Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Indiana

1,491
foundations
$5.24B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
404
say they accept unsolicited
$7,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,491 foundations based in Indiana — 1,315 private foundations and 176 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $5.24 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 404 of them (27%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Indianapolis (240), Evansville (218) and Fort Wayne (92).

404 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Indiana.

Top 25 of 1,491 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 379 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Indiana
Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN$50,000$3.86B$50–$400MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Elevance Health Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$100,000$33.4M$6,360–$4.6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lumina Foundation for Education IncIndianapolis, IN$12,500$30M$500–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable TrustIndianapolis, IN$35,000$22.7M$100–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eugene & Marilyn Glick FoundationIndianapolis, IN$2,500$21.3M$250–$17.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jean and Bernas DowningIndianapolis, IN$1.3M$16.9M$20,000–$10.5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000$16.5M$500–$4.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$121,125$15.8M$5,000–$4.1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
John W Anderson FoundationValparaiso, IN$15,000$14M$1,000–$4.6MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dekko Foundation IncKendallville, IN$11.7M$12.2M$11.3M–$12.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
8020 Foundation TrustFort Wayne, IN$27,500$8.9M$1,500–$778,760FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The James Foundation IncAuburn, IN$7,500$8.9M$500–$3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ball Brothers FoundationMuncie, IN$20,000$8.3M$1,500–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Healthcare Foundation of La Porte IncLa Porte, IN$8M$8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Surack Family Foundation IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000$7.4M$200–$4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Foellinger Foundation IncFort Wayne, IN$7.2M$6.9M$6.9M–$7.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Judd Leighton Foundation IncSouth Bend, IN$50,000$6.7M$160–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Nicholas H Noyes Jr MemorialCarmel, IN$10,000$6.4M$1,000–$300,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Smith Family Foundation IncCarmel, IN$50,000$6.3M$5,000–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
David E Simon & Jacqueline S SimonIndianapolis, IN$100,000$5.7M$500–$2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bethany Legacy Foundation IncMadison, IN$67,500$5M$50–$875,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
George and Frances Ball FoundationMuncie, IN$40,000$5M$3,000–$1.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Samerian Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$5,000$4.9M$1,000–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation IncWinona Lake, IN$24,004$4.8M$1,710–$639,297FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Zimmer Biomet Foundation IncWarsaw, IN$27,500$4M$500–$2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.