Lilly Endowment Inc.
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 35-0868122 · Headquarters: Indianapolis, IN 46208-4712 · Website
NTEE code: not stated · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $6,460,646,768.00 (2016–2023, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 5555 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($3,545,087,529.00); $2,915,559,239.00 across 6970 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $701,991,845.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Urban League Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202121349349101217 |
| Early Learning Indiana Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $55,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc. | Washington, DC | $50,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $50,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| American Camping Association Inc. | Martinsville, IN | $45,535,623.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $40,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $40,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $38,775,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| Ball State University Foundation | Muncie, IN | $35,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $30,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $30,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202012829349100221 |
| Cicp Foundation Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $27,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202121349349101217 |
| Earlham College | Richmond, IN | $25,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Wabash College | Crawfordsvlle, IN | $25,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $25,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202421359349103342 |
| Indiana Youth Institute Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| 16 Tech Community Corporation | Indianapolis, IN | $18,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202241329349102664 |
| Wake Forest University | Winston Salem, NC | $16,642,222.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| Early Learning Indiana Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $15,743,000.00 | FY2020 | 202121349349101217 |
| Council of Independent Colleges | Washington, DC | $15,296,000.00 | FY2022 | 202311359349102611 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $701,991,845.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,548,655,658.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1983 | 1006 | 977 | $700,892,393.00 |
| FY2022 | $1,342,188,877.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1474 | 711 | 763 | $625,642,812.00 |
| FY2021 | $744,448,075.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1659 | 821 | 838 | $331,257,608.00 |
| FY2020 | $804,807,797.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1830 | 826 | 1004 | $283,503,608.00 |
| FY2019 | $557,487,047.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1476 | 653 | 823 | $267,259,357.00 |
| FY2018 | $527,040,135.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1353 | 536 | 817 | $247,206,008.00 |
| FY2017 | $465,000,991.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1539 | 523 | 1016 | $207,258,209.00 |
| FY2016 | $471,018,188.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1211 | 479 | 732 | $252,539,244.00 |
| All years on file | $6,460,646,768.00 | 12525 | 5555 | 6970 | $2,915,559,239.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/9fcd6984-6727-4abd-bcb7-4157fb0b8439
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 35-0868122.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).