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Newfields Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Indianapolis, IN EIN: 35-0867955 Website

To enrich lives through exceptional experiences with art and nature. Newfields offers dynamic experiences with art and nature for guests of all ages. The 152-acre cultural campus features art galleries, lush gardens, a historic home, performance spaces, a nature preserve and

Key facts about Newfields Inc

EIN
35-0867955
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$542,284,128

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$542.3M

+1.2% YoY

Revenue

$30.6M

-39.7% YoY

Net Investment Income

$11.3M

-61.9% YoY

Expenses

$49.5M

-3.1% YoY

About Newfields Inc

Based on IRS filings

Newfields Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Indianapolis, IN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $542.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $11.3M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Indianapolis

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K$8K0 grants20190 grants20200 grants20210 grants20221 grants20230 grants20240 grants2025

In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $8K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$25M$50M$75M$100M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$542,284,128$535,821,328$526,525,961
Revenue$30,590,585$50,692,742$62,024,991
Expenses$49,494,532$51,102,944$45,914,486
Net Investment Income$11,296,495$29,674,062$10,068,165

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Newfields Inc is led by Michael Kubacki, Ex-Officio, Interim President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 11 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Michael Kubacki

    Ex-Officio, Interim President & CEO

    Vice Chair → First Vice Chair, 2023

    First Vice Chair → Ex-Officio, Interim President & CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $45K (2024) → $396K (2025)

  • Colette Burnette

    Former President & CEO

    Director & CEO → Former President & CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    $189K (2023) → $299K (2025)

  • Le Monte G Booker Sr.

    President & CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $78K (2025)

  • Darrianne Christian

    Chair

    Secretary → At-Large, 2021

    At-Large → Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Belinda Tate

    Director of the Ima

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $338K (2025)

  • Greg Smith

    Senior Conservation Scientist

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $139K (2019) → $179K (2025)

  • Jeremiah Wise

    Chief Financial Officer

    CFO & Treasurer → Interim President, CEO, CFO & Treasurer, 2023

    Interim President, CEO, CFO & Treasurer → Chief Financial Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $187K (2019) → $321K (2025)

  • Jonathan Wright

    Deputy Director - Horticulture

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $126K (2019) → $360K (2025)

  • Laura McGrew

    Senior Dir-Guest Exp & Volunteer

    Senior Director Guest Experience → Senior Director - Guest Exp & Volunteer, 2021

    Senior Director - Guest Exp & Volunteer → Senior Dir-Guest Exp & Volunteer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $106K (2019) → $128K (2025)

  • Jonathan Berger

    Vice President - Mkt & Ext Affairs

    Deputy Director - Mkt & Ext Affairs → Vice President - Mkt & Ext Affairs, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    50 hrs/week

    $144K (2020) → $264K (2025)

  • Grace Meils

    Vice President of Advancement

    On filings since 2022

    50 hrs/week

    $168K (2022) → $244K (2025)

  • Ernest Gause

    Chief People & Diver. Officer

    On filings since 2023

    50 hrs/week

    $224K (2023) → $568K (2025)

  • Myrta Pulliam

    At-Large

    Board Member → At-Large, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Toni Bader

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Lechleiter

    Board Member

    Board Member → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Sellers

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Swisher Crabb

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathi Postlethwait

    Board Member

    Board Member → At-Large, 2022

    At-Large → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lily Pai

    Board Member

    Ex-Officio → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allan Mills

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nora Hiatt

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosemary Steinmetz

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Kim

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Carpenter

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shane Merriweather

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel C. Yates

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas Singleton

    Secretary

    Governor Chair Ex-Officio → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Lisher

    At-Large

    Board Member → At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leon Jackson

    At-Large

    Board Member → At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Regina Cross

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Scheele

    At-Large

    Board Member → At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alan Henderson

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Sutphin

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ira Maher

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristen Mays-Corbitt

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (38)
  • Former: Dorit Paul (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Ian Rupert (2019–2024) — At-Large
  • Former: Susan McAlister (2020–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Jason Noyan (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Samuel Levi Jones (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Patrick O'Donovan (2023–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: C. Daniel Yates (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Charles Venable (2019–2023) — Former CEO · Filing note: Ended 022021
  • Former: David Eskenazi (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Gary Butkus (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Gary Hirschberg (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathryn G. Betley (2019–2023) — At-Large
  • Former: Kathryn Haigh (2019–2023) — Chief Operating Officer
  • Former: Michael Robertson MD (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Otto Frenzel IV (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Sean Huddleston (2022–2023) — At-Large
  • Former: Adrienne Sims (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Gary Schahet (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Tina Pasquinelli (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Nancy Caprenter (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Christine Baldwin (2021–2022) — Director of Philanthropy
  • Former: Niloo Imami-Paydar (2022) — Curator
  • Former: Daniel Skovronsky (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: David Barrett (2019–2021) — First Vice Chair
  • Former: Marya Rose (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Rachel Simon (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Shirley Mueller (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Kent Hawryluk (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Kim Gattle (2019–2020) — Deputy Director - Instl Advancement
  • Former: Matthew Gutwein (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Peter A. Morse Jr. (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Preston Bautista (2019–2020) — Deputy Director for Public Programs
  • Former: Sherron Rogers (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Tom Pence (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Howard Schrott (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Kay Koch (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Susanne McAlister (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Thomas Hiatt (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Ernest Gause — Chief People & Diver. Officer: $568KErnest GauseChief People & Diver. Officer$568KMichael Kubacki — EX-OFFICIO/INTERIM PRES/CEO (End 10/24): $396KMichael KubackiEX-OFFICIO/INTERIM PRES/CEO…$396KJonathan Wright — Deputy Dir - Horticulture: $360KJonathan WrightDeputy Dir - Horticulture$360KBelinda Tate — Director of the Ima: $338KBelinda TateDirector of the Ima$338KJeremiah Wise — Chief Financial Officer: $321KJeremiah WiseChief Financial Officer$321KColette Burnette — Former President & CEO: $299KColette BurnetteFormer President & CEO$299KJonathan Berger — VP - MKT & Ext Affairs: $264KJonathan BergerVP - MKT & Ext Affairs$264KGrace Meils — Vice President of Advancement: $244KGrace MeilsVice President of Advancement$244KGreg Smith — Senior Conservation Scientist: $179KGreg SmithSenior Conservation Scientist$179KLaura McGrew — Sr Dir-Guest Exp and Volunteer: $128KLaura McGrewSr Dir-Guest Exp and Volunteer$128KLe Monte G Booker Sr — President & CEO (BEG 10/2024): $78KLe Monte G Booker SrPresident & CEO (BEG 10/2024)$78K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $568K, to Ernest Gause (Chief People & Diver. Officer). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Newfields Inc

How large is Newfields Inc?

Newfields Inc reported $542.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $30.6M.

What is Newfields Inc?

Newfields Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Indianapolis, IN. It holds $542.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Newfields Inc operate?

Newfields Inc has awarded grants in Indiana.

What is Newfields Inc's EIN?

Newfields Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-0867955. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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