Among the many who risked reputation, harm and even death to fight slavery, one name – George Boxley – has been all but lost in Indiana history. Now, through a grant from several organizations, the town of Sheridan, Indiana, is reclaiming the credit Boxley has been due for 180 years. And in doing so, the town itself will reclaim a place in Indiana history.
NSI is a local not-for-profit that helps individuals create small businesses. NSI was established in 1997 with the help of a $50,000 grant from CICF affiliate, The Indianapolis Foundation, through Concord Development Corp.
In the 1980s, Hamilton County Township Trustees, along with faith-based and not-for-profit organizations, police and fire departments, were called into action to assess the growing needs of residents, coordinate services and programs, and reduce duplication of efforts. Leading these efforts was Nancy Chance, who helped found Good Samaritan Network (GSN) in 1995.
A 130-year-old church became home to a new art center for Hamilton County. The First Baptist Church of Noblesville was recently put up for sale by the congregation, and it was agreed that an art center would be the best use of the property.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful unites people to beautify the city, improve the environment, and foster pride in the community. Through the new NeighborWoods program, KIB intends to plant 100,000 trees in the next ten years in inner-city neighborhoods.
What started out as just a holiday food drive for Bill Boone and a few church volunteers in 1999 quickly grew into a weekly lifeline for many residents of southeastern Marion County struggling to make ends meet.
The goal of the ACES project is to end chronic homelessness in Marion County by coordinating services, resources, and support then working with members to create a plan to help guide them toward recovery.
After years of living in an abusive relationship, [Pam] decides to leave. She takes her children and moves out of the house. But where can she go? Pam has been staying at home to take care of her children, which means that her abuser has total control over her finances. She is left with nothing. Inspirations of Hamilton County, Inc. is a non-profit organization working to help women, like Pam, who have been victims of sexual abuse and/or domestic violence.
Three small organizations received The Indianapolis Foundation’s first capacity-building grants. Each organization will receive up to $50,000 each year for the next three years to support operating costs or other capacity-building opportunities.
Women’s Fund of Central Indiana awarded two 50,000 grants to The Julian Center and Indiana Women's Prison to address care-giving and domestic violence, two issues Women’s Fund identifies as top community priorities.
The relationship between a human and an animal is irreplaceable. Since the evolution of our species, animals have been used as herders, hunters, and companions. The Children’s TherAplay Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization established in 2000, is using an animal for a unique purpose: therapy.
The Indianapolis Foundation recently awarded John P. Craine House $25,000 for its residential program serving formerly incarcerated women and their children.
In May, The Indianapolis Foundation awarded $100,000 for the kitchen and dining hall in the new Fletcher Place Community Center located at 1637 E. Prospect Street. Since 1872, Fletcher Place has served the community by helping the poor be self-sufficient. Last year, it served about 520 homeless individuals a month, up to 848 families in its Food Aid program, 217 youth in the summer, 3,000 families through its Free Thrift Store, and more than 33,000 individual hot meals. Its other programs include Christmas assistance; preschool; and literacy, life skills, and basic computer classes for adults.
Picture yourself at your favorite restaurant, indecisive over which menu item would best satisfy your taste buds. Food is merely seconds away, but for millions, food is an expense they cannot afford. When the cupboard is bare, where will their next meal come from? Millions suffer from starvation and malnutrition. Gleaners Food Bank has been helping those in need of food for more than 25 years.
Early Vision screening is critical The vision screening staff and volunteers of Prevent Blindness Indiana (PBI) were shocked when a beautiful, young teen asked the following question, "Please tell me, is it the left eye that no one sees out of? You see I have asked other people this question and they only laugh. I don’t understand," she said.
Legacy Fund Community Endowment provided $7,000 for two Hamilton County summer concert series in 2004. The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department received $3,000 for its Cool Creek Concert Series. Since 1994, this five-week Friday night series in June and July features popular local bands from the Indianapolis area and around the Midwest. The concerts typically attract 500 to 1,500 fans who enjoy the show with blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets for a minimal admission fee.
In May 2005, Legacy Fund Community Foundation awarded its first grant to the Sheridan Historical Society. The all-volunteer organization strengthens the community through connecting its residents and visitors to the small town’s rich history.
The broader downtown Indianapolis area is our region’s focal point for government, business, and entertainment. More recently it has seen growth in housing and the life sciences. Yet there is little guidance for the visual design of our urban core – for how people react to and interact with its buildings, parks, and streetscapes.
