Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana
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About Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana
Goodwill changes lives every day by empowering people to increase their independence and reach their potential through education, health and employment.
Focus Areas
Job trainingEmployment servicesAdult educationHigh school completion (The Excel Center / Indianapolis Met HS)Children's learning/early childhoodHealth services (e.g., Nurse-Family Partnership)Community partnerships and sponsorships
Who They Fund
support organizations (affiliated nonprofits)tax-exempt/public charitiesnonprofit staff and leadership
Funding Style
About Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana
Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana Inc makes large support-organization grants tied to Goodwill Indy’s exempt purpose, with recent awards reaching $6,566,189 in 2024 and $6,038,728 in 2023. That pattern shows a funder centered on sustaining affiliated Goodwill entities rather than making many small, open-call grants. The foundation’s giving is aligned with education, employment, health, and related community services in central and southern Indiana. A major recipient is Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana Inc, which received the two largest recent grants and another $2,541,816 in 2025. Goodwill Education Initiatives Inc also appears repeatedly in the recent record, including a $776,403 grant in 2025. The foundation’s own summary emphasizes helping people increase independence and reach their potential through education, health, and employment, and its grant record reflects that mission through operationally oriented support for affiliated organizations. The listed grant purposes consistently identify support for the recipient organization’s primary exempt purpose, indicating a funding approach built around program continuity and mission alignment.
What Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana Funds
Education is one of the clearest areas of support. The foundation gave $776,403 in 2025 to Goodwill Education Initiatives Inc for the recipient organization’s primary exempt purpose, and its active grant programs also reference education across central and southern Indiana. That matches the broader focus on adult education, high school completion, and children’s learning. Workforce and employment support is another consistent theme. The foundation’s mission-aligned grants include funding for education, employment, health, and related community services, and the active programs specifically point to workforce and educational development. Health-related support also appears in the stated focus areas, including services such as Nurse-Family Partnership. In addition, the active grant programs include community partnerships and sponsorships, showing that some support is organized around broader local collaboration rather than a single program line.
How Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana Gives
This foundation’s recent grants are large, with a p25 of $378,449, a median of $1,659,110, and a p75 of $5,164,500. The spread suggests that it makes a mix of substantial operating-style awards and much larger institutional support grants. The recent record also shows repeated funding to the same affiliated organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025, pointing to a recurring relationship rather than one-off gifts. It is a foundation structure tied to a support organization model, and the grant purposes consistently track the recipient’s primary exempt purpose. The active programs show that some support is available through general giving channels, annual fund gifts, and recognition societies.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.2M
Total Assets
$72.9M
Total Revenue
$13.2M
Total Expenses
$15.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $378K and $5.2M, with a median of $1.7M.
25th Percentile
$378K
Median
$1.7M
75th Percentile
$5.2M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MATTHEW FORTNEY
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