Indiana · Public charity
Indiana Historical Society
Since 1831, the INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY has been indiana's storyteller, connecting people to the past by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating the state's history. A nonprofit membership organization, the ihs also publishes books and periodicals; sponsors teacher workshops; provides youth, adult, and family…
- $153k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $31k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,811
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $144M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Indiana Historical Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $531k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $458k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $505k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $469k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $644k | 85% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $811k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circus Hall of Fame Inc | $169,821 | 4 | 44% |
| Cedar Lake Historical Association Inc | $160,176 | 5 | 61% |
| Daviess County Historical Society Inc | $145,518 | 4 | 38% |
| Jackson County History Center Inc | $119,981 | 5 | n/a |
| Bartholomew County Historical Society | $115,330 | 3 | 9% |
| Friends of the Knox County Public Library Incorporated | $93,121 | 4 | n/a |
| Adams County Historical Society Inc | $86,500 | 2 | 56% |
| Friends of the New York Central Railroad Museum In | $85,435 | 4 | 48% |
| Friends of Ward Township District 5 School | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Swiss Heritage Society Inc | $83,660 | 2 | 24% |
Show all 84 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Indiana Historical Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 20 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Indiana Humanities Council Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Indiana Historical Society
- How much does Indiana Historical Society give?
- Indiana Historical Society reported 4 itemized grants totaling $30,530, out of $152,737 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Indiana Historical Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (83%), Education (4%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are Indiana Historical Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Circus Hall of Fame Inc ($170k), Cedar Lake Historical Association Inc ($160k), Daviess County Historical Society Inc ($146k).
- Does Indiana Historical Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indiana Historical Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Indiana Humanities Council Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, Community Foundation Alliance Inc.
- Where is Indiana Historical Society based?
- Indiana Historical Society is based in IN.
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