Ind. Code § 4-24-2-7

Sec. 7. All gifts of money, and all money realized from real and personal property, made under this chapter, to permanently endow any institution described in section 1 of this chapter shall be taken in charge by the state, as a trust, and managed in all respects the same as the common school fund of the state is managed. The proceeds arising from a permanent endowment made under this chapter shall be paid to the institution being endowed for the purposes provided by the terms of the gift.