Public Charity

The Lincoln Collection Endowment

The Lincoln Collection Endowment is a Public Charity headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $679K revenue, $381K expenses, $11.9M total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $165K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 270530027 Fort Wayne, IN Single Organization Support NTEE: A11 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$679K
Total Expenses$381K
Total Assets$11.9M
Grant Records1
Funding Total$165K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The organization is a perpetual trust organized to provide financial support for the Abraham Lincoln Collection consisting of three dimensional items at the Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN and documents, images, and other two dimensional items at the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN.

Where $100 goes at The Lincoln Collection Endowment

How The Lincoln Collection Endowment divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$91
Provided financial support to the Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Trustee Jacob Benedict
Trustee Patrick Chasey
Chairperson/Trustee Ris Taylor
Secretary/Trustee Sherry Hardy
Trustee Todd Stephenson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$165,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $679K $381K $11.9M
2024 $731K $339K $10.9M
2023 $1.1M $313K $10.1M
2022 $439K $503K $9.5M
2021 $952K $1.7M $11.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $952K to $679K (-29%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.9M.

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