|
|
Professionals who help your giving create real impact. |
|
|
|
Since their inception in the early 1900’s, community foundations have served as philanthropic organizations that combine financial gifts, donations and funds from many people and, with the benefit of those gifts, create the financial leverage necessary to address a community’s current and future needs. They do this by making grants to effective not-for-profits, and in the case of CICF, by also recognizing important community opportunities and then helping the community seize them.
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) was established in 1997 as a partnership between The Indianapolis Foundation, serving Marion County since 1916, and Legacy Fund, serving Hamilton County since 1991. To find out more about CICF, and what we can do for you, click here.
College tuition is rising faster than inflation, and students – both those who graduate and those who do not – face increasingly high levels of debt.
Donor-advised funds rebound to higher values and greater grant-making impact, following losses sustained during the economic recession.
CEOs for Cities selects Indianapolis to host Livability Challenge Workshop, highlighting effective strategies for enhancing urban living from six major US cities - Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art gave little artists the chance to explore their creative abilities during spring break.
Central Indiana Community Foundation announces Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipients
Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate to award $2 million in grants; funds will continue to support programs providing services for juvenile and adult offenders.
Funds will support summer programs, including arts, career exploration and employment, community service, sports and more.
More than 6,000 job seekers have visited Mobile Job Labs at Indianapolis Public Library Branches. Edgar, one of those visitors, wanted to say “thank you” for the help he found.
Recent studies show poverty is growing in the U.S. in practically every demographic. Use this interactive infographic to learn more.
People for Urban Progress, Big Car, IndyHub and Harrison Center for the Arts host four events to inspire arts innovation in central Indiana – and award four $10,000 prizes.
Ex-offenders turn trash to treasure – and turn over a new leaf – at Indianapolis’ nonprofit, RecycleForce.
Portland researcher and urban planner to discuss how Indianapolis can create an age-friendlier city at Communities for a Lifetime event on Friday, March 8.
Missing school in early grades is connected to lower test scores – but communities can address the trend with system-level interventions.
Created by The Biddle Memorial Foundation and JBS United, The Sheridan Fund will support effective not-for-profits serving Sheridan, Indiana.
Created in Westfield, the Youth Assistance Program helps kids stay in school and out of trouble. With Legacy Fund's help, the program is now expanding to Noblesville in order to serve the whole county.
With the Indy Food Fund's first-ever grant awards totaling $49,450 to eleven organizations undertaking transformative food projects across Marion County.
37 Place, the Heartbeat of Martindale Brightwood, a former elementary school, will serve as a neighborhood hub for a "resilient community."
Earned Income Tax Credits help working families, letting local taxpayers keep nearly $3 million in the last two years.
Development experts suggest the Super Bowl was a healthy investment for Indianapolis. The Legacy Center shows how a super-sized investment in health can transform a community.
CICF Facebook Status
