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Filing year 2024

INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Indianapolis, Indiana·EIN 35-0876384·NTEE A800 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$17.5M
Total assets
$144M
Total expenses
$9.6M
Reported officers
30
Mission

SINCE 1831, THE INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN INDIANA'S STORYTELLER, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE PAST BY COLLECTING, PRESERVING, INTERPRETING, AND DISSEMINATING THE STATE'S HISTORY. A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, THE IHS ALSO PUBLISHES BOOKS AND PERIODICALS; SPONSORS TEACHER WORKSHOPS; PROVIDES YOUTH, ADULT, AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING; PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL GROUPS; AND MAINTAINS THE NATION'S PREMIER RESEARCH LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES ON THE HISTORY OF INDIANA AND THE OLD NORTHWEST.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$336k
$361k
Base
$301k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Vp-business & Operations
officer (unspecified)
$155k
$167k
Base
$142k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Vp-development
officer (unspecified)
$149k
$160k
Vp-marketing & Public Rela
officer (unspecified)
$108k
$116k
Vp-collections
officer (unspecified)
$95k
$102k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 25 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 6%
from 2023

From $317k in 2023 to $336k in 2024.

$317k
2023
$336k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$350k to $361k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7.7M
$9.4M
2023
$17.5M
$9.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Indiana

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Indiana pay their highest-earning executive a median of $54,124.

25th percentile
$18k
Median
$54,124
75th percentile
$90k
90th percentile
$159k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 83 organizations across 83 filings (2022 – 2023).

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