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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Indiana

Imperigo has identified 324 funders that made 4,086 grants totaling $304.2M to 541 arts & culture organizations in Indiana, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Indiana

Total granted $304.2M
Funders 324
Grants 4,086
Organizations funded 541

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.9M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$31.5M
2. Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc
251 grants to 83 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 12.3% of their giving
$21.5M
3. Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc
200 grants to 63 organizations · largest $590K · through 2023 · 76.6% of their giving
$12.8M
4. Scottish Rite of Indianapolis Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2020 · 29.2% of their giving
$3.1M
5. The Children's Museum Guild Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $765K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
6. Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc
103 grants to 24 organizations · largest $283K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$5.0M
7. Parkview Health System Inc
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$3.9M
8. Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $197K · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$2.9M
9. Northern Indiana Historical Society Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $364K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
10. Arnold E Menke Memorial Tr
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
11. Hamilton County Tourism Inc
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $270K · through 2024 · 34.6% of their giving
$1.6M
12. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
104 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2025
$32.2M
13. Aws Foundation Inc
43 grants to 17 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$3.1M
14. Wayne County Indiana Foundation Inc
36 grants to 13 organizations · largest $222K · through 2024 · 16.7% of their giving
$1.6M
15. Terre Haute Casino Resort Foundation In c/o Kristin Craig
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $800K · through 2025 · 46.4% of their giving
$1.3M
16. The Lincoln Collection Endowment
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $302K · through 2025 · 34.7% of their giving
$1.2M
17. Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc
65 grants to 17 organizations · largest $821K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$6.2M
18. WFYI Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $489K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
19. Greater Lafayette Community Foundation
44 grants to 13 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$1.6M
20. Lafayette Symphony Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $179K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$873K
21. Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc
35 grants to 18 organizations · largest $682K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$3.1M
22. Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc
27 grants to 8 organizations · largest $241K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$1.3M
23. Washington County Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $209K · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$657K
24. The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc
21 grants to 5 organizations · largest $194K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$1.4M
25. Community Foundation Alliance Inc
46 grants to 15 organizations · largest $359K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$1.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Indiana, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Indiana. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Indiana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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