The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, was established by Gene and Marilyn Glick in 1998 to support a variety of causes in central Indiana. Over the past decade, The Glick Fund has awarded over $30 million in grants to effective not-for-profit organizations.

Today, The Glick Fund is focused on making a measurable impact in specific areas. The Glick Fund concentrates on: 

• Increasing educational opportunities 
• Promoting arts and creative expression 
• Supporting efforts toward self-sufficiency 
• Alleviating human suffering 
• Helping those in need

Working with CICF staff, The Glick Fund Advisors proactively seek organizations that align with The Glick Fund impact areas and CICF’s three broader community leadership initiatives of: Family Success & Making Connections; Inspiring Places; and College Readiness – initiatives aimed at making central Indiana one of the best places in the nation to live, work and raise a family.  The Glick Fund does not accept grant applications through an open application process.  However, selected organizations will be invited to apply for the June 1 – June 30 CICF common grant application deadline, with awards being made annually in the fall.  Applications submitted through CICF’s common application process that align with The Glick Fund’s priorities may be presented to The Glick Fund Advisors for consideration.  Questions should be directed to Ryan Brady, Senior Donor Services Advisor, at ryanb@cicf.org or 317.634.2423.

November 17, 2009
The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, has announced grants to 19 local organizations totaling $1.09 million.

Grants range from $5,000 to $190,000 and include gifts to Day Nursery Association; The Julian Center; Southeast Community Services; and art therapy programs at both Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.  Click here for a complete list of grants.

A new focus for The Glick Fund
The Fund’s advisors are focusing their efforts on making a measurable impact in four areas of community need: 1) the arts and creative expression; 2) education; 3) human needs and the alleviation of suffering; and 4) self-sufficiency and job skills.

"In the last year we’ve changed the way we approach grantmaking," said Marilyn Glick, founder of the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation and chairwoman of The Glick Fund.

"We’re being much more strategic and proactive in researching these issues and approaching organizations that match our vision for making Indiana a better place to live," said Mrs. Glick.

Of particular interest to the Fund advisors are transformative gifts that will build capacity and increase an organization’s reach. "It has been such an incredible pleasure working side-by-side with The Glick Fund advisors. This type of dynamic relationship allows us to more effectively identify and match the Fund’s community impact goals with targeted organizational and programmatic funding; further expanding their ability to improve the condition of our community," say Brian Payne, president of Central Indiana Community Fund.

• Arts and creative expression: The Glick Fund will award $25,000 each to Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent to support new art-therapy programs for hospitalized children, which will allow young patients to express their feelings and help them actively engage in their treatment.

• Education: Of particular note is the $190,000 gift to Day Nursery Association ($125,000 to provide scholarships to 100 children, and $65,000 for staff training and education). Day Nursery provides early childhood care and education to economically and ethnically diverse families.

• Human needs and the alleviation of suffering: The Glick Fund is making a $30,000 grant to The Julian Center. The contribution will fund one month of emergency support for "The Grants to Encourage Arrest" program, which works in partnership with law enforcement to reach victims of domestic violence who may never otherwise connect with resources to help them escape the cycle of abuse. The program places domestic violence advocates in each Indianapolis Police Department district and also includes training for police officers, victim-assistance services and 24-hour response to domestic violence scenes.

• Self-sufficiency and job skills: The Fund will provide $25,000 to Southeast Community Services to support its new initiative to train and certify workers for entry-level "green" jobs with private-sector firms that perform site remediation under state and federal law.

	Indiana Authors Award In 2009, The Glick Fund helped establish the Indiana Authors Award; a program of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation. This award seeks to recognize the contributions of Indiana authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation.
	A Call for Nominations for the 2010 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award opened on February 1, 2010 and extends through March 26, 2010. The Indiana Authors Award invites participation from people around the state beginning with the nomination process. Participation then continues throughout the year with outreach to organizations serving readers and writers with an interactive Web site. The program culminates in a day of free public programs and a ticketed Awards Dinner on October 9, 2010 at the Central Library in Indianapolis.
	Glick Center for Glass In September 2008, The Glick Fund awarded a matching grant to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana to fund the Glick Center for Glass, a glass-art program to be added to Ball State’s College of Fine Arts. The matching grant will support a new 10,000-square-foot instruction center housing a world-class hot glass studio. The gift will also support an endowment for faculty, visiting artists and scholarships. Classes in the new facility are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2010.  The first project of its kind in Indiana, the Glick Center for Glass will be a fitting tribute to Muncie’s glass-making heritage and an important addition to Ball State’s growing fine arts program. This is an exciting program for the Glick Fund, especially in view of my mother’s longtime passion for glass art.  This gift is a legacy to her love of all that can be possible with the medium.” - Marianne Glick, advisor to The Glick Fund
	Glick Peace Walk In June 2009, construction begun on The Glick Peace Walk as part of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick.  Once completed in 2010, The Glick Peace Walk will include 12 distinctive sculptural gardens that celebrate the lives and accomplishments of 12 “luminaries,” such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others.  Each garden will feature a granite terrazzo plaza depicting the individual’s contributions to society and a timeline noting significant events that helped shape the person he/she became. Interpretive signs will tell the story of the person’s life through descriptive text and images. The centerpiece of each garden will be a 12-foot stainless steel and glass “luminary” featuring a lighted glass etching of the individual. Ten of the luminary gardens will be located on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail along a median to be constructed on Walnut Street between Meridian Street and Capitol Avenue. This section of Walnut Street will also receive new brick roadway pavers, lighting and landscaping to transform the street into a pedestrian-friendly destination along the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. The luminary garden dedicated to Abraham Lincoln will be located at the southwest corner of Washington and Illinois streets, and the luminary garden dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. will be located at the southeast corner of Washington and Pennsylvania Streets. The construction of the Walnut Street section should be completed by fall of 2010. The luminaries will honor: Susan B. Anthony, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Jonas Salk, Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington and Wilbur and Orville Wright. “With the Glick Peace Walk, we hope to honor ‘luminaries,’ people of peace whose creativity, perseverance and concern for others improved life for everyone who came after them.” - Marianne Glick, advisor to The Glick Fund