Indiana · Nonprofit
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,390,145 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($16,193,580). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $119M
What Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc does
Mission
Indiana landmarks advances the preservation of historical and architecturally significant sites and structures throughout indiana. Through its network of regional offices the organization provides education and advocacy at the local level, and works to preserve historic places, revitalize historic neighborhoods, and enrich the heritage of indiana.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Indiana landmarks' primary mission is the education and advocation of preservation of historic sites in the state of indiana. This is carried out through regional offices located throughout the state, through our black heritage preservation program and our sacred places indiana program. These programs focus on nurturing local preservation initiatives. Indiana landmarks' staff provide expertise in restoration techniques, real estate and economic development, organizational and leadership development, fundraising and zoning. The organization endeavors to promote a preservation ethic by partnering with and engaging citizens at the local level, empowering them to protect and preserve their heritage and the future of their communities.
$7,337,170 spentof which $3,064,450 as grants$431,292 earned by the program78% of program spendingIndiana landmarks owns seven historic properties located throughout the state of indiana. The 1865 morris butler house in indianapolis highlights architecture of the nineteenth century. Veraestau in aurora, indiana, is a historic home set high above the ohio river. Portions of this building date to 1837. In addition to these properties, indiana landmarks owns and maintains five other historic buildings which have been restored and function as office for the organization. All these properties serve to increase public awareness of the organization and to educate the public regarding indiana's history and the desirability of restoring and preserving historic properties.
$1,331,829 spent$4,175 earned by the program14% of program spendingIndiana landmarks provides a year-round schedule of events, tours, lectures throughout the state. The indiana landmarks center in indianapolis, located in a historic former church, provides a unique space for various functions, including special events, lectures, films, theater productions, diy classes and workshops. In orange country, indiana, indiana landmarks provides tours of the historic west baden springs hotel and the french lick spring hotel. The tours of the hotels and the surrounding gardens highlight the historic architecture, the hotelsigins, and their decline and rebirth through award-winning restoration. Two gift shops within the hotel properties carry merchandise inspired by the past, including books and materials pertaining to the history of indiana, architectures, and historic preservation.
$755,684 spent$302,131 earned by the program8% of program spendingIndiana landmarks produces several publications which are generated six times a year. These publications and other tools such as the website, are intended to provide informative and educational services to members of indiana landmarks and to the general public.
$1,350 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,424,683.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $87M to $104M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2020 10% · 2021 4% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $48k → $356k.
8 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.5M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 90% · 2019 74% · 2020 61% · 2021 49% · 2022 93% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $545k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of the Interior$1.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- John E Christian Family Memorial Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc?
- Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,390,145 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($16,193,580). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $19,390,145 in grants to Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,193,580 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 55 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing