- Revenue 2024
- $3,198,985
- Expenses 2024
- $3,240,618
Program services were 98.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A540
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 650 W WASHINGTON ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE INDIANA STATE MUSUEM AND HISTORIC SITES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF COLLECTING, PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING INDIANA HISTORY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF COLLECTING, PRESERVING, AND INTERPRETING INDIANA HISTORY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
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THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES. THE SUPPORT PROMOTES EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTING CULTURAL HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, AND SCIENCE.
Expenses $3,189,672 · Grants $3,189,672
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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William Browne JrWILLIAM BROWNE JR
BOARD CHAIR THRU 12/31/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Fred CateFRED CATE
BOARD CHAIR AS OF 1/1/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Nancy JordanNANCY JORDAN
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Elizabeth WitteELIZABETH WITTE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Andrew BriggsANDREW BRIGGS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Melissa CaitoMELISSA CAITO
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Charles Cammack JrCHARLES CAMMACK JR
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andy ConnerANDY CONNER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Amber FinleyAMBER FINLEY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David GoDAVID GO
MEMBER THRU 6/11/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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De'Amon HargesDE'AMON HARGES
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter NagelPETER NAGEL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Angila RetherfordANGILA RETHERFORD
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marc SamardzijaMARC SAMARDZIJA
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Judy SingletonJUDY SINGLETON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary WalkerMARY WALKER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John WechslerJOHN WECHSLER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael ZickMICHAEL ZICK
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cathryn C FerreeCATHRYN C FERREE
CEO/PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $304,216
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $252,853
- Other
- $51,363
- Hours/week
- 10 + 30 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $251,353 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $1,500 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $23,948 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $27,415 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $304,216 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,198,985
- Expenses
- $3,240,618
- Contributions
- $2,489,600
- Grants paid
- $3,189,672
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,614,317
- Expenses
- $7,695,960
- Contributions
- $2,148,874
- Grants paid
- $7,649,238
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2022
- Revenue
- $8,036,852
- Expenses
- $3,922,837
- Contributions
- $7,723,130
- Grants paid
- $3,880,596
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,558,484
- Expenses
- $3,442,032
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,032,023
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,921,038
- Expenses
- $2,189,743
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,226,178
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,337,728
- Expenses
- $1,400,234
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,429,810
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,112,832
- Expenses
- $3,344,928
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,419,915
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,619,882
- Expenses
- $4,051,689
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,530,833
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,025,906
- Expenses
- $4,142,013
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,933,640
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,390,697
- Expenses
- $3,878,464
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,887,349
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,823,522
- Expenses
- $3,969,472
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,466,228
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,868,303
- Expenses
- $1,238,847
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,087,324
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,864,514
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,422,958
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES CORPORATION
$7,649,238
2023 SUPPORT OF INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES
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INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES CORPORATION
$3,880,596
2022 SUPPORT OF INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES
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INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES CORPORATION
$3,189,672
2024 SUPPORT OF INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES
Grants received
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ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC
$98,911
2022 ARTS PROGRAMMING & COVID RELEIF
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ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC
$75,000
2023 ARTS PROGRAMMING
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$36,500
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2024 Charitable contribution
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$27,000
2022 To Be Used at the Organization's Discretion
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2023 Local Community
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2024 Program Support
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$23,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES CORPORATION
GOVERNMENTAL · OPERATE THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES · IN
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.