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Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc

Indianapolis, IN · EIN 30-0001093. Reported 884 grants totalling $15.6M to 698 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

698organizations funded
$15,000median reported grant
$15.6Mgranted, 2021-2024
21%of grantees funded again the next year
1%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 698 distinct organizations, with 1% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 21% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,750 and $24,988; the smallest was $5,006 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
156 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
508 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
214 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

All 698 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
South Bend City Church IncSouth Bend, IN$156,000542024
Peters Rock Missionary Baptist Church IncGary, IN$135,216642024
Way ChurchIndianapolis, IN$125,000212024
Crossroads Community Church of Kokomo IncKokomo, IN$113,550222024
Israel Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchGary, IN$99,625212024
Hope Chapel UpciCrawfordsville, IN$95,000432024
Hosanna CASA De Alabanza Internacional IncCicero, IN$84,655432024
La Iglesia Bautista Oakhill IncEvansville, IN$75,000112024
Living Word Baptist Church IncorporatedIndianapolis, IN$67,555322023
Bachelor Creek Church of Christ IncWabash, IN$65,000212024
Mccordsville Community ChurchMccordsville, IN$65,000222024
Roberts Park United Methodist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$65,000322024
Urban Light Community ChurchMuncie, IN$61,856322023
All Souls Unitarian ChurchIndianapolis, IN$55,498222023
St Monica Catholic Church Indianapolis IncIndianapolis, IN$55,396442024
Bethany Christian ChurchWashington, IN$55,000332024
City of JudahIndianapolis, IN$55,000332024
Life Well a Christian ChurchCrown Point, IN$55,000222024
Mercy ChurchKokomo, IN$55,000332024
New Covenant Worship Center IncFort Wayne, IN$55,000222024
Canvas Community Church IncFort Wayne, IN$54,950222024
First Christian Church of Newburgh IncNewburgh, IN$54,738442024
Auburn First United Methodist ChurchAuburn, IN$54,600222024
Broadway United Methodist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$54,600222023
Inspiration Ministries IncButler, IN$54,500332024
Christ Center Church IncGary, IN$54,230332024
Camino De MisericordiaCarmel, IN$53,500222023
Church of the Blessed SacramentWest Lafayette, IN$52,500332024
New Wineskin Ministries CorpIndianapolis, IN$52,425222023
Lee Temple Church of God in ChristIndianapolis, IN$52,006332024
Iglesia Bautista Vida Nueva IncColumbus, IN$50,939322024
Greater Hope Christian Church IncEvansville, IN$50,000332024
Zara Church IncGary, IN$50,000112024
Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchIndianapolis, IN$48,838222024
First Presbyterian ChurchColumbus, IN$48,000212024
New Direction Christian Church IncIndianapolis, IN$47,578332024
St Maria Goretti Catholic ChurchDyer, IN$47,000212024
Garden Community ChurchIndianapolis, IN$46,914222024
Saint Paul Lutheran ChurhColumbus, IN$46,808332024
New Zion TempleHammond, IN$46,750332024
Hope ChurchFort Wayne, IN$46,098212024
Unity Church of God in Christ IncElkhart, IN$45,360332024
Holy Rosary Catholic SchoolEvansville, IN$43,500222024
Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Indianapolis IncIndianapolis, IN$42,600332024
The Greek Orthodox Church-the Holy Trinity IncCarmel, IN$42,514322023
Terrestrial Temple CogicMuncie, IN$42,289332024
Amazing Grace Christian ChurchIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Bethany Christian ChurchEvansville, IN$40,000112024
Beulah African Methodist Episcopal Church IncWashington, IN$40,000112024
Brandywine Community Church IncGreenfield, IN$40,000112023
Bethel AME ChurchIndianapolis, IN$40,000112023
College Wesleyan ChurchMarion, IN$40,000222024
Emmanuel Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$40,000112023
Fort Branch Wesleyan ChurchFort Branch, IN$40,000112024
Good News Indiana Church IncIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Heartland Christian CenterValparaiso, IN$40,000222024
High Praise MinistriesMichigan City, IN$40,000222024
House of God MinistriesIndianapolis, IN$40,000112023
