Midtown Indianapolis INC

Tax-deductible

Indianapolis, IN501(c)(3)Since 2007Community DevelopmentEIN 80-0228952Revenue $305K in FY2025

On file with the IRSmidtownindy.org3965 North Meridian Street G, 46208-4044 · Indianapolis, INTax-exempt since Apr 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Midtown indy exists to cultivate an equitable, healthy, and sustainable community in which stakeholders of all incomes, races, and ethnicities have access to the opportunities, services, and amenities they need to thrive. Specifically, midtown's work is focused on 1) building a sense of community; 2) support for community based and minority businesses and job skills development; 3) improvement of transportation options and the vitality of key commercial corridors and nodes; 4) improvement of housing options and public spaces.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
47¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $78K a year · 21% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
47%
of spending
Concern: 47% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$87K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 63% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$599K
64% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 64% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$305K
-0.5% vs prior year
Spent
$318K
To programs
47%
Net assets
$334K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$305K
FY2025▼ -0.5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$171K
FY2021$617K
FY2022$393K
FY2023$432K
FY2024$306K
FY2025$305K
Expenses
$318K
FY2025▲ +67%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$221K
FY2021$259K
FY2022$406K
FY2023$360K
FY2024$191K
FY2025$318K
Net assets
$334K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$161K
FY2021$274K
FY2022$171K
FY2023$232K
FY2024$347K
FY2025$334K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

47 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 47% · $151K Management & general 28% · $89K Fundraising 25% · $78K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $87K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$87,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rachel Dickerson’s $87K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael McKillip——$95,000$77,715$90,000$91,188
Rachel Dickerson$87,000$49,583————
Tom Healy———$59,925——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves quality of life and economic vitality in Indianapolis' Midtown neighborhoods.

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3 programs · $151K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Community Communications and Outreach

Midtown indy produced and distributed four issues of the midtown indy magazine in 2025, reaching approximately 24,000 households and businesses per issue through direct mail and local distribution.

$59Kprogram expense
02

Increasing Food Access Through Urban Farming

In 2025, midtown indy utilized grant funding to facilitate the development of a new urban farm on a previously vacant and underutilized parcel within a designated food desert. Midtown indy coordinated a partnership that enabled the sale of a church-owned property to a local organization committed to long-term community use, establishing…

$54Kprogram expense
03

Community Development and Neighborhood Initiatives

Midtown indy advanced community development efforts to expand housing and strengthen commercial corridors within its service area. In 2025, the organization led progress on a key mixed-use development at 46TH street and college avenue, a formerly vacant brownfield site, with a development agreement in place for a project projected to…

$38Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100
Grants paid · 11 grants · $112K · 2020–2025
Common Grounds InstituteIN · FY2025$46,766
Harvest 2 Home Indy LLCFY2025$6,000
Ammons Hawkins Nowlen Properties LLCFY2023$10,000
Presidential Properties LLCFY2022$7,500
Storybrook Properties LLCFY2021$15,000
Norton Estate Planning Elder Law Firm LLCFY2021$6,000
Park West Partners LLCFY2020$2,000
Kurly Koils LLCFY2020$2,000
Kheprw InstituteIN · FY2020$2,000
Haven Wellness CenterFY2020$1,800

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$305K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$259K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$40K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$318K
Ln 25
Programscol B$151K
Managementcol C$89K
Fundraisingcol D$78K
Owns and owesPt X
$334K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$230K
Total assetsLn 16$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$599K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$259K
Government grantsLn 1e$17K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$40K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$305K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$216K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$230K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$672K
Total assetsLn 16$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$599K
Net assetsLn 32$334K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$248K$230K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$671K$672K
Total assetsLn 16$936K$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$589K$599K
Net assetsLn 32$347K$334K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$73K$73K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$88K$37K$35K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$3K$3K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$18K$4K$11K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$56K$152$56K
Office expensesLn 13$283$84$199
Information technologyLn 14$11K$10K$302
OccupancyLn 16$12K$3K$10K$35
TravelLn 17$546$111$435
InterestLn 20$29K$29K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$322$1K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$525$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$751$385$366
Total functional expensesLn 25$318K$151K$89K$78K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $305K$318K−$14K$334K 990 PDF
FY2024 $306K$191K$115K$347K 990 PDF
FY2023 $432K$360K$72K$232K 990 PDF
FY2022 $393K$406K−$13K$171K 990 PDF
FY2021 $617K$259K$358K$274K 990 PDF
FY2020 $171K$221K−$50K−$161K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $304,551 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $283,297$259,240
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,400$39,500
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,466$5,811
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $306,163$304,551
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$72,765
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $85,787$94,734
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $105,179$150,750
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $190,966$318,249
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $115,197−$13,698
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $304,551 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$16,923
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$242,317
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$259,240
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $39,500$39,500
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,811$5,811
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $39,500 · Excluded from tax $5,811$304,551
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $318,249 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $72,765$72,765
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $36,548 · Management $34,712 · Fundraising $16,895$88,155
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,727 · Management $2,588 · Fundraising $1,264$6,579
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,456$1,456
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,500$15,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,860 · Management $11,173 · Fundraising $3,400$18,433
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $152 · Fundraising $55,689$55,841
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $84 · Fundraising $199$283
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $10,435 · Fundraising $302$10,737
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,680 · Management $9,576 · Fundraising $35$12,291
IX-17 TravelManagement $111 · Fundraising $435$546
IX-20 InterestPrograms $29,233$29,233
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $322 · Management $1,019$1,341
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $525 · Management $3,813$4,338
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $385 · Management $366$751
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $150,737 · Management $89,293 · Fundraising $78,219$318,249
Part X · Balance sheet $932,540 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $14,145$14,493
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $233,651$215,610
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,812$12,684
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,650$13,563
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,793$3,738
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $670,903$672,452
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $935,954$932,540
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,946$13,908
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $588,624$598,908
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $244,385$300,452
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $102,945$33,180
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $347,330$333,632
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $935,954$932,540
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $333,632 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$304,551
XI-2 Total expenses$318,249
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$13,698
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$347,330
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$333,632

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