Funding search · art history and museums · Indiana
Who funds art history and museums work in Indiana
13 funders have a record of paying for art history and museums work by Indiana recipients: 33 grants totaling $2.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Arnold E Menke Memorial Tr ($1.0M), Community Foundation Alliance ($532,081) and Ag May Fbo Eville Museum Iua ($252,594).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Indiana recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Arnold E Menke Memorial TrCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2025Largest: $275,390 to Evansville Museum of Arts History and Science — program services
Community Foundation AllianceEvansville, INCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $532,081 · through 2024Largest: $358,705 to EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS HISTORY & SCIENCE — to further the exempt purpose of the organization.
Ag May Fbo Eville Museum IuaCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $252,594 · through 2025Largest: $70,050 to Evansville Museum of Arts History & Science — program services
Central Indiana Community FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to Evansville Museum of Arts History & Science — myra schuetter: fifty years of watercolor
Evansville Endowment FundEvansville, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $90,571 · through 2024Largest: $39,319 to Evansville Museum of Arts History Science — capital improvements
Largest: $20,000 to Evansville Museum of Arts History — general operating expense
Largest: $8,250 to EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS HISTORY & — project/program support
Largest: $33,000 to Indiana University — digital art history grants
Largest: $10,000 to EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART HISTORY AND SCIENCE — general donation
Fund for the ArtsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,653 · through 2022Largest: $6,812 to Carnegie Center for Art & History — cultural pass
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
1 matching grant · $420,900 · through 2025Largest: $420,900 to EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICANINDIANS — audience facility & feasibilty study
Sol & Arlene Bronstein Foundation 2 Xxx-Xx-XxxxEvansville, IN
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS HISTORY — program support
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