Iglesia Ebenezer IncIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Iglesia Tierra PrometidaIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchValparaiso, IN$40,000222024
Iglesia AposentoColumbus, IN$40,000112024
Journey Church Ministries IncLa Porte, IN$40,000222024
Main Street Christian ChurchWinchester, IN$40,000112023
Maple City ChapelGoshen, IN$40,000112024
Mt Pisgah Missionary Baptist ChurchKokomo, IN$40,000112023
Mt Pleasant United Methodist ChurchTerre Haute, IN$40,000112023
New Divine Truth Apostolic ChurchGary, IN$40,000222024
Powerhouse Church of DeliveranceIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Progressive Community Church InternationalGary, IN$40,000112024
Redemption Bible Church IncFort Wayne, IN$40,000222024
St Alphonsus ChurchZionsville, IN$40,000112023
St Luke Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
Saints Home Church of God in Christ IncTerre Haute, IN$40,000112023
Star City ChurchLafayette, IN$40,000222024
True Liberation MinistriesIndianapolis, IN$40,000222024
True Tried Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$40,000112023
The Pentecostals of NashvilleNashville, IN$40,000112024
Unity Non Denominational ChurchGary, IN$40,000222024
Unitarian Universalist ChurchBloomington, IN$40,000112024
Life Pointe Community Church of the Nazarene IncMooresville, IN$39,963112023
Burr Oak Community ChurchRensselaer, IN$39,915112024
Iglesia Hermandad CristianaIndianapolis, IN$39,901112023
Congregation Beth ShalomBloomington, IN$39,713112024
Boundless Church of the Nazarene IncDecatur, IN$39,675222024
CASA De La Manifestacion De Dios Church IncIndianapolis, IN$39,645112023
Christ's Community ChurchFort Wayne, IN$39,600112024
United Community Church IncIndianapolis, IN$39,375222024
Iglesia GetsemaniElkhart, IN$39,093222024
Suncrest Christian Church IncSaint John, IN$38,399332024
Greater Progressive Baptist ChurchFort Wayne, IN$38,340112024
Refreshing Springs Church IncKokomo, IN$38,160112024
Covenant Community Church South Bend inSouth Bend, IN$37,990112024
Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal ChurchIndianapolis, IN$37,725222024
Life Renewed Harvest MinistriesGary, IN$37,545222024
Pathway Community ChurchFort Wayne, IN$37,528222024
Life Way Bible Fellowship IncFort Wayne, IN$37,500222022
Christ International Church CorpIndianapolis, IN$37,431222024
Good News Fort Wayne ChurchFort Wayne, IN$37,230222024
Right Now ChurchCrown Point, IN$37,187112024
Redeemer Lutheran ChurchHighland, IN$36,735222024
Overcoming Minstries IncIndianapolis, IN$36,629222023
St Joe Church of Christ IncSt Joe, IN$36,250222024
Berean Transformation Center of Seventh-Day AdventistsSouth Bend, IN$36,000112024
New Hope Baptist ChurchEvansville, IN$36,000112024
Union Missionary Baptist ChurchMuncie, IN$36,000112023
First Baptist Church North of Indianapolis IncIndianapolis, IN$35,995112023
Kingdom Faith MinistriesValparaiso, IN$35,946112024
Light House Community ChurchBloomington, IN$35,925112024
Overcoming Faith Apostolic ChurchIndianapolis, IN$35,902112023
Lynhurst Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$35,776112023
Castleton Community ChurchIndianapolis, IN$35,750332024
First Baptist ChurchRussiaville, IN$35,000112024
Historic Wayman Chapel AME ChurchKokomo, IN$35,000112024
Crossroads AME ChurchIndianapolis, IN$34,957222022
The African Methodist Epsicopal Church IncorporatedAtlanta, GA$34,738222024
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church IncGary, IN$34,336222024
Calvary United Methodist ChurchBrownsburg, IN$34,000222024
Zion Lippe United Church of ChristMt Vernon, IN$33,378112024
St Thomas Lutheran Evangelical ChruchBloomington, IN$33,282112024
Kingdom First ChurchFort Wayne, IN$32,500222024
Legacy Bible Church IncFishers, IN$32,325222024
Bethel Baptist Church of LeotaScottsburg, IN$32,213112024
Word Church IncorporatedLake Station, IN$31,753222024
Indianapolis Hispanic Foursquare ChurchIndianapolis, IN$31,501222024
Ben Davis Christian ChurchIndianapolis, IN$30,758222024
Thrive Christian ChurchWestfield, IN$30,655222024
Life Sanctuary ChurchMerrillville, IN$30,495112024
St Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal ChurchZionsville, IN$30,021222024
Beth-El Community Church LimitedIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
Berean Transformation Center of Seventh-Day AdventistsSouth Bend, IN$30,000222023
Calvary Family ChurchIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
