Indiana · Nonprofit
INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,527,476 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($10,733,936). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Indiana Humanities Council Inc does
Mission
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 goal was to focus federal dollars on more local, grassroots initiatives. The indiana committee for the humanities, as it was known then, began its operations on september 1 of that year.throughout our history, three themes have been the hallmark of our work: supportive grant-making, public dialogue and ambitious projects.today, indiana humanities is a statewide nonprofit that provides public access to the humanities. We do this by providing grants, convening discussions, uplifting humanities practitioners, spotlighting humanities organizations and activities, and creating our own programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ih supports humanities programs throughout indiana. The activities of ih are designed to promote educational public programs in the humanities using literature, history, civics and indiana's cultural heritage. This work strengthens communities and enhances the quality of life and quality of place for all hoosiers.
$1,285,582 spentof which $147,337 as grants$34,073 earned by the program60% of program spendingIndiana humanities continues significant grant-making activities to other tax-exempt groups across the state of indiana to support their humanities programming. During 2024, grants were made across all grant-making programs to more than 125 organizations.
$642,790 spentof which $175,298 as grants30% of program spendingThe eugene and marilyn glick indiana authors awards, newly expanded and powered by indiana humanities, celebrate indiana authors and their recent works. They also shine a spotlight on the state's literary community and deepen connections between indiana's writers and readers.
$214,264 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,142,636.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $9.8M to $14M (+48%).
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 67% · 2018 59% · 2019 34% · 2020 70% · 2021 54% · 2022 23% · 2023 40% · 2024 62% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Keira Amstutz
President & CEO
Board chair
Tiffany Tolbert
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $190k → $255k.
4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $2.7M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 79% · 2018 76% · 2019 55% · 2020 83% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.
“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
40% of INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
97% of INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.3M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$12.3M
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 INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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 INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,527,476 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($10,733,936). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $11,527,476 in grants to INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,733,936 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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