Co-Investment Opportunities for Fundholders
Below are current opportunities to co-invest with The Indianapolis Foundation and Hamilton County Community Foundation. Each organization listed below has requested funding from our most recent rounds of grantmaking.
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Click on each category below to learn about the organizations in that area that need support.
Organizations serving Indianapolis communities are in teal.
Organizations serving Hamilton County communities are in green.
Arts & Culture
Art Mix
ArtMix transforms the lives of people with disabilities through the creation of art.
GRANT REQUEST - Community Arts Class
Arts Council of Indianapolis
The Indy Arts Council fosters meaningful engagement in the arts by nurturing a culture where artists and arts organizations thrive.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Broadway United Methodist Church
Our mission as the people of Broadway Church is to be a multicultural, Christian community that in its ministry seeks, welcomes and values ALL people.
GRANT REQUEST - The Arts Bridge to Black Mental Health Equity
Butler University
Butler's mission is to provide the highest quality of liberal and professional education and to integrate the liberal arts with professional education, by creating and fostering a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.
GRANT REQUEST - Indianapolis Center for Arts Education and Innovation
Culture Thru Expressions
We bring stability where there is instability in k-12 students and at-risk young adults, through Cultural Competency, Art, and other high-impact success training. We advocate technical support and goal implementation for other not-for-profit organizations and their staff. We encourage neighborhood beautification, community development and improve the quality of life for residents of low to moderate income.
GRANT REQUEST - Professional Development
Discovering Broadway
Discovering Broadway's mission is to bring Broadway incubation to Indiana. Hosting Broadway’s top talent opens doors for local artists and audiences; doors that otherwise would not exist.
GRANT REQUEST - Broadway Access for All
Fishers Arts Council
Fishers Arts Council's mission is to support, advocate and cultivate visual and performing arts opportunities that educate, enhance and/or enrich the lives of those who live, work, and visit Fishers, Indiana.
GRANT REQUEST - Expanding Paid Hours for Executive Director
Fonseca Theatre Company River West
The Fonseca Theatre Company is an artistic collective that reflects the global majority and is led primarily by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color individuals. We believe the sharing of culture is essential to our nation’s health, and we prioritize work by and/or about underrepresented communities. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive space where artists of all racial and ethnic identities, genders, and abilities can participate fully and be the authority on their own story.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Greater Indianapolis Literacy League (Indy Reads)
Indy Reads' mission is to build the literacy, English language, and job readiness skills to empower adults and families to reach their full potential.
GRANT REQUEST - Indy Reads: Advancing social and economic equity through adult literacy and education
Harrison Center For The Arts
To be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis by fostering awareness, appreciation, and community for art and culture.
GRANT REQUEST - Creative Placemaking Community Fellowship
HOPS Heart Of Charity
To help people across the globe to reach their full potential by providing resources tailored to identifying young women for relevant consulting, coaching, and building life skills.
GRANT REQUEST - HOPS Circle
Indiana University Foundation
To inspire donors to invest in Indiana University's power to transform lives and to better the state, nation, and the world. Indiana University and the Foundation are partners in marshalling resources to provide the University with the philanthropic assets necessary to achieve its aspirations.
GRANT REQUESTS - Marshall "Major" Taylor: Champion of the Race Documentary; Center for Africana Studies and Culture Artist in Residence
Indianapolis Children's Choir
The Indianapolis Children’s Choir nurtures and inspires student achievement through quality music education and the pursuit of artistic excellence in choral music performance.
GRANT REQUEST - Artistic and Music Education Programs in Hamilton County
Indianapolis Opera
The mission of Indianapolis Opera is to educate, inspire, and entertain through the creation and presentation of musical storytelling for the Hoosier community.
GRANT REQUEST - Bringing the Indianapolis Opera's Children's Opera to 13 Title I Schools and 2 Libraries in Hamilton County
Indianapolis Shakespeare Company
To share the joy of live professional theatre with all; to build community with Indy’s Near Northwest and beyond.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support: Expanding the Canon
Naptown African American Theatre Collective
The Naptown Theatre Collective is passionate about creating an Equity house for Black theatre professionals in the city of Indianapolis and beyond while creating art that speaks to the humanity, beauty, and power of Black stories.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Nickel Plate Arts
Nickel Plate Arts cultivates arts resources to enrich the lives of everyone who experiences our community. Nickel Plate Arts serves Fishers, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia and Atlanta, Indiana, and attracts artists and arts patrons from across the state. Nickel Plate Arts serves as a Regional Arts Partner for the Indiana Arts Commission for seven counties in Central Indiana.
