About Eskenazi Health Foundation
Eskenazi Health Foundation inspires, energizes and promotes a vital, healthy Indianapolis community by providing strategic guidance and philanthropic resources to Eskenazi Health.
Focus Areas
Primary health careMental health careFood is Medicine / nutritionHealth engagement zones / community-based healthWorkforce developmentPrograms for people with disabilities (Gregory S. Fehribach Center)Addressing social determinants of health
Who They Fund
studentsscholarship recipientspostsecondary/college-bound students
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating support
About Eskenazi Health Foundation
A defining feature of Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc is its large, repeated general-support funding to Health and Hospital Corporation across three consecutive years: $5,873,086 in 2025, $3,414,902 in 2024, and $2,790,649 in 2023. That pattern places the foundation’s work squarely around Eskenazi Health and its affiliated public-health mission in Indianapolis. Beyond that core support, the foundation also backs education-related aid through Indiana University School of Medicine, including scholarship awards in 2025, 2024, and 2023. Its current grantmaking aligns with a broad health-and-community agenda: primary health care, mental health care, food and nutrition as part of care, place-based health engagement zones, workforce development, and services for people with disabilities through the Gregory S. Fehribach Center. The foundation’s giving is local and concentrated in Indiana, with all recent grants going to recipients in the state. The mix of operating-style support and scholarship funding shows a funder that combines institutional backing for health systems with targeted support for students in medical education.
What Eskenazi Health Foundation Funds
The foundation’s health portfolio includes primary care, behavioral health, and food-related interventions tied to health outcomes. In primary health care, it supports Eskenazi Health initiatives through the Beyond Barriers — Health Care pillar, which includes community-based health care, Community Weavers, Community Health Workers, EHR enhancements, and workforce development. In mental health, Beyond Barriers — Mental Health Care supports service expansion, the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the Ackerman Mental Health Professional Development Center, CCBHC model deployment, mobile crisis services, and training. Food and nutrition also appear as a distinct funding lane through Beyond Barriers — Food is Medicine, which supports interventions linking food access and medical care to address food insecurity as a social determinant of health. The foundation also funds place-based community health through Health Engagement Zones in West 38th St./International Marketplace, Thomas & Arlene Grande Campus/Northeast Corridor, and Grassy Creek/Far East.
How Eskenazi Health Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $162,422, the median is $1,478,958, and the 75th percentile is $2,946,712. The recent record shows a strong recurring pattern rather than one-off awards, with Health and Hospital Corporation receiving grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc appears to use both general support and scholarship funding, and it does not fund individuals directly. The recent grants also indicate a structured, institution-centered model rather than open application-based grantmaking.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.1M
Total Assets
$139.8M
Total Revenue
$22.5M
Total Expenses
$9.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $162K and $2.9M, with a median of $1.5M.
25th Percentile
$162K
Median
$1.5M
75th Percentile
$2.9M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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