Grants awarded
Who does Lilly Endowment INC fund?
Lilly Endowment INC has awarded $10 billion across 11,039 grants to 4,318 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $7,500 and $500,000.
Total awarded
$10.5B
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
4,318
Grants
11,039
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Indiana Community Develpmntprojects | $400.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Indiana Economic Development Association INC
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$250.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$189.0M | 51 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Purdue Research Foundation
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$161.2M | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| N National Trust Historic Preservatn | $110.7M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
United Negro College Fund INC
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$108.2M | 23 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Independent Colleges of Indiana INC
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$107.7M | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$107.0M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
University of Notre Dame Du Lac
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$105.7M | 38 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Early Learning Indiana INC
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$103.6M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$103.0M | 34 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
National Park Foundation
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$102.6M | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Indiana Association of United Ways Incorporated
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$95.2M | 5 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| A American National Red Cross | $93.3M | 20 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Cicp Foundation INC
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$87.0M | 26 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Smithsonian Institution
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$82.7M | 19 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| F Feeding America | $75.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Indianapolis Ctr for Congregations | $74.0M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Indianapolis-Parks&rec Dept | $71.9M | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $71.7M | 6 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Salvation Army National Corp | $65.5M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| U University of Notre Dame Du Lac | $63.3M | 7 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Christian Theological Seminary | $60.4M | 18 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| S State of Indiana in Dept of Edu | $60.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Duke University
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$57.1M | 26 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| N National Geographic Society | $57.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Duke University | $54.7M | 5 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Indiana Assn of United Ways INC | $54.1M | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N National Council of YMCA of the USA | $50.2M | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Indiana Youth Institute INC | $49.2M | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$48.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| P Perry Township Schools | $47.9M | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wabash College
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$46.7M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$45.3M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| G Girl Scouts of the USA | $45.2M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$44.3M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Indiana Wesleyan University
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$44.1M | 19 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| C Cicp Foundation INC | $44.1M | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Fdn of St Joseph County | $43.5M | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
American Indian College Fund
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$42.8M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $41.6M | 20 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $41.3M | 18 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
16 Tech Community Corporation
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$40.4M | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Ball State University Foundation INC
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$40.4M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| N National Boy Scouts of America Fdn | $40.2M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S State of In-Department of Educatn | $40.1M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Indiana Department of Natural Res | $40.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $39.3M | 7 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $38.9M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Central Indiana Community Foundatn | $38.8M | 16 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Butler University
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$37.4M | 16 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Depauw University
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$37.3M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| C Childrens Museum of Indianapolis | $36.2M | 11 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$36.2M | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| L Legacy Foundation INC | $35.9M | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Msd of Warren Township | $35.4M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Franklin Township Community School | $35.1M | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wake Forest University | $35.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Belmont University
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$34.6M | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| C Community Fdn Alliance INC | $34.4M | 57 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Taylor University
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$34.3M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $33.8M | 6 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Grace Schools
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$33.7M | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| M Marian University | $33.5M | 27 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$33.3M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| H Hanover College Trustees | $31.4M | 10 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Fund for Theological Education INC
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$30.5M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$30.3M | 24 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $30.2M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Church Benefits Association | $30.1M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Indiana White River State Park | $30.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
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$29.2M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| A Archdiocese of Indianapolis | $29.0M | 12 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Calvin University
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$28.7M | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| M Msd of Pike Township | $28.7M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Capital Improvement Board of Mgrs | $28.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Earlham College INC
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$28.3M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
The Conversation US INC
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$27.4M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| C Christel House Academy INC | $26.2M | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $26.2M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill Education Initiatives INC | $26.0M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Herron High School INC | $25.9M | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kipp Indianapolis INC | $25.7M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill of Central & Southern in | $25.4M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Thurgood Marshall College Fund INC
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$25.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C City Seminary of New York | $24.8M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Indiana Institute of Technology INC
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$23.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$21.8M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Independent Colleges of Indiana | $21.5M | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Aspen Institute INC | $20.5M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20.4M | 10 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Princeton Theological Seminary | $20.4M | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| I Individual recipient | $20.4M | 7 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Fdn of Bloomington&monroe | $20.3M | 11 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Calvin University | $20.1M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Trine University INC
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$20.1M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| A American Indian College Fund | $20.0M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Msd of Decatur Township | $19.9M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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