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The Health Foundation of Greater

Indianapolis, IN · EIN 35-6203550. Reported 135 grants totalling $9,055,714 to 60 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$23,000median grant
$9,055,714granted, 2021-2024
60recipients, as named on its returns
72%of grantees funded again the next year
$10.7Massets, 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. The Health Foundation of Greater 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 $23,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $9,000 and $59,167; the smallest was $25 and the largest $658,283. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
19 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
33 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
25 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
21 grants
$100,000 and Up
20 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Damien CenterIndianapolis, IN$1,520,501442024
AmericorpsIndianapolis, IN$1,142,915332023
ALMOST4MINDSIndianapolis, IN$955,664442024
Iu Health Positive LinkBloomington, IN$908,429442024
Step-Up IncIndianapolis, IN$587,076442024
Ne in Positive Resource ConnectionFort Wayne, IN$380,184442024
Matthew 25Henderson, KY$306,435222024
Aspire IndianaNoblesville, IN$259,142442024
Imani and Unidad IncSouth Bend, IN$253,982442024
Brothers United Dba Bu WellnessIndianapolis, IN$246,610332024
Eskenazi Health FoundationIndianapolis, IN$245,958442024
Lifecare of Indiana University HealthIndianapolis, IN$227,805442024
Refresh (F5)Austin, IN$180,441332024
AIDS Ministriesaids AssistSouth Bend, IN$174,183442024
Indiana Primary Healthcare AssociationIndianapolis, IN$159,167442024
Health Care Education & TrainingIndianapolis, IN$150,000112023
Lifespring IncJeffersonville, IN$114,927222024
Healthlinc IncValparaiso, IN$109,453222024
Shalom Healthcare CenterIndianapolis, IN$102,000442024
Monroe County Health DepartmentBloomington, IN$100,000442024
Indiana Recovery AllianceBloomington, IN$99,577222024
Community HealthnetGary, IN$82,890332024
Connection CafeConnersville, IN$81,485112024
Fayette County Connection CafeConnersville, IN$61,144222023
Indiana University Health BloomingtonBloomington, IN$61,127332023
Tippecanoe County Health DepartmentLafayette, IN$54,000442024
Clark County Health DepartmentJeffersonville, IN$52,000442024
Aliveness Project of Nw IndianaMerrillville, IN$50,411332024
Bu WellnessIndianapolis, IN$50,000112021
Trans SolutionsIndianapolis, IN$48,000222024
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis, IN$29,000112021
AIDS Resource Group of EvansvilleEvansville, IN$26,560442024
Concord Center AssociationIndianapolis, IN$20,875442024
Child Advocates IncIndianapolis, IN$20,000222022
Indiana AIDS FundIndianapolis, IN$18,996112024
Family Services & Prevention ProgramShelbyville, IN$16,500112021
Indiana University ResearchDetroit, MI$16,000112023
AIDS Taskforce of Laporte and Porter CountiesMerrillville, IN$15,000112023
Brothers UnitedIndianapolis, IN$15,000112021
National Coalition Std DirectoryPhiladelphia, PA$13,984112023
Iu School of DentistryIndianapolis, IN$10,000112024
Minority Health CoalitionIndianapolis, IN$10,000222024
Mosaic Health and HealingGoshen, IN$10,000112021
ShiphappensKokomo, IN$10,000112023
Gennesaret Free ClinicsIndianapolis, IN$9,410222024
Indiana History CenterIndianapolis, IN$8,352332024
Community Health NetworkIndianapolis, IN$8,250222024
Gary Harm ReductionGary, IN$7,500112024
Broad Ripple United Methodist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$5,000112022
HealthnetIndianapolis, IN$3,819112024
Women in MotionHuntersville, NC$3,198112024
Scott County Health DepartmentScottsburg, IN$2,725112021
Indiana Historical SocietyIndianapolis, IN$2,390112021
HIV Modernization MovementIndianapolis, IN$2,000112023
Indiana Pride of ColorIndianapolis, IN$2,000112024
Women in MotionIndianapolis, IN$1,224112023
Substance Use Outreach ServicesIndianapolis, IN$1,000112024
Will Rodgers Liver Health FoundationHuntersville, NC$1,000112022
Indiana Rural Health AssociationTerre Haute, IN$400112021
Community AIDS Action GroupBloomington, IN$25112023

34 of 60 (57%) 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Health Care
19 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Diseases & Disorders
9 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Medical Research
2 grants
Civil Rights
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202131$750,823$16,500
202227$1,143,968$20,000
202339$3,514,419$36,611
202438$3,646,504$31,250

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

96% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Indiana
$8.7M
Kentucky
$306K
Michigan
$16K
Pennsylvania
$14K
North Carolina
$4K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

The Indianapolis Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsLilly Endowment Inc7 shared recipientsCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsNicholas H Noyes JR Memorial7 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $23,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 The Health Foundation of Greater's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 429 E Vermont Street 400, Indianapolis, IN, 46202. 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 35-6203550 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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