GRANT REQUEST - Arts Education for All through Nickel Plate Arts
Philippines Cultural Community Center
Our mission is to educate and inspire individuals to self-discovery, serve the Filipino American Community and promote the culture and heritage of the Philippine Islands.
GRANT REQUEST - Asian American Cultural Arts and Social Programs in Indiana
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre dedicates itself to commissioning, cultivating, and producing new and contemporary plays and artistic experiences; bolsters dialogue that explores the social, political and cultural issues of our time; and champions inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) for all.
GRANT REQUEST - Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre Passion & Purpose Campaign
World Changers School For The Arts
Our mission is to provide a secure, non-traditional educational environment where everyone (students and teachers) is free to thrive creatively.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Youth Inspirations Theatre
Youth Inspirations Theatre's mission is to enrich lives through performing arts education one student at a time by providing quality performing arts education with an individualized focus. Students from all walks of life are welcomed, loved and included.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Child Welfare & Youth Development
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Central Indiana
Big Brothers Big Sisters mission and request for funding is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Funding for this initiative and support of their mission will be specific to their services in Hamilton County.
GRANT REQUEST - Hamilton County One-to-One Youth Mentoring
Boys & Girls Clubs Of Indianapolis
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis, believes that every young person deserves to live a life filled with hope and opportunity. Because we care about our young people, we provide a safe, educational, and positive atmosphere where they can prosper and reach their full potential.
GRANT REQUEST - Culturally Responsive Relationships: Academic Interventions that Work
Deeply Ingrained
Providing youth and underserved individuals woodworking opportunities that develop creativity, learning, and skill-building.
GRANT REQUEST - Youth Workforce Development Program
Elevate Indianapolis
Building long-term, life-changing relationships with Indianapolis urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.
GRANT REQUEST - Equipping Indianapolis Urban Youth to Thrive and Contribute to Their Community Through Mentoring
Girl Talk
Our mission is to equip young girls with life skills that build self-confidence while allowing them to become successful in achieving their personal and professional goals
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Great Commission Church Of God
Great Commission Church of God is a religious entity. Our purpose is to serve our congregation and the community at large. The population served consists of those who have committed their lives to spiritual living, those who are seeking a new and better life, and those who are part of the Indianapolis and surrounding communities. We seek to build up our community, serve as a resource for the community needs, and transform the lives of people. While some of our activities are spiritual in nature, we do not use doctrine to discriminate or deny entrance into our programs.
GRANT REQUEST - 2023 Young Men, Inc. Mentoring & Summer College Tour
Indiana Diaper Bank
Indiana Diaper Bank is on a mission to empower families and individuals in need by providing a reliable source of basic baby diapering essentials throughout Central Indiana.
GRANT REQUEST - Planned Growth and Expansion
Pretty Passionate Hands Child Care
Pretty Passionate Hands (PPH) provides services, awareness, support, and guidance to improve the lives of our teen families within our communities, each family, one child at a time.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Riley Center
To create youth who will inspire a positive change in our community for this world.
GRANT REQUEST - The Riley Center - Serving Students and Families Holistically
Safe Families for Children
The mission of Safe Families for Children of Central Indiana, a chapter of the national Safe Families for Children, is to promote family stabilization and avoid unnecessary separation through the foster care system through safe, temporary care for children and support services for families in crisis. While primarily services are focused in central Indiana, services also expand to Hamiliton County.
GRANT REQUEST - Keeping Children Safe & Families Together
Saint Florian Center
The mission of the Saint Florian Center is to provide at-risk Indianapolis youth an opportunity to foster leadership skills, develop problem solving methods, and survival tactics through a variety of programming and opportunities in the community in order to create leaders of tomorrow.
GRANT REQUEST - Year-round program
A Seat At The Table
A Seat At The Table helps minority women overcome barriers that limit access to leadership roles within corporations, government entities, entrepreneurship, and the community.
GRANT REQUEST - The Safe Space 2.0
Sheroes
Sheroes mission is it to empower young women and promote self-sufficiency.
GRANT REQUEST - Indy SHEroes 2023-Our story is just beginning...