Formerly Hamilton County Senior Services Center, PrimeLife Enrichment, Inc.’s mission is to help older residents of Hamilton County live with dignity and independence. As a part of the Hamilton County Transportation Action Committee that addresses transportation needs for disabled, elderly, and low-income residents, PrimeLife Enrichment transported 332 individuals for 12,474 trips covering 123,031 miles in 2002-2003. Unfortunately, the organization lost a vehicle at the end of 2002 and needed to replace it.
On 400 acres in Lexington, Indiana, there’s a special place where 7-12 year-old children from around the state receive the love, support, and attention they need to succeed.
Several of CICF’s funds and partners supported Girls Inc. in 2003. An affiliate of the national Girls Inc., it offers research-based, gender-specific educational programs that empower girls to become healthy responsible adults and informed leaders. It serves girls ages 6 to18 in the Indianapolis area, primarily from high-risk neighborhoods. Nearly 75 percent of the girls come from households with incomes of less than $25,000.
It may seem that the Fountain Square area, southeast of downtown Indianapolis, has recently undergone a quick and well-publicized transformation. However, to the area’s thousands of residents, the change has been lengthy and hard-fought. Residents and business owners have worked through neighborhood groups, churches, and not-for-profits.
The Damien Center earned a $28,000 grant from The Indianapolis Foundation for a program assistant position and for services reaching women and children with HIV/AIDS.
"Survival skills" may create visions of the hit reality TV show "Survivor," when in fact these skills help a growing population of Hispanic women in Hamilton County feed their children healthy food, create wills, speak English, and help them become self reliant in a new community and culture. Legacy Fund awarded $4,000 to help start this program that consisted of ten, three-hour workshops for 11 women. In the end, eight women completed the program and graduated in caps and gowns in front of their family and friends.
The James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, awarded $25,000 to CICOA to create an implementation plan for Indy Creative Aging, a brainchild of the Indianapolis Consortium for Creative Aging and Retirement. This project helped CICOA add to its focus of providing basic needs and offer an interactive "senior-friendly" network for activities and information including life-long learning, volunteer service, leadership, retirement planning, cultural opportunities, and recreation/leisure.
Joy’s House received $45,000 from the James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation. The grant supported its "Spread the Joy" capital campaign to purchase its current facility and expand programming rooms and office space to accommodate its growing demand. Legacy Fund also awarded $750 for informational brochures in 2003. In the past, Efroymson Fund has also funded Joy’s House.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful unites people to beautify the city, improve the environment, and foster pride in the community. Through the new NeighborWoods program, KIB intends to plant 100,000 trees in the next ten years in inner-city neighborhoods.
Among the many who risked reputation, harm and even death to fight slavery, one name – George Boxley – has been all but lost in Indiana history. Now, through a grant from several organizations, the town of Sheridan, Indiana, is reclaiming the credit Boxley has been due for 180 years. And in doing so, the town itself will reclaim a place in Indiana history.
NSI is a local not-for-profit that helps individuals create small businesses. NSI was established in 1997 with the help of a $50,000 grant from CICF affiliate, The Indianapolis Foundation, through Concord Development Corp.
In the 1980s, Hamilton County Township Trustees, along with faith-based and not-for-profit organizations, police and fire departments, were called into action to assess the growing needs of residents, coordinate services and programs, and reduce duplication of efforts. Leading these efforts was Nancy Chance, who helped found Good Samaritan Network (GSN) in 1995.
A 130-year-old church became home to a new art center for Hamilton County. The First Baptist Church of Noblesville was recently put up for sale by the congregation, and it was agreed that an art center would be the best use of the property.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful unites people to beautify the city, improve the environment, and foster pride in the community. Through the new NeighborWoods program, KIB intends to plant 100,000 trees in the next ten years in inner-city neighborhoods.
What started out as just a holiday food drive for Bill Boone and a few church volunteers in 1999 quickly grew into a weekly lifeline for many residents of southeastern Marion County struggling to make ends meet.
The goal of the ACES project is to end chronic homelessness in Marion County by coordinating services, resources, and support then working with members to create a plan to help guide them toward recovery.
Three small organizations received The Indianapolis Foundation’s first capacity-building grants. Each organization will receive up to $50,000 each year for the next three years to support operating costs or other capacity-building opportunities.
