CICF's board members, volunteers, and staff are proud of our strong partnerships with charitable organizations and donors to improve the lives of area residents. These partnerships give CICF the lense through which we can see and interpret community issues, trends and best practices.
Step 1: Grantseeker's Guide
Read our Grantseeker's Guide to help you apply for a grant from any of Central Indiana Community Foundation's competitive funds. It explains our policies, grantmaking priorities, our processes, and the factors that shape our decisions.
Step 2: Application
You must first submit an Application before potentially being asked to submit a full grant proposal. You can submit an Application at any time. Please make sure you submit your Application well in advance of your project’s start date (note the timelines in the Competitive Grant Opportunities chart on page 4 of the Grantseekers Guide).
Download the Application Form to begin the process for the following competitive opportunities*:
Step 3: Application Review
After receiving your Application, CICF staff will determine if the request is a compatible request with each fund’s guidelines. Within three weeks of receiving your Application, CICF will notify you via mail or e-mail about whether your application fits any of our funds’ guidelines.
If your grant application is compatible, your notification will include the contact information of the CICF staff member assigned to your organization. Within the next 60 days, that staff member will contact you, and may schedule a meeting, set up a site visit and/or request more information for review. The staff will inform you to what fund(s) a full proposal can be made and of projected due dates that you will need to meet.
Step 4: Proposal preparation
If you are requested to submit a proposal to one of the competitive funds, your grant officer will send you the grant proposal materials and instructions via e-mail.
* The following funds use a separate application process at this time.
Summer Youth Program Fund
The application deadline for Summer 2007 funding has passed. Organizations interested in applying to SYPF in 2008 must first be invited to the annual orientation session in late October 2007. For an invitation, send your organization’s contact information to CICF Grants Officer, Roderick Wheeler, by September 15, 2007. Read more about the Summer Youth Program Fund or download a list of 2006 funders and program beneficiaries.
Women’s Fund of Central Indiana
Women’s Fund awards grants to programs that give opportunities, encouragement, knowledge, and hope to women and girls in central Indiana. Read more about Women's Fund grantmaking.
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