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Local girls use cardboard, hangers and masking tape to build a robotic arm – and possible career options – with help from Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis.
The Challenge is designed to bolster enrollment efforts made by school representatives and will now include both Marion and Hamilton counties.
At Big Car’s Service Center, a formerly unused tire store is being transformed into a space where creativity sparks community connections.
Funds will support summer programs, including arts, career exploration and employment, community service, sports and more.
Event Showcased CICF’s Community Leadership Initiatives, Outcomes and More
More than $332,000 in grants were awarded to nine not-for-profits and libraries serving Marion County
Like cities around the country, urban and community gardens are becoming increasingly popular in Indianapolis. Yet some soil in city neighborhoods contains toxic amounts of lead. An IUPUI scientist is working to make urban gardens safe.
24 million children and young adults in the United States are growing up without a caring father in their lives, and they're paying a high price. But with the help of Fathers and Families Center, some young men in Indianapolis are learning to become the fathers they never had.
Learn about how you might be able to help following the recent natural disasters that have impacted residents in Marysville, Henryville and across Southern Indiana.
Project Home will be the only facility in all of Marion County that serves pregnant and homeless teenagers.
Read the complete transcript of Brian Payne's remarks from Tuesday's announcement regarding discontinuing the Fred Wilson public art project here.
CICF will support new public art/memorial project to be led by community advocates
“Media Center Enrichment Grants” designed to spur collaborative teaching, aid English Language Learners, add “high-interest” materials to library collections, more
Located inside the Virginia Avenue parking garage south of Maryland St., “Swarm Street” by Acconci Studio of New York, is an interactive light environment that the creators compare to swarms of fireflies.
CPAs from five firms put down their pencils and laptops on September 23, 2011 to partner with Legacy Fund to build homes and deliver meals to community members in need.
Indiana ranks 12th in the nation with the most ‘food insecure’ seniors
Five young women from Carmel, Indiana donated $1,038 to Legacy Fund to help victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse.
News on behalf of the Indiana State Fair Commission. The Indiana State Fair Commission will use the services of nationally recognized victims compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg to quickly and fairly distribute the private donations made to the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund.
Marion Fenstermaker’s gift to The Indianapolis Foundation provides a fitting encore for her well-lived life. A star in many more ways than on stage and in the movies, Marion was a gold star philanthropist whose bequest will positively impact the Indianapolis community forever.
A community center designed by the community... for the community
Education is an investment in which our city is expected to see a positive rate of return for every dollar invested and every degree earned. Read more in Wheeler's article published in the June 11 issue of Indianapolis Business Journal.
Community foundations are very knowledgeable about the not-for-profit partners in their communities that are best able to provide disaster relief and needed services. CICF can supply you with information about this Foundation or other organizations providing immediate and long-term disaster relief services anywhere in the world.
CICF announces Terry W. Anker has been named the next president of the Legacy Fund, the Hamilton County affiliate.
Advisory Council and partners seek local and international inspiration. Submissions due by April 15, 2011
A grant from The Indianapolis Foundation helped Families First expand their Family Enrichment Program and provide value-added workshops addressing financial management, career success, relationships, STDs, and fitness/nutrition to more than 550 individuals.
Indiana — By Degrees, a 12-part news series from WFYI Public Radio, takes an in-depth look at the challenges, barriers, and solutions facing Indiana’s 21st century students as they pursue a degree that leads to a career. The series debuts February 16 — airing each Wednesday during Morning Edition (5-10 am) and All Things Considered on 90.1 FM HD1.
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) officially announced a new public-private partnership program, College is Power, created to help more Marion County students prepare to enter post-secondary education opportunities and succeed once they get there.
The Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship awarded five artists from Indiana and Illinois $20,000 grants to help them continue their artistic development. The Fellowship, made possible by the Indianapolis-based Efroymson Family Fund, has distributed $600,000 to artists in six years.
On January 1, 2011, an estimated one out of every five Hoosiers will begin turning age 65 - along with 77 million other "Baby Boomers" across the country.
The Efroymson Family Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, and Jeremy Efroymson will donate $1 million to Butler University.
Over 1,300 additional Marion County eighth-grade students joined the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program as the result of the CICF Twenty-first Century Scholars Enrollment Challenge.
Research shows that all students lose some of what they’ve learned during the school year while they’re on summer vacation.
Indiana Latino Scholarship Fund (ILSF) will hold its 3rd Annual Latino Scholarship Fund Dinner sponsored by USA Funds.
Liz Tate has been named Vice President for Grants at Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF).
The Indianapolis Foundation is pleased to announce 12 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars and 12 Indianapolis Foundation Community Scholars.
Legacy Fund Announces Four Lilly Endowment Community Scholars and Four Legacy Fund Community Scholars
The Twenty-first Century Scholars program, established in 1990 by the State of Indiana, encourages low-income middle school students to prepare for post-secondary opportunities.
The Summer Youth Program Fund, a collaboration of 11 local and national funding partners and affiliate funds, announces grant awards of nearly $2.5 million, up from 2.2 million in 2009. These grant dollars will go to 161 organizations offering 189 programs proposing to serve more than 40,000 youth in Marion County this summer.
Because of CICF's extensive knowledge of this community and its financial and planned giving expertise, it is able to assist funders of all makes and sizes in identifying philanthropic goals and giving plans.
Television cameras may have left, but, CICF, Making Connections Indianapolis, Estridge Companies, and neighborhood leaders are committed to neighborhood renewal. Within the last six weeks, an extreme makeover has occurred in the Indianapolis Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
The Summer Youth Program Fund, a collaboration of 10 local partners and affiliate funds, announces grant awards of more than $2.2 million. These grant dollars will go to 150 organizations offering 176 programs proposing to serve more than 40,000 youth in Marion County this summer.
The Bernard McFarland family of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood has been selected for the ABC television network show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! Hundreds of workers, contractors, and a design team are rebuilding the recipient’s entire home in just 7 days, from March 29-April 4.
Legacy Fund is pleased to announce the following new members to its Board of Directors for 2009: Jay Merrell (Industrial Dielectrics, Inc.); Mike Daugherty (Key Private Bank); Raul Flamenco (FlamencoNets); and Sarah Smith Moore (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society).
Partners launch awareness campaign to help neighbors in need deal with worsening economy.
The Town of Arcadia Incorporation, in partnership with Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, recently received $20,000 from Legacy Fund, the community foundation serving Hamilton County, to support a revitalization of downtown Arcadia into an artisan area. It was one of ten local organizations selected by Legacy Fund in the third quarter grant round.
CICF Announces New Staff: Angela Carr Klitzsch and Mary Booth Miller Stanley, J.D.
Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) has made another financial commitment to education in central Indiana, this time to impact the lives of the 400 Indianapolis Public Schools’ (IPS) students attending New Tech High @ Arsenal Tech.
Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship expands geographic reach in fourth year.
