Central Indiana Senior Fund awards nearly $1.2 million to organizations serving older adults

Central Indiana Senior Fund (a fund of CICF) has awarded $1,187,500 in grants to 62 organizations working to improve the lives of older adults across Central Indiana. The James Proctor Fund, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, Inc. provided an additional $140,000 to support home repairs for older adults, bringing the total investment to $1,327,500. 

The investments come as Indiana prepares for a rapidly aging population. Approximately 24,000 Central Indiana adults turn 55 each year, and by 2030, one in five Hoosiers is expected to be 65 or older.  

“Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of Hoosiers, and that growth has real implications for everyone,” said Tony Lloyd, chair of the Central Indiana Senior Fund Advisory Board. “When older adults can remain independent, stay safely in their own homes and connected to their communities, it improves their quality of life while reducing pressure on long-term care facilities. The organizations receiving these grants are doing the work we all need done for a healthier community, no matter our age.” 

This year’s grant applications reached a record of 103, up from last year’s record-setting 94. Recipients address one of six areas critical to helping older adults live and thrive in their communities:  

• $302,500 went to support aging in place 

• $292,500 to homelessness prevention 

• $282,500 to food security 

• $240,000 to social connection 

• $130,000 to immigrant and undocumented older adults 

• $80,000 to caregivers  

“Central Indiana Senior Fund has spent more than 20 years helping our region respond to the needs of older adults, and that work is only becoming more important as our population ages,” said Jennifer Bartenbach, CEO of CICF. “CISF strengthens the organizations doing this work in two important ways: by investing directly in programs and services, and by providing data and insights through the State of Aging report, briefings and webinars that help organizations understand how needs are changing. This year, CISF brought those two roles together by prioritizing a data-driven approach to grantmaking, helping us identify where resources can have the greatest impact.” 

That approach drew on data from the State of Aging in Central Indiana Report, created in partnership with The Polis Center at Indiana University Indianapolis. The report provides insight into the experiences and needs of older adults across Central Indiana, enabling CISF to target grants more precisely according to need across its six priority areas. 

Grant decisions were informed by the data and the expertise of the CISF Advisory Board, made up of community members with experience in aging services, caregiving, nonprofit development and more. 

Full list of 2026 Central Indiana Senior Fund grantees 

(Entries with a “*” include funding from the James Proctor Fund, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, Inc.) 

Aging in Place 

• accessABILITY, Center for Independent Living* — $32,500 

• Boone County Senior Services, Inc. (BCSSI) — $10,000 

• Catholic Charities Indianapolis — $10,000 

• Cherishing Families Shared Housing Inc — $7,500 

• Englewood Community Development Corporation* — $40,000 

• Hope Community Development Corporation of Indiana* — $35,000 

• Indianapolis Legal Aid Society, Inc. — $22,500 

• Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation — $7,500 

• Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation — $15,000 

• Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation* — $40,000 

• NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation, Inc.* — $30,000 

• Rebuilding Together Indianapolis* — $17,500 

• Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County — $35,000 

Caregiver Support 

• Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Association — $10,000 

• Autumn Leaves Adult Services, Inc — $10,000 

• Castleton United Methodist Church, Inc. – fiscal for Still Waters Adult Day Center — $30,000 

• Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, Inc. — $10,000 

• Gathering Together Inc — $20,000 

Food Security 

• Aspire Higher Foundation — $30,000 

• CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions — $30,000 

• Faith Hope and Love Community, Inc — $25,000 

• HVAF of Indiana, Inc. — $20,000 

• Little Red Door Cancer Agency — $20,000 

• Lutheran Child and Family Services — $10,000 

• Meals on Wheels of Hancock County — $30,000 

• Meals on Wheels, Inc. — $30,000 

• Second Helpings — $12,500 

• Society Of St Vincent De Paul Dist Council Of Lafayette Indiana Inc — $5,000 

• St. Vincent de Paul Indianapolis — $30,000 

• The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis (formerly Indianapolis Parks Foundation) — $20,000 

• Westminster Neighborhood Services, Inc. — $20,000 

Homelessness Prevention 

• Concord Center Association, Inc. — $20,000 

• Family Promise of Hendricks County Inc — $25,000 

• Horizon House, Inc. — $35,000 

• Morning Light, Inc. — $40,000 

• Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic — $25,000 

• Partners In Housing Development Corporation — $40,000 

• RDOOR Housing Corporation — $37,500 

• Sanctuary Indy Inc — $10,000 

• The Damien Center — $10,000 

• The John H. Boner Community Center, Inc. — $25,000 

• The Salvation Army — $25,000 

Immigrant and Undocumented Older Adults 

• Chin Community of Indiana (CCI) — $20,000 

• Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. — $42,500 

• Haitian Grassroots Coalition of Midwest Inc — $15,000 

• Heart and Soul Clinic, Inc. — $10,000 

• Indiana Immunization Coalition — $42,500 

Social Connection 

• Armed Services Arts Partnership — $12,500 

• Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc. — $22,500 

• Deborah’s Place Inc — $20,000 

• Edna Martin Christian Center — $17,500 

• Gibault Care, Inc. — $15,000 

• Harrison Center for the Arts — $15,000 

• Hawthorne Social Service Association, Inc. — $12,500 

• Hendricks County Senior Services — $17,500 

• Indianapolis Art Center — $5,000 

• Indianapolis Urban League — $12,500 

• Johnson County Senior Services Inc. — $22,500 

• Martin Luther King Community Center — $20,000 

• Shelby Senior Services, Inc — $22,500 

• Silver Citizens Inc. — $10,000 

• Step-Up, Inc. — $15,000 

About Central Indiana Senior Fund 

Since 2005, CISF has awarded more than $17.5 million to senior-serving organizations and programs. The fund supports programs and opportunities for low-to-moderate-income older adults ages 55 and older, with particular attention to underserved and isolated populations. The fund serves Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. In addition to grantmaking, CISF partners with The Polis Center at Indiana University Indianapolis on the State of Aging in Central Indiana Report. CISF is a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.