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INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 2025 filing

LILLY ENDOWMENT INC

Accepts applications

LILLY ENDOWMENT INC accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $3864M given across 2,285 grants.

A typical grant is around $100K.

It funds education, religion, arts, culture & humanities.

What they give

$3864M
Total giving
2,285
Grants made
$100K
Typical grant
$400M
Largest grant

From their 2025 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 2,285 grants itemized on their 2025 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $15K and $1000K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

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36
77
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146
136
Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2025 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2025 filing reached 29 states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

Indiana$384M
New York$45M
District of Columbia$42M
Minnesota$38M
Michigan$32M
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2025 filing.

What they fund

Derived from where the money actually went rather than from a stated mission, which is the more useful of the two and frequently the different one.

  • Education
  • Religion
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities

Recent giving reached Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho.

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