Education United Indy Inc: received $300K on this topic Education United Indy Inc $300K Great Public Schools for Indy: received $277K on this topic Great Public Schools for Indy $277K Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indi: received $250K on this topic Affiliated Tribes of Northwest… $250K She Event Indy: received $250K on this topic She Event Indy $250K Patchwork Indy Inc: received $250K on this topic Patchwork Indy Inc $250K Thrival Academy Indy Inc: received $250K on this topic Thrival Academy Indy Inc $250K Proact Indy: received $205K on this topic Proact Indy $205K Thrival Academy Indy LLC: received $200K on this topic Thrival Academy Indy LLC $200K Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity: received $195K on this topic Greater Indy Habitat for Humani… $195K Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Inc: received $192K on this topic Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Inc $192K Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc: received $191K on this topic Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc $191K Teach Indy: received $175K on this topic Teach Indy $175K Humane Society of Indianapolis Aka Indy Humane: received $163K on this topic Humane Society of Indianapolis… $163K United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Gr Indy: received $152K on this topic United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of… $152K Kipp Indy Public Schools: received $140K on this topic Kipp Indy Public Schools $140K Indy Neighborhood Cats: received $135K on this topic Indy Neighborhood Cats $135K Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation: received $100K on this topic Greater Indianapolis Chamber of… $100K Girls Incorporated of Indianapolis Inc: received $100K on this topic Girls Incorporated of Indianapo… $100K Indianapolis Downtown Inc: received $100K on this topic Indianapolis Downtown Inc $100K Growing Places Indy: received $89K on this topic Growing Places Indy $89K Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation Dba Indy Chamber: received $85K on this topic Greater Indianapolis Chamber of… $85K Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indi: received $85K on this topic Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono… $85K Groundwork Indy Inc: received $85K on this topic Groundwork Indy Inc $85K Indy Hub Foundation Inc: received $84K on this topic Indy Hub Foundation Inc $84K Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indi: received $75K on this topic Shingle Springs Band of Miwok I… $75K Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc: received $75K on this topic Urban Legacy Lands Initiative I… $75K Indianapolis Parks Foundation Inc: received $39K on this topic Indianapolis Parks Foundation I… $39K Innopower Indy Inc: received $38K on this topic Innopower Indy Inc $38K Indy Pride Inc: received $36K on this topic Indy Pride Inc $36K Indy Gateway Inc: received $16K on this topic Indy Gateway Inc $16K Indy Back Pack Attack: received $9K on this topic Indy Back Pack Attack $9K 12 funders, 55 recipients, grants matching “indy” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $5,000 to TEACH INDY INC — 2026 teach indy conference sponsrshp
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Largest: $500,000 to Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundatio — accelerate indy
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Largest: $186,793 to SHE Event Indy — she event indy seeds for growth
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Largest: $25,000 to Friends of Indy Animals — general operating support to protect and save indy's most vulnerable animals.
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Largest: $250,000 to Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce — to support the indy chamber's accelerate indy regional strategy for economic growth in central indiana.
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Largest: $20,000 to GREATER INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION DBA INDY CHAMBER — business equity for indy
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Largest: $466,667 to CENTRAL INDIANA CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — ascend indiana/business equity for indy
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Largest: $80,700 to EmployIndy — indy achieves 21st century scholar support
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Largest: $15,000 to GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY INC DBA RISE INDY — fy24 - sustained leadership grant - great public schools for indy
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Largest: $500,000 to INDY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — direct grants to small businesses
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Largest: $25,000 to INDY PRIDE INC — program support
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Largest: $112,000 to AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST INDI — economic development
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