The Link Youth Advisory Council is an opportunity for Hamilton County high school students to be directly involved in their community. Its mission is to bring together high school students and inspire leadership to improve and influence Hamilton County through service, grantmaking, and educational opportunities. Read an interview with Laurie Burns, Past Chair.
“What makes a community great is the ability to embrace everyone and give them the opportunities to share the gifts, talents, and treasures they bring to enrich and strengthen our community.”
Passionate about this belief, CICF Grants Officer Ralph Taylor launched the Sam H. Jones Creating Greater Awareness Forums. Since 2002, CICF has sponsored public forums to help our community learn more about different cultures growing in central Indiana. The forums recently received national recognition as Promising Practices in Social and Cultural Interaction by the Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, an affinity group of Council on Foundations.
In addition to awarding grants annually to women and girl serving agencies, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is instrumental in strengthening the next generation of females in philanthropy and the not-for-profit sector.
CICF announced its first-ever Community Leadership Awards to seven organizations that help families succeed and support inspiring places in our community.
CICF launched its Family Success Initiative in 2005 as a five-year, multimillion-dollar effort to help self-motivated families overcome the obstacles they face in breaking cycles of poor results. This story is one of many examples of the families impacted by this initiative. Watch for updates on Natasha and other clients asthey progress over a three-year period.
When about one in five families in Marion County earn less than $25,000 annually and the same percentage lack the savings to pay the bills for three months if they lose employment, it's not surprising to see the rising numbers of families in crisis – unemployed, uninsured, homeless, or worse.
Justin Kingsolver, a sophomore at Hamilton Southeastern High School, is a member of LINK, the youth council of Hamilton County's Legacy Fund. He's holding a chain that is part of an effort to raise money to fund charitable grants.
What are the public spaces that calm you? Energize you? Connect you with friends and neighbors? What makes them so attractive? Everyone needs these places in their lives. However, many communities and neighborhoods lack them or have amenities that are under-invested. What can we do to ensure that everyone has easy access to the vibrant inspiring public spaces they deserve?
The Link Youth Advisory Council is an opportunity for Hamilton County high school students to be directly involved in their community. Its mission is to bring together high school students and inspire leadership to improve and influence Hamilton County through service, grantmaking, and educational opportunities. Read an interview with Laurie Burns, Past Chair.
“What makes a community great is the ability to embrace everyone and give them the opportunities to share the gifts, talents, and treasures they bring to enrich and strengthen our community.”
In addition to awarding grants annually to women and girl serving agencies, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is instrumental in strengthening the next generation of females in philanthropy and the not-for-profit sector.
CICF announced its first-ever Community Leadership Awards to seven organizations that help families succeed and support inspiring places in our community.
CICF launched its Family Success Initiative in 2005 as a five-year, multimillion-dollar effort to help self-motivated families overcome the obstacles they face in breaking cycles of poor results. This story is one of many examples of the families impacted by this initiative. Watch for updates on Natasha and other clients as they progress over a three-year period.
When about one in five families in Marion County earn less than $25,000 annually and the same percentage lack the savings to pay the bills for three months if they lose employment, it's not surprising to see the rising numbers of families in crisis – unemployed, uninsured, homeless, or worse.
What are the public spaces that calm you? Energize you? Connect you with friends and neighbors? What makes them so attractive? Everyone needs these places in their lives. However, many communities and neighborhoods lack them or have amenities that are under-invested. What can we do to ensure that everyone has easy access to the vibrant inspiring public spaces they deserve?