Student Impact Of Westfield
Student Impact of Westfield, implemented in Washington Township, is laser-focused on building relationships in a safe and consistent environment that brings hope and healing to students right where they are, and are committed to loving, accepting, and supporting every student so that they may become who and what they were meant to be. Funding provided to this organization will be applied to staffing and food needs for students.
GRANT REQUEST - Food and Mentorship
The Villages Of Indiana
The Villages champions every child's right to a safe, permanent and nurturing home. Indiana Villages are committed to strengthening families for all children and to embracing the diversity and dignity of every child, youth and family served. Funding will support hiring bi-lingual staff for additional support in Hamilton County.
GRANT REQUEST - Healthy Families Hamilton County
Why Aren't You Smiling
To transform and rejuvenate the mental health of youth participants through the processes of inspiration, guidance, listening, and helping them to realize their full potential.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Youth Empowered
The mission of Youth Empowered is to cultivate young minds through unconventional learning opportunities. Youth Empowered, Inc. is a registered Indiana not-for-profit committed to supporting the educational needs of marginalized outh, in grades six (6) through twelve (12).
GRANT REQUEST - Explore Program Administrative and Operational Support
Community Development, Civic Engagement & Leadership
Carmel Swim Club
Carmel Swim Club teaches excellence through swimming, for life. Offfering competitive and noncompetitive aquatics programs, funding would go toward operational support of Carmel Swim Club.
GRANT REQUEST - Carmel Swim Academy
Center For Interfaith Cooperation
Center for Interfaith Cooperation provides safe environments, resources, and opportunities for service to increase religious literacy, build empathy between faiths, and facilitate interfaith encounters.
GRANT REQUEST - Religious Diversity Training
Creating Community Outreach
Creating Community Outreach is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for all residents of Noblesville through humanitarian assistance, provisions of food and other resources, and compassionate support of parents raising children in non-traditional households. As a fairly new organization, funding would be applied to operations and to the support group for LGBTQ individuals and families.
GRANT REQUEST - Support Group for LGBTQIA+ Families
Grassroot Projects
Grassroot Projects mission is to create and support equitable communities for immigrant and refugee children by removing barriers and empowering kids to reach their full potential as they enjoy their childhoods.
GRANT REQUEST - Executive Director salary
Indiana Community Action Association
Our mission is to help the state’s Community Action Agencies address the conditions of poverty through: training and technical assistance; developing models for service delivery; and providing resources to help increase Network capacity. It is the Institute's mission to help working Hoosier families achieve and maintain economic self-sufficiency.
GRANT REQUEST - Supporting Community Engagement and Rebuilding Capacity for the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
Indiana Muslim Advocacy Network - both counties
Indiana Muslim Advocacy Network is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization that strives to provide Muslim Hoosiers an educated, organized and amplified political voice advocating for positive civic and political changes in the State of Indiana.
GRANT REQUESTS - Muslim Immigrant and Refugee Civic Engagement Project; Organizing Muslim Civic Power to advance Mental Health & Housing in Hamilton County
Outreach Unlimited
Our mission is grounded in the four principles of commitment, responsibility, possibility and support. Through these principles we instill hope and empower youth to expand their perspective to make them aware of life's possibilities. We support individuals by dramatically influencing their support system. Outreach Unlimited Inc., surrounds young people in a caring and inclusive environment.
GRANT REQUEST - Sunday Funday
The Parks Alliance Of Indianapolis (Formerly Indianapolis Parks Foundation)
To demonstrate the transformational power of parks by connecting resources to needs.
GRANT REQUEST - Indy Parks Equitable Aquatics Initiative
16 Tech Community Corporation
To drive Indiana to the next level of global leadership through a placemaking strategy that attracts, develops, and retains talent by leveraging the unique entrepreneurial, corporate and university research assets in downtown Indianapolis.
GRANT REQUEST - Catalyzing 16 Tech's Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem
Crime, Legal & Civil Rights
Center For Victim And Human Rights
The Center for Victim and Human Rights (CVHR) is a 501(c)(3), legal services organization working to empower and advance the safety of victims through legal representation and educational outreach.
GRANT REQUEST - Crime Victim Rights Program
Thomas Ridley's 1 Like Me
Thomas Ridley’s1 Like Me is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization focused on providing reentry services to those returning back to communities in Central Indiana from prison. Focusing on employment, housing, life skills, and removing civil legal barriers, 1 Like Me‘s mission is to reduce recidivism by offering supportive services and a real sense of hope to those returning home. In doing so, 1 Like Me expects to create a cohort of employed and financially independent returning citizens living in safe and affordable housing that desist from crime and positively contribute to their communities. Our charge is to provide a second chance.
GRANT REQUEST - TR1LM 2023 Crime Prevention: Enhancement, Advancement, and Progression
Economic & Workforce Development
Dress For Success Indianapolis
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
GRANT REQUEST - Bridging the Gap to Sustainable Employment Opportunities
GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center
GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center's mission is to change the way the world views Down syndrome through national campaigns, educational programs, and by empowering individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community.
GRANT REQUEST - GiGi University Career Development Program
Groundwork Indy
The mission of Groundwork Indy is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being. Groundwork Indy is committed to “changing places and changing lives” through on-the-ground projects that support communities in their renewal efforts.
GRANT REQUEST - Management Support
INDIANA CONSTRUCTION ROUNDTABLE FOUNDATION
With a mission to inform, encourage and empower individuals to pursue a career in the construction industry, funding for the Indiana Construction Roundtable Foundation will go toward a training program for reentering citizens.
GRANT REQUEST - BY Pre-Release Training for Corrections
Indianapolis Private Industry Counsel (EmployIndy)
EmployIndy guides the local workforce ecosystem and makes strategic investments to remove barriers to quality employment for under-served and underrepresented residents. The vision for EmployIndy is clear: for all Marion County residents to have access to services and training necessary to secure a livable wage and grow in a career that meets employer demand for talent.
GRANT REQUEST - Choice Employers
Keys2Work
Keys2Work helps justice-involved and homeless citizens successfully transition into the workforce through employment assistance, workforce certifications, workplace mentoring, and job placement services. Keys2Work’s vision is that all justice-involved and homeless citizens in Marion County have access to training, services, and support necessary to secure and maintain meaningful, living wage employment.
GRANT REQUEST - Keys2Working Wellness for YOUng Adults
Latinas Welding Guild
The Latinas Welding Guild provides barrier-free educational opportunities and career advancement for Latina women, nonbinary and transgender individuals in the welding and manufacturing industry.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Launch Hope Foundation
Launch HOPE Foundation transforms lives through the power of entrepreneurship provided at our industrial and entrepreneurship centers and our partner locations. We provide Hope, Opportunity, and true Prosperity with the ultimate goal of ending poverty in the communities we serve for marginalized individuals. We transform lives and empower those we serve to become financial prosperous, create new jobs and launch new businesses into the communities in which we operate.
GRANT REQUEST - Hamilton County Jail ~ 4E Program
Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council
Accelerate economic growth by driving opportunities and collaboration between corporations and minority businesses. It serves as a membership organization for major corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, and universities and operates within the state. Specifically, promoting and facilitating business relationships between its members and certified MBE's by expanding business opportunities for MBE companies to build a stronger, more equitable society.
GRANT REQUEST - Program manager
Minority Contractor Collaboration
Minority Contractor Collaboration's mission is to help break systematic barriers that still exist in the workforce and small business industries due to racial disparities. In our support, we provide specified trade skill apprenticeship programs and resources to African American communities of Indianapolis, for entrepreneurs in contractor industries. Our goal is to provide resources for African American entrepreneurs who suffer the most with the need to access skilled and experienced professionals within the workforce.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Noblesville Main Street
Noblesville Main Street enriches the culture and community of the city’s downtown historic district by creating partnerships and programs to connect people to unique places and experiences.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Pitchfeast
We empower black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) entrepreneurs and business owners who use their personal skills and creativity to generate income and make a difference in their community.
GRANT REQUEST - Entrepreneur-Led Economic Development by supporting under-resourced entrepreneurs
Purdue University
Purdue University is about the persistent pursuit of innovation where people bring their best and learn to build a better world together. We improve our state, our nation, and our world through advanced research, transformative education, and extension outreach.
GRANT REQUEST - Manufacturing Skills for Success
Teach Resource Group
Teach Resource Group works to empower individuals and small business owners with employability strengths, leadership skills and economic independence.
GRANT REQUEST - Community Hands
Education
Destiny Steps
At Destiny Steps Inc., our mission is to empower families within our community to attain self-sufficiency through a range of services. Funds provided would go towards their Child Development Training Program to help participants become certified.
GRANT REQUEST - Child Development AssociateTraining Program
Dream Alive
DREAM Alive helps break the cycle of poverty by helping vulnerable youth discover career paths and mentoring them from 7th grade until high school graduation.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Ips Education Foundation
The Indianapolis Public Schools Foundation partners with the Indianapolis Public School District to ensure all students have the resources and support they need to pursue their dreams with purpose.
GRANT REQUEST - Expanding Access to an Equitable and Excellent Education for IPS Students
IVY Tech Foundation
Ivy Tech Foundation's mission is to partner with donors to invest in Ivy Tech Community College to build stronger communities and a better Indiana. Ivy Tech Community College serves the people of our state through accessible and affordable world-class education and adaptive learning.
GRANT REQUEST - Early College Career Exploration
Martin University
Martin University’s mission is to provide excellence in educating and developing all students, with expertise in serving and empowering low-income, minority, and adult learners, in a healthy and collegiate environment.
GRANT REQUEST - Promoting Accessible Quality of Life Experiences - Martin University's National Center for Racial Equity and Inclusion
Nova X-Stream
Founded in 2021, Nova X-STREAM, INC started "The Nyla Nova Foundation" and has been working hard to help all learners by providing them with the tools they need to be the BEST they can be by increasing their confidence and achieving higher grades. Our work is dedicated to funding and delivering charitable services, programs, and activities that impact the growth, development, and overall learning experience that all learners need to be successful.
GRANT REQUEST - Nyla Nova Foundation- STEMVersity
Project Transformation Indiana
Project Transformation's mission is to transform communities by engaging children, college students, and churches in purposeful relationships.
GRANT REQUEST - Youth Literacy and Leadership Development Program
Providence Cristo Rey High School
Providence Cristo Rey High School offers a transformational education experience to students with economic need, regardless of their faith or race. As a college and career preparatory school, Providence Cristo Rey integrates rigorous academics with the proven Corporate Work Study Program which gives students the tools necessary for success in college and any chosen career.
GRANT REQUEST - Enhancing Opportunities for Youth of Color Through Corporate Work Study
Sheridan Community Schools
Sheridan schools is looking to create high-leverage, high-impact learning opportunities for all students through a start-up project to be named, Northern Hamilton County. The purpose of this project is to create a “school” within Sheridan High School to support students who are at risk of not graduating from high school. By providing intensive credit recovery services, along with resources and referrals to support services, students will get back on track to graduate with their class, participate in workplace internships, and complete Next Level Programs of Study.
GRANT REQUEST - Northern Hamilton County Academy -- Start-up
Sustainable Connexions International
Working with local and global partners, we equip vulnerable children with the necessary knowledge, skills and experiences to survive, thrive and excel.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support for the Deployment of Through the Eyes of Youth
Teach Plus
The mission of Teach Plus is to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success.
GRANT REQUEST - Transforming Teachers into Systems Level Leaders
Thrival Academy Indy
Thrival Indy Academy is a humanities-focused high school which exposes students to diverse global perspectives through experiential learning and identity exploration in order to incubate educated global citizens and passionate community leaders.
GRANT REQUEST - Thrival Scholar Opportunity Advancement Program (SOAP)
Vanguard Collegiate Of Indianapolis
Unapologetically focused on the academic success of our scholars, Vanguard Collegiate of Indianapolis educates 5-8th grade students through high-quality instruction, rigorous curriculum, and character development to succeed in college and become leaders in thought, word and action.
GRANT REQUEST - Vanguard Collegiate Marketing and Recruitment Efforts
Warren Arts And Education Foundation
Warren Arts and Education Foundation is a mission-driven organization that seeks to generate funding and resources in support of Metropolitan School District of Warren Township strategic priorities, empowering students and educators with recognition and opportunities related to fine arts, academic enrichment and experiences, and college and career readiness, as well as removing barriers to learning in support of the whole child.
GRANT REQUEST - Vanguard Collegiate Marketing and Recruitment Efforts
Youth Global Perspectives
Provide underprivileged youth with immersive cultural experiences that encourage them to understand their own as well as other's cultures and share their perspectives.
