Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation supports health, pre-K to 12 education, the United Way and cultural and community development in Indianapolis and beyond.
IP TAKE: Numerous opportunities exist here for Indianapolis-based nonprofits. However, this corporate funder does not make itself particularly accessible to new or unaffiliated grantseekers; it does not accept unsolicited applications for funding.
PROFILE: Established in 1968, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation is a corporate foundation based in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1876, Colonel Eli Lilly founded Eli Lilly and Company, which was the first company to mass manufacture the polio vaccine. Today its products include medications for cancer, diabetes, pain relief and neurodegeneration. The foundation is part of the company’s commitment to give back to the communities where its employees live and work. Its areas of grantmaking are health, pre-K to 12 education, the United Way and cultural and community development.
The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation supports access to quality healthcare for low- and middle-income populations to address the issues of diabetes, cancer, and tuberculosis. This program stretches, locally, nationally, and globally. It awards education grants, mostly in Indiana, for education in the areas of STEM education, early childhood education and K-12 outcomes. It also supports efforts that promote cultural and community efforts in Indianapolis and partners with the United Way through an employee matching program.
Grants range between about $5,000 and $200,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking largely focuses on Indianapolis and elsewhere in the state of Indiana. Past local grantees include the Indiana Opera Society, Entrepreneurial Ventures in Education and the Indianapolis Zoological Society. In 2022, the company pledged $92.5 million over 10 years to Purdue University for student aid and medical research.
This foundation has not accepted unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits since 2011, funding only pre-selected organizations. Direct general questions to the staff at 317-276-2000.
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