Indiana · Public charity
Indiana Humanities Council Inc
Indiana humanities was formed in 1972, when the national endowment for the humanities (neh) asked a group of five energetic indiana citizens to form a statewide grant-making agency. The group was comprised of dr. Marvin e. Hartig, mrs. Edmund f. (virginia) ball, dr. Robert e. Burns, mr. Edward n. Howard and dr. Robert w. Richey. Their…
- $323k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $31k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,950
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,845
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 84
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Indiana Humanities Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $108k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $104k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $327k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $868k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 84 | $723k | 95% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $78k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $32k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $157,655 | 9 | n/a |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $71,629 | 4 | 1% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $62,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Michigan City Mainstreet Association Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 65% |
| Big Car Media Inc | $51,995 | 3 | 2% |
| Indianapolis Film Project Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Kennedy King Memorial Initiative | $40,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Dubois County Museum Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Downtown Angola Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Lake Historical Association Inc | $37,868 | 3 | 23% |
Show all 147 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Indiana Humanities Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 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 Historical Society · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Arthur Jordan Foundation
How this is measured
About Indiana Humanities Council Inc
- How much does Indiana Humanities Council Inc give?
- Indiana Humanities Council Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $31,275, out of $322,635 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 84 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Indiana Humanities Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (18%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are Indiana Humanities Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indiana University School of Medicine ($158k), Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc ($72k), Indiana Historical Society ($62k).
- Does Indiana Humanities Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indiana Humanities Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Indiana Historical Society, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
- Where is Indiana Humanities Council Inc based?
- Indiana Humanities Council Inc is based in IN.
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