Commonway Church IncorporatedMuncie, IN$30,000222023
Devotion MinistriesIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
Falam Christian Church of Indianapolis IncIndianapolis, IN$30,000222022
Fervent Prayer Outreach Ministries Church IncIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
Friendship Baptist Church IncEast Chicago, IN$30,000222022
House of God Church IncPompano Beach, FL$30,000222023
International Restoration Church IncFort Wayne, IN$30,000112022
Living Water Family Services IncMarion, IN$30,000222023
Nazarene Baptist ChurchEvansville, IN$30,000112022
New Hope Christian Center IncWaterloo, IN$30,000222023
New Hope Christian Church IncWhitestown, IN$30,000222023
New Living Bible ChurchAvon, IN$30,000222022
Outlook Christian ChurchMccordsville, IN$30,000222022
St Mary of the Assumption ChurchNew Albany, IN$30,000112022
The District ChurchIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
The Way ChurchIndianapolis, IN$30,000222023
Bethel Family Worship CenterIndianapolis, IN$29,986222023
Main Street United Methodist ChurchBoonville, IN$29,775112022
Breaking the Chains International Ministries IncFort Wayne, IN$29,729222023
Emmanual Apostolic Church IncFort Wayne, IN$29,587222023
The SanctuaryColumbus, IN$29,525222023
Metropolitan Baptist ChurchGary, IN$29,233222024
Fairhaven Christian ChurchTrafalgar, IN$28,750222023
Kings Chapel Assembly IncFort Wayne, IN$28,687112024
Church at Mount Gilead IncMooresville, IN$28,597212021
Church of the Nazarene IncLenexa, KS$28,500222022
Liberty Bible ChurchChesterton, IN$27,964222024
Episcopal Church of All SaintsIndianapolis, IN$27,800222022
Woodruff Place Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$27,542222024
Bethany Apostolic ChurchEvansville, IN$27,463222023
Christ Community Church of Churubusco IncChurubusco, IN$26,750222023
Lapel Ford Street United Methodist ChurchLapel, IN$25,575222022
First Christian ChurchBloomington, IN$25,088222024
Berea Apostolic Faith Church IncMuncie, IN$25,080222023
Alternative IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Anita a Thomas MinistriesIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Aboite Baptist ChurchFort Wayne, IN$25,000112024
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ JesusIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ JesusSeymour, IN$25,000112024
Apostolic Church of God's LoveHammond, IN$25,000112024
Bethlehem Healing TempleGary, IN$25,000112024
Center Grove ChurchGreenwood, IN$25,000112021
Centro De Renovacion Cristiana IncSeymour, IN$25,000112024
Christ Is King Church Ministries IncGary, IN$25,000112024
Christ the Savior Lutheran ChurchFishers, IN$25,000112024
Clark Road M B Church IncGary, IN$25,000112024
Centennial United Methodist ChurchGary, IN$25,000112024
Christian Revival CenterMerrillville, IN$25,000112024
Come As You Are Community ChurchFort Wayne, IN$25,000112024
Community of Hope United Methodist ChurchMuncie, IN$25,000112024
Consuming Fire MinistriesGary, IN$25,000112024
Daleville Community Church of the NazareneDaleville, IN$25,000112024
Elkhart City Church IncElkhart, IN$25,000112024
Emmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren in Christ IncFort Wayne, IN$25,000112024
Elizabeth Memorial Church of God in ChristSouth Bend, IN$25,000112024
Esperanza Viva Centro FamiliarIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Family Bible ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
First Baptist Church of ElkhartBristol, IN$25,000112024
First Christian Church of WarsawWarsaw, IN$25,000112024
Fort Wayne Grace Point Church of the NazareneFort Wayne, IN$25,000112024
Friendship Baptist Church of GreenwoodGreenwood, IN$25,000112024
Gods Grace Community ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Grace Missionary Baptist Church of East Chicago IncEast Chicago, IN$25,000112024
Greater Lighthouse Apostolic ChurchLafayette, IN$25,000112024
Greater Solid Rock Church of God in Christ IncorporatedIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Greater Life Chapel Outreach Ministries IncGary, IN$25,000112024
Greater Rock Church MinistriesGary, IN$25,000112024
Healing Streams Word & Worship Center IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Hope Christian Church Disciples of ChristHammond, IN$25,000112024
Highmark ChurchFishers, IN$25,000112024
