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Indianapolis, IN · 2025 filing

Lilly Endowment Inc

Accepts applications

Lilly Endowment Inc accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $3.9B given across 2,285 grants.

A typical grant is around $100K.

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

What they give

$3.9B
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

500 of the 2,285 grants itemized on their 2025 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $15K and $1.0M, 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 twenty-nine 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

Based on where their grants went.

  • 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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