Number of Alliance members
Approximately 140 (54% Community Foundations; 31% Private/Family; 12% Corporate; 3% Public)

Number of Associate Members
Approximately 170

Year Alliance Founded
1983 (incorporated 1990)

Facts About Foundations in Indiana:
Number of foundations in Indiana
1000 +

Number of Indiana Community Foundations
There is a community foundation or separate affiliate fund serving every county in Indiana.

Some of the largest community foundations (by assets)

• Central Indiana Community Foundation/Indianapolis Foundation/Legacy Foundation - $490.3M
• Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne - $76.4M
• Community Foundation of St. Joseph County - $74.5M
• Community Foundation Alliance, Inc.- $55M
• Heritage Fund of Bartholomew County, Inc. - $44.1M

Number of Indiana Corporate Foundations
Fewer than 75 corporate foundations

Some of the largest corporate foundations (by grants paid)

• Eli Lilly & Company Foundation - $25.1M
• Guidant Foundation - $13.9M
• Lincoln Financial Group Foundation - $9.7M
• Anthem Foundation - $6.8M
• Simon Youth Foundation - $4.6M

Number of Indiana Family/Independent foundations
Approximately 600

Some of the largest family/independent foundations (by assets)

• Lilly Endowment Inc. - $8.6B
• Lumina Foundation for Education - $1.1B
• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust - $342.7M
• Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, Inc. - $243M
• John W. Anderson Foundation. - $198M

Total assets in foundations in Indiana
Approximately $19.2 Billion

Total grantmaking by foundations in Indiana
Approximately $1 Billion

Amount of assets in community foundations in Indiana
$1.7 Billion

Source: Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, February 2007

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