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Fulner Family Foundation Inc

Indianapolis, IN · EIN 31-1240697. Reported 76 grants totalling $785,238 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$237median grant
$785,238granted, 2021-2024
67organizations funded
30%of grantees funded again the next year
$668,052assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Fulner Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $237. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $1,500; the smallest was $40 and the largest $675,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
52 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
11 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Cathloic Arch DioceseIndianapolis, IN$675,000112024
Catholic Community FoundationIndianapolis, IN$25,128222022
Little Sisters of the PoorIndianapolis, IN$17,500442024
Conner Prairie MuseumIndianapolis, IN$15,000222023
Tamarindo FdnIndianapolis, IN$13,500332024
Conquer Paralysis NowLas Vegas, NV$7,500222024
St Jude Childrens HospMemphis, TN$6,350222022
St JudeMemphis, TN$5,000112024
Gennesaret Free ClinicIndianapolis, IN$2,000112023
St Pius ChurchIndianapolis, IN$2,000112022
College of Mt St VincentRiverdale, NY$1,500112021
Indianapolis Public LibraryIndianapolis, IN$1,500112024
United Catholic AppealIndianapolis, IN$1,500112021
Christ the KingIndianapolis, IN$1,000112023
Indy Jazz FoundationIndianapolis, IN$1,000112022
Christel House AcademyIndianapolis, IN$500112022
Oblate Sisters of St FrancisChilds, MD$500112021
Options EduChicago, IL$500112022
Reach and TeachIndianapolis, IN$500112022
America Needs FatimaHanover, PA$400112021
Mercy ShipsLindale, TX$400112021
Salvation ArmyIndianapolis, IN$400112021
St Joseph's Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$400112021
Catholic ExtensionChicago, IL$300112021
Dominican Sisters of MaryAnn Arbor, MI$300112021
Food for the PoorCoconut Ck, FL$300112021
St Elizabeth Ann SetonCarmel, IN$300112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$300112021
St Jude the ApostleManchester, NH$275112021
Catholic Medical Mission BoardNew York, NY$200112021
Mercy HomeChicago, IL$200112021
National Shrine for St JudeChicago, IL$200112021
Sacred Heart Southern MissionsWalls, MS$200112021
Salesian MissionNew Rochelle, NY$200112021
Shrine of St PeterNew York, NY$200112021
Feed the HungrySouth Bend, IN$190112021
Benedictine Mission HouseGreenbelt, MD$150112021
Family Research CouncilWashington, DC$150112021
Mission Sisters of St JosephPhiladelphia, PA$150112021
Seton ShrineEmmitsburg, MD$150112021
St Johns ChurchIndianapolis, IN$150112021
St Bonaventre Indian MissionThoreau, NM$125112021
Assoc of the Miraculous MedalPerryville, MO$100112021
Boys and Girls ClubsAtlanta, GA$100112021
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$100112021
CrsBaltimore, MD$100112021
Edmundite MissionsSelma, AL$100112021
Gleaners Food BankIndianapolis, IN$100112021
Heartbeat IntlColumbus, OH$100112021
League of St AnthonyMt Calvary, WI$100112021
Marianist MissionBeavercreek, OH$100112021
Mercy CorpsBoone, IA$100112021
Operation SmileVirginia Beach, VA$100112021
Project HopeHagerstown, MD$100112021
Rosary Shrine of St JudeWashington, DC$100112021
SoarRockville, MD$100112021
St Mary's MissionRed Lake, MN$100112021
Students for LifeFredericksburg, VA$100112021
USOWashington, DC$100112021
St Anthony GuildNew York, NY$80112021
CareMerrifield, VA$50112021
Intl Catholic MitigationNew York, NY$50112021
MDAChicago, IL$50112021
Operation HomefrontSan Antonio, TX$50112021
Special OlympicsWashington, DC$50112021
US Deputy Sheriff's AssocWichita, KS$50112021
Forty Days for LifeBryan, TX$40112021

6 of 67 (9%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 30%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 18 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
4 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Education
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Religion
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202154$34,174$150
202210$29,064$1,000
20236$30,500$5,000
20246$691,500$3,750

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Indiana
$757K
Tennessee
$11K
Nevada
$8K
New York
$2K
Illinois
$1K
Maryland
$1K
Pennsylvania
$550
Texas
$490

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust13 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program13 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation12 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $237. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Fulner Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 7210 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-1240697 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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