
Goodwill changes lives every day by empowering people to increase their independence and reach their potential through education, health and employment.
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.
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.
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.
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Most grants fall between $378K and $5.2M, with a median of $1.7M.
25th Percentile
$378K
Median
$1.7M
75th Percentile
$5.2M
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Giving is tightly concentrated in Indiana. The foundation reports a local geographic scope, and 100% of grants in the dataset go to recipients in its HQ state. Recent recipients are in Indianapolis, including Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana Inc and Goodwill Education Initiatives Inc. The active grant programs also reference Central Indiana, Southern Indiana, and Marion County, showing a focus on the foundation’s immediate region rather than broader statewide or national giving.
It supports affiliated organizations and tax-exempt/public charities tied to Goodwill Indy’s mission areas. The grant purposes in the recent record are aligned with the recipient organization’s primary exempt purpose, and the active programs center on education, employment, health, and related community services.
Typical grants are large: the p25 is $378,449, the median is $1,659,110, and the p75 is $5,164,500. The recent record includes multi-million-dollar awards alongside smaller six-figure grants.
No. The dataset shows a local geographic scope, 100% of grants to recipients in Indiana, and recent recipients located in Indianapolis.
The recent record shows repeated support to the same affiliated organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana Inc and Goodwill Education Initiatives Inc both appear more than once, indicating an ongoing funding relationship.
Education, workforce and employment, health, child development and early childhood, and community partnerships and sponsorships appear in the active grant programs and focus areas. The foundation also references adult education, high school completion, and health services such as Nurse-Family Partnership.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWILL LEGACY GROUP | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $9,127,880 | 2026 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $2,725,547 | 2026 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $342,503 | 2026 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $2,541,816 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $776,403 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $6,566,189 | 2024 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $245,798 | 2024 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $6,038,728 | 2023 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| GOODWILL EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $145,181 | 2023 | SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE |
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