Indiana · Nonprofit
MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC
MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC (Indiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,985,575 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND FRANCES BALL FOUNDATION ($9,095,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $10.0M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Minnetrista Cultural Foundationinc does
Mission
Minnetrista museum & gardens fosters a love of learning across generations and engages the community through the beauty of nature, the richness of art, and the heritage of east central indiana.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
(continued) majestic mountains at bob ross experience; open space: art about the land; and imagine in glass. The minnetrista heritage collection includes artifacts, art, and archival material that document the people, places, organizations, events, and businesses and industries of east central indiana. A major component of the collection is ball family material and ball corporation business records. Several acquisitions were received in 2024. They included materials and objects that document the ball family, ball corporation, and local history. The minnetrista heritage collection, both on-site and on- line, is also a destination for researchers. In 2024, there were more than 164 remote and in-person research requests and appointments. By the end of 2024, there were more than 8,295 objects online, 6,278 photograph collections, and over 2,559 archival records from the minnetrista heritage collection on-line. Thousands of additional records were available onsite to researchers through our collections management system. There were thousands of searches of the on-line collection in 2024.
$1,033,083 spent$105,033 earned by the program32% of program spendingAs the home of the ball jar, minnetrista continues to serve as a legacy site and gathering place for east central indiana. Visitors come to explore, recharge, and connect. In 2024, approximately 100,000 local, regional,national, and international visitors enjoyed programs like painting workshops, glass workshops, school tours, summer camps, family days, and many other programs at minnetrista. Families attended our signature events like farmers market, garden fair, faeries sprites & lights, and enchanted luminaria walk.
$1,086,776 spent$116,331 earned by the program34% of program spendingMinnetrista improves the quality of life for east central indiana by offering a beautiful location in the middle of muncie. With a six-acre nature area, 23 acres of themed and historic gardens, and a stretch of the white river greenway, minnetrista serves as green space for the community. This space continued to provide invaluable respite to our community during 2024 as the visitors sought ways to get physical and find mental relief from life stresses caused by both personal and national factors like economics and political pressures.
$500,099 spent$46,833 earned by the program16% of program spendingOther program services: the breakdown of the remaining 569,472 in program expenses is as follows: 465,277 depreciation expense; 86,265 it expense; 17,930 advertising.
$569,472 spent18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,189,430.
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 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $15M (−22%).
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: 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Brian Statz
Pres/CEO/tru
Board chair
Steve Moore
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.2M.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $70k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC raised.
From the IRS filings of MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 94% · 2018 93% · 2019 92% · 2020 92% · 2021 91% · 2022 92% · 2023 92% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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.
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC?
- MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC (Indiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,985,575 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND FRANCES BALL FOUNDATION ($9,095,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $9,985,575 in grants to MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC?
- GEORGE AND FRANCES BALL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,095,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNETRISTA CULTURAL FOUNDATIONINC 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.
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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 8 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