Grants and funding in Indiana
6,666 foundations reported granting into Indiana on their most recent IRS filings: 29,093 itemized grants worth $3.5B between them. On top of that, 21 live grant programs and 1,075 contract opportunities are specific to Indiana, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.
- foundations granting into the state
- 6,666
- of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file
- in itemized grants into the state
- $3.5B
- across 29,093 grants on IRS filings
- live grants specific to Indiana
- 21
- of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide
- community lenders serving the state
- 46
- of 483 CDFIs on file
What a typical foundation grant runs here
The 6,666 foundations granting into Indiana, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check is thousands, not millions.
Who gives the most into Indiana
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Indiana on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 6,666 above filtered to funders that accept applications.
What the live Indiana grants offer
Award ceilings on the Indiana-specific programs that publish one, in the same size bands as the foundation chart above.
Who the Indiana-specific grants are for
Of the 21 live grant programs specific to Indiana, here is who the announcements name. 9 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.
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The lenders almost nobody checks
46 community development lenders serve Indiana: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.
Indiana foundation grants by focus
The foundations above, cut by what they fund and filtered to the ones that accept applications.
- Human Services grants in Indiana (90 funders)
- Education grants in Indiana (82 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in Indiana (48 funders)
- Religion grants in Indiana (28 funders)
- Health Care grants in Indiana (27 funders)
- Philanthropy & Grantmaking grants in Indiana (27 funders)
- Youth Development grants in Indiana (21 funders)
- Recreation & Sports grants in Indiana (18 funders)
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition grants in Indiana (17 funders)
- Mental Health & Crisis Intervention grants in Indiana (15 funders)
Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of September 1, 2026 and refresh twice monthly. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022 and move as new filings arrive. Segment counts are programs that explicitly name the segment; programs open to any organization type are reported separately, never double-counted.
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