Foundation allocates $1.2 million to improve the quality of life in Marion County
Twenty-five Marion County not-for-profits will benefit from grants totaling $1,266,717 from The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation. Awards were approved by the Foundation’s six appointed board directors.
Grant allocation from The Indianapolis Foundation includes funding for projects that increase neighborhood development, create cultural opportunities, provide food for hungry youth, training for jobs and more. Organizations awarded funding have proven effective and dedicated to addressing needs in the Foundation’s priority areas of improving quality of life, education, vitality of the community and/or connectivity of neighborhoods.
“The Indianapolis Foundation’s centennial celebration this year is a good time to reflect on how these grants are only made possible by generations of donors who contributed to The Endowment of Indianapolis. The needs of our community have changed over the last 100 years, but our unrestricted endowment allows us to stay flexible and relevant in our support for the community we love, and to propel it towards becoming the best city in the world.”
– GREG HAHN, CHAIR, THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION
Supplemental funding for these grants came from The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund, F. R. Hensel Fund for Fine Arts, Music, and Education and the Pauline K. Stein Fund, all field of interest funds of The Indianapolis Foundation.
Recipients of the Community Crime Prevention Grant Program
Organization |
project/program |
Amount Awarded |
| Art With a Heart | Creative Classroom Connections | $35,000 |
| Big Car | Garfield Park Creative Community | $50,000 |
| Broad Ripple Village Association | Broad Ripple Village Strategic Planning Support | $19,850 |
| Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention (CHIP) | Analysis and Support for Coalition of Homeless Service Providers | $26,500 |
| Englewood Community Development Corp | Cat Head Press: Printshop and Artist Cooperative | $18,652 |
| Gleaners Food Bank | BackSacks—Weekend Food for Kids | $50,000 |
| Hoosier Environmental Council | Indianapolis Environmental Health Coalition | $25,000 |
| Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc. | Student Matinee Program | $35,000 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Community Engagement Initiative of Spirit & Place | $15,000 |
| Indianapolis Congregation Action Network | Ticket to Opportunity Project | $25,000 |
| Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art | General Operating Support | $20,000 |
| Indianapolis Opera | Renewed Indianapolis Opera & Board Development | $20,000 |
| Indianapolis Public Library Foundation | Global Village Building Project | $192,200 |
| Indianapolis Symphonic Choir | 80th Anniversary Season | Return to Carnegie Hall | $20,000 |
| Indy-East Asset Development | General Operating Support | $40,000 |
| IndyHub Foundation | Cultivating & Engaging Young Professional Leadership | $30,000 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Buy Indy: LISC’s Anchor Institution Initiative | $60,000 |
| Midtown Indianapolis | Midtown Anchor Coalition | $30,000 |
| Near North Development Corporation | 38th & Illinois Great Place: (Re)development for Home Ownership | $57,950 |
| Nine13 Sports | Kids Riding Bikes in Indianapolis Public Schools | $25,000 |
| Oasis Christian CDC | Martindale Brightwood Community Engagement | $15,000 |
| Outreach, Inc. | Leadership Change and Service Model Support | $50,000 |
| Partnerships for Lawrence | Theater at the Fort | $15,000 |
| Second Helpings, Inc. | Culinary Job Training Program Enhancement | $60,000 |
| Stopover, Inc. | Transitional Living Program | $25,000 |
| The Conservation Law Center | Indianapolis Office/Development Director | $50,000 |
| The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund Grantees | Funding for September Grant-making | $256,565 |
| TOTAL: | $1,266,717 |
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