Holy Redeemer Catholic ParishEvansville, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia Evangelica Del E S Adoradores Del Creador IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia Evangelica El Buen Samaritano IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia Jesucristo Es Mi Refugio Mision Internacional IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia Principe De Paz IncorporatedIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia ShalomEast Chicago, IN$25,000112024
Indianapolis East Foursquare ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia AmigosIndianapolis, IN$25,000112021
Iglesia Refugio De Restauracion Jehova JirehIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal MiEast Chicago, IN$25,000112024
Jcom Empowerment Center IncGary, IN$25,000112024
Kingsway Christian ChurchAvon, IN$25,000112024
La Voz De Cristo Al Mundo IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Lancaster Wesleyan ChurchHuntington, IN$25,000112024
Lighthouse TabernacleCrothersville, IN$25,000112024
Ministerio Internacional La Vid IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Ministerio Internacional Lirio De Los Valles IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Mosaic Community ChurchAvon, IN$25,000112024
Mt Carmel Baptist Church IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Mercy Road NortheastFortville, IN$25,000112024
Ministerio Internacional Emanuel Dios Con NosotrosIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Mision Cristiana Roca EternaEast Chicago, IN$25,000112024
Mount Paran Free Will Baptist ChurchGary, IN$25,000112024
New Birth Fellowship Church IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
New Christian Hope Missionary Baptist Church IncIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
New Starlight Missionary Baptist Church IncEast Chicago, IN$25,000112024
New Vision Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Northview Christian Life Church IncCarmel, IN$25,000112021
New Haven Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
New Hope ChurchGreenwood, IN$25,000112021
New Life AssemblyClay City, IN$25,000112024
New Purpose MinistriesAnderson, IN$25,000112024
New Season Church of GaryGary, IN$25,000112024
Olivet Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Pilgrim Lutheran Church of Carmel IncorporatedCarmel, IN$25,000112024
Prayer & Praise MinistriesGary, IN$25,000112024
Presbytery of Whitewater ValleyIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Pentecostal Power of PraiseIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Presence of the Lord Bible ChurchGary, IN$25,000112024
RensselaerRensselaer, IN$25,000112024
Restoration Christian ChurchFrench Lick, IN$25,000112024
Rock of Ages Missionary Church of DeliveranceIndianapolis, IN$25,000112024
Saint Paul Lutheran ChurchNew Haven, IN$25,000112024
Saint Peters Lutheran ChurchColumbus, IN$25,000222024
Servants of Christ Lutheran ChurchIndianapolis, IN$25,000112021
Shelter for the Sheep IncorporatedScottsburg, IN$25,000112024
St Benedict CathedralEvansville, IN$25,000112024

142 of 698 (20%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 226 of 698 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Religion
217 orgs
Human Services
3 orgs
Community Improvement
2 orgs
Crime & Legal
1 org
Education
1 org
Food & Nutrition
1 org
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
2021144$1,910,790$15,000
2022177$2,403,621$15,000
2023227$3,692,711$15,000
2024336$7,574,805$25,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

99% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Indiana
$15.5M
Georgia
$35K
Florida
$30K
Kansas
$28K
Illinois
$21K
Texas
$13K

Down to the city

Indianapolis, IN
$4.3M
Gary, IN
$1.2M
Fort Wayne, IN
$1.2M
Evansville, IN
$590K
South Bend, IN
$484K
Muncie, IN
$387K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 Fund92 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc67 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program24 shared recipientsLilly Endowment Inc22 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation17 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Indiana.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 336 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 303 North Alabama Street 100, Indianapolis, IN, 46204.

EIN 30-0001093 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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