Grant support from foundations and government agencies is a critical source of funding for the IMA. Current grants to the IMA underwrite an array of projects that include exhibitions, education and public programs, digital initiatives, and special projects. The IMA is grateful to the following grantors who generously contributed to the Museum.

Fiscal Year 2012 (to date)

Indiana Arts Commission
MET Foundation Inc.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Japan Foundation
The Getty Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.
Lacy Foundation
NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Fiscal Year 2011

Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Arts Council of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
IMLS: Sparks!
Indiana Arts Commission
Indiana Office of Energy Development
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Marilyn M. Watkins Family Foundation
MET Foundation Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
The Clowes Fund
United States Department of State