Last update: April 8, 2022
| Agency | Grant name | Description | URL |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | National Leadership Grants for Libraries | Advance, support, and empower America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/national-leadership-grants-libraries |
| Midwest Collaborative for Library Services | MCLS Indiana Grant Initiative | Bridging information literacy from school to college using INSPIRE Wellbeing Literacy 2022 |
https://www.mcls.org/engagement/mcls-indiana-grant-initiative/ |
| Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Inc. | Operating/Capital Project | Promote or preserve the Arts and Humanities. Priority will be given primarily to those organizations located in Central Indiana. | https://www.awclowescf.org/ |
| Ball Brothers Foundation | General/Rapid Grants | Focusing on East Central IN (others rarely funded too): Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education, Environment, Health, Human Services, Public/Society Benefit. | https://www.ballfdn.org/grants |
| Central Indiana Community Foundation | General | Our investments enable organizations to provide effective programs and respond to the needs of people in the neighborhoods and communities they serve. | https://www.cicf.org/not-for-profits/#how-to-apply |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions | Help small and mid-sized institution improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections. | https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections | Supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience. | https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections |
| Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) | Recordings at Risk | Support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. | https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/?_zs=sNUgX&_zl=1fjQ1 |
| Indiana State Library | LSTA Technology Grant | Assist Indiana libraries with purchasing new and improved technology necessary to meet their users’ ever-changing needs for library services, and to provide access to information. | https://www.in.gov/library/3732.htm |
| Indiana State Library | LSTA Indiana Memory Digitization Grant | Digitizing Indiana’s historical collections. The primary goal is to develop content for Indiana Memory, a digital library for Indiana residents, and Hoosier State Chronicles, Indiana’s digital newspaper program (https://newspaps.library.in.gov). | https://www.in.gov/library/3732.htm |
| Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) | Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Enabling New Scholarship through Increasing Access to Unique Materials | For digitizing rare and unique content in collecting institutions. | https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/ |
| Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) | Ball Venture Fund Grant | Encouraging and supporting creative efforts at Indiana’s independent colleges and universities. | https://www.icindiana.org/our-programs/scholarships-grants/ball-venture-fund/ |
| PALNI | Library Innovation Grant | To optimize library resources and services in ways that significantly expand the ability of supported organizations to support teaching and learning at PALNI institutions. | https://libguides.palni.edu/grants/innovation_grant |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Humanities Collections and Reference Resources | Supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. | https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | Multiple | Advance, support, and empower America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. | https://www.imls.gov/grants/grant-programs |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Multiple | Promote the humanities. | https://www.neh.gov/grants/listing?f%5B0%5D=individual_or_organization%3AOrganization&f%5B1%5D=opportunity_open_or_closed%3A1 |
| United States Department of Education | Multiple | Promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. | https://www2.ed.gov/programs/find/title/index.html?src=apply-page |
| The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | General | Program areas: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Scholarly Communications, International Higher Education and Strategic Projects. | https://mellon.org/grants/ |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | General | US Program: K-12 Education, Economic Mobility and Opportunity, Postsecondary Success, Washington State |
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Grant-Opportunities |
| Lilly Endowment, Inc. | General | We consider proposals in three main program areas: community development, education and religion. We also are interested in initiatives that benefit youth and promote the causes of philanthropy and volunteerism. | https://lillyendowment.org/for-grantseekers/guidelines/ |
| The James Foundation | General | Enhance the quality of life in Indiana, and other areas of interest to the Foundation, by focusing on the following special interests: Education, Community, and Faith | https://www.thejamesfoundation.org/grant-process-and-application/ |
| The Grantsmanship Center: Community Foundations: IN | n/a | List of community foundations within Indiana | https://www.tgci.com/funding-sources/IN/community |
| Grants.gov | n/a | Provides a common website for federal agencies to post discretionary funding opportunities and for grantees to find and apply to them. | https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html |
| PALNI-only resources | n/a | Another list of grantors available on the PALNI drive | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W2w_8jvBmjvSs8Y2XzUFoA6HEI1rpnvy |