Women’s Fund of Central Indiana awarded two 50,000 grants to The Julian Center and Indiana Women's Prison to address care-giving and domestic violence, two issues Women’s Fund identifies as top community priorities.
The relationship between a human and an animal is irreplaceable. Since the evolution of our species, animals have been used as herders, hunters, and companions. The Children’s TherAplay Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization established in 2000, is using an animal for a unique purpose: therapy.
The Indianapolis Foundation recently awarded John P. Craine House $25,000 for its residential program serving formerly incarcerated women and their children.
In May, The Indianapolis Foundation awarded $100,000 for the kitchen and dining hall in the new Fletcher Place Community Center located at 1637 E. Prospect Street. Since 1872, Fletcher Place has served the community by helping the poor be self-sufficient. Last year, it served about 520 homeless individuals a month, up to 848 families in its Food Aid program, 217 youth in the summer, 3,000 families through its Free Thrift Store, and more than 33,000 individual hot meals. Its other programs include Christmas assistance; preschool; and literacy, life skills, and basic computer classes for adults.
Picture yourself at your favorite restaurant, indecisive over which menu item would best satisfy your taste buds. Food is merely seconds away, but for millions, food is an expense they cannot afford. When the cupboard is bare, where will their next meal come from? Millions suffer from starvation and malnutrition. Gleaners Food Bank has been helping those in need of food for more than 25 years.
Early Vision screening is critical
Legacy Fund Community Endowment provided $7,000 for two Hamilton County summer concert series in 2004. The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department received $3,000 for its Cool Creek Concert Series. Since 1994, this five-week Friday night series in June and July features popular local bands from the Indianapolis area and around the Midwest. The concerts typically attract 500 to 1,500 fans who enjoy the show with blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets for a minimal admission fee.
"Reading together twenty minutes a day is the most important gift you can give your child." – Rosemary Wells, author of Read to Your Bunny.
In May 2005, Legacy Fund Community Foundation awarded its first grant to the Sheridan Historical Society. The all-volunteer organization strengthens the community through connecting its residents and visitors to the small town’s rich history.
The broader downtown Indianapolis area is our region’s focal point for government, business, and entertainment. More recently it has seen growth in housing and the life sciences. Yet there is little guidance for the visual design of our urban core – for how people react to and interact with its buildings, parks, and streetscapes.
Formerly Hamilton County Senior Services Center, PrimeLife Enrichment, Inc.’s mission is to help older residents of Hamilton County live with dignity and independence. As a part of the Hamilton County Transportation Action Committee that addresses transportation needs for disabled, elderly, and low-income residents, PrimeLife Enrichment transported 332 individuals for 12,474 trips covering 123,031 miles in 2002-2003. Unfortunately, the organization lost a vehicle at the end of 2002 and needed to replace it.
One Couple’s Prayerful Answer for Reagan Park Neighborhood
On 400 acres in Lexington, Indiana, there’s a special place where 7-12 year-old children from around the state receive the love, support, and attention they need to succeed.
Several of CICF’s funds and partners supported Girls Inc. in 2003. An affiliate of the national Girls Inc., it offers research-based, gender-specific educational programs that empower girls to become healthy responsible adults and informed leaders. It serves girls ages 6 to18 in the Indianapolis area, primarily from high-risk neighborhoods. Nearly 75 percent of the girls come from households with incomes of less than $25,000.
It may seem that the Fountain Square area, southeast of downtown Indianapolis, has recently undergone a quick and well-publicized transformation. However, to the area’s thousands of residents, the change has been lengthy and hard-fought. Residents and business owners have worked through neighborhood groups, churches, and not-for-profits.
The Damien Center earned a $28,000 grant from The Indianapolis Foundation for a program assistant position and for services reaching women and children with HIV/AIDS.
"Survival skills" may create visions of the hit reality TV show "Survivor," when in fact these skills help a growing population of Hispanic women in Hamilton County feed their children healthy food, create wills, speak English, and help them become self reliant in a new community and culture. Legacy Fund awarded $4,000 to help start this program that consisted of ten, three-hour workshops for 11 women. In the end, eight women completed the program and graduated in caps and gowns in front of their family and friends.
Joy’s House received $45,000 from the James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation. The grant supported its "Spread the Joy" capital campaign to purchase its current facility and expand programming rooms and office space to accommodate its growing demand. Legacy Fund also awarded $750 for informational brochures in 2003. In the past, Efroymson Fund has also funded Joy’s House.
