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Newfields Inc

Newfields Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,146,138 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($30,673,847). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$31M
Funders on record
73
Grants received
$77M
Net assets
$489M
52/73 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Newfields Inc does

Mission

To enrich lives through exceptional experiences with art and nature. Newfields offers dynamic experiences with art and nature for guests of all ages. The 152-acre cultural campus features art galleries, lush gardens, a historic home, performance spaces, a nature preserve and (continued on schedule o)

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational - to communicate and develop knowledge about the art collected, to members of the general public.

    $14,512,173 spent$805,691 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  2. Curatorial - the study, preservation and collection of art for the enjoyment of future generations.

    $10,109,679 spent$1,921,561 earned by the program
    27% of program spending
  3. Horticultural - newfields fosters exploration of the natural environment and the historic properties for which newfields has been given stewardship.

    $6,857,096 spent$5,958,359 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  4. Museum Store

    $5,733,371 spent$1,886,833 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,212,319.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($42M) Expenses 100 ($34M) Net assets 100 ($372M)2018 Revenue 101 ($42M) Expenses 108 ($37M) Net assets 103 ($384M)2019 Revenue 185 ($77M) Expenses 106 ($36M) Net assets 106 ($395M)2020 Revenue 122 ($51M) Expenses 104 ($36M) Net assets 104 ($389M)2021 Revenue 125 ($52M) Expenses 107 ($37M) Net assets 132 ($491M)2022 Revenue 131 ($54M) Expenses 124 ($43M) Net assets 123 ($459M)2023 Revenue 149 ($62M) Expenses 134 ($46M) Net assets 125 ($466M)2024 Revenue 122 ($51M) Expenses 149 ($51M) Net assets 128 ($477M)2025 Revenue 73 ($31M) Expenses 144 ($49M) Net assets 131 ($489M)
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Revenue (73)Expenses (144)Net assets (131)Peer revenue range

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 $469M to $570M (+22%).

$481M
$469M
$476M
$469M
$570M
$523M
$527M
$536M
$542M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 8% · 2022 6% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

26% of Newfields Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 812 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$7.3M
’17
$4.8M
’18
$41M
’19
$15M
’20
$15M
’21
$12M
’22
$16M
’23
−$410k
’24
−$19M
’25
0.6
months of
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.

Board chair

Darrianne Christian

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed354136363439403535
Joined·+7+4+4+8+12+6+6+7
No longer listed·1941075117
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $32M.

13 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Indianapolis Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Newfields Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of Newfields Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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

Newfields Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

40%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 89% · 2019 45% · 2020 72% · 2021 45% · 2022 53% · 2023 79% — 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

60% of Newfields Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

98% of Newfields Inc's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Newfields Inc's funding base is broadening — from 17 funders to 37 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−62% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 16%Fundraising 9%

Governance

25
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

52%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Oldfields LLC · disregarded
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts (2) · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Newfields Inc?
Newfields Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,146,138 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($30,673,847). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Newfields Inc have?
IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $77,146,138 in grants to Newfields Inc, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Newfields Inc?
LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,673,847 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Newfields 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 73 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