GRANT REQUEST - Scale YGP
Melanated Leaders
MelanatED Leaders builds a powerful community of education leaders of color across Indianapolis to inspire, educate, and edify each other for students of color. Our vision is that every school or entity that supports students of color is led by a leader of color at every level.
GRANT REQUEST - MelanatED Operations for Sustainability
Environmental Advocacy, Education & Beautification
Eway Foundation
To create a culture of peace through the arts and humanities.
GRANT REQUEST - Summer Sustainability Camp
Indiana Forest Alliance - BOTH COUNTIES
Indiana Forest Alliance's mission is to preserve and restore Indiana’s native hardwood forest ecosystem for the enjoyment of all.
GRANT REQUESTS - Indianapolis Urban Forests: Community Perception, Assessment & Knowledge Building; Hamilton County Urban Forests: Community Perception, Assessment & Knowledge Building
Indiana Peony Festival
The mission of the Indiana Peony Festival is three-fold: to encourage Indiana residents local and statewide to celebrate the Indiana state flower and to learn more about horticulture and gardening, while enhancing the well-being of Noblesville and surrounding Hamilton County residents through beautification projects that beautify our community and promote volunteerism. Lastly, to promote Hamilton County as a desired visitor destination, particularly during the month of May, when peonies bloom and the Indianapolis 500 takes place.
GRANT REQUEST - Indiana Peony Festival - Transforming a Community
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) engages diverse communities to create vibrant places, helping people and nature thrive.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Keep Noblesville Beautiful
Keep Noblesville Beautiful is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing Noblesville’s natural beauty through a wide variety of community outreach programs. Keep Noblesville Beautiful brings organizations and volunteers together for clean-ups, public art installations, general beautification and other services that have a positive impact on the lives of our residents.
GRANT REQUEST - Part-time Executive Director
Food Accessibility
Faith Hope And Love Community
The mission of Faith Hope and Love Community Inc., is to eradicate food insecurity, end hunger, and leverage the power of food to build healthy communities. With an aim to train and mobilize local volunteers to serve.
GRANT REQUEST - Hamilton County Program Expansion
Gcc Foundation
The Foundation for Sustainable Care exists to resource the Grace Care Center and the multiplication of its model of sustainable care. Funds will go towards capacity building of the Grace Care Center food bank program.
GRANT REQUEST - Capacity Building - Grants, Interns
Gleaners Food Bank Of Indiana - BOTH COUNTIES
The mission of Gleaners Food Bank is to lead the fight against hunger for central and southeast Indiana, with a vision of food for every table and hope for every future.
GRANT REQUESTS - General Operating Support; Gleaners Food Bank Diversity Consultant
Goodwill Foundation Of Central & Southern Indiana
Goodwill changes lives every day by empowering people to increase their independence and reach their potential through education, health and employment. Funds provided to Goodwill will go toward their adult learning school, The Excel Center, which provides education and holistic services to support students earning their HS diploma and more specifically, the food back within the Excel Center.
GRANT REQUEST - The Excel Center Food Disparity Food Pantry
Growing Places Indy
Our mission is to empower people to cultivate individual, family, and community wellness through urban agriculture, access to fresh local food, and mind-body education.
GRANT REQUEST - Growing Places Indy Next Generation
Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank
With a mission to feed Hamilton County, Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank does so by providing the network and resources to collect and distribute healthy, nonperishable food and fruits, vegetables, and meat to the food pantries and meal programs within Hamilton County. Through community empowerment, partnerships and volunteers, this organization works toward reducing food insecurity within our community.
GRANT REQUEST - Grow Meat and Produce Access through Food Procurement Coordinator Staffing
Midwest Food Bank - both Counties
The mission of Midwest Food Bank is to alleviate hunger and malnutrition locally and throughout the world and provide disaster relief; all without discrimination or cost to the recipient.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Million Meal Movement
Million Meal Movement has a two-fold mission: feeding the hungry in Indiana and teaching the importance of volunteerism through hands-on, high-energy meal packing events. Million Meal Movement’s vision is an Indiana where its residents can hunger for something greater than their next meal.
GRANT REQUEST - Community Engagement Operating Support
Mother Loves Garden
Teaching our community how to be creative; growing, preserving, and distributing naturally grown produce on a limited budget, while improving the health and wealth of our community and environment.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Society Of St. Vincent De Paul-Our Lady Of Grace Conference
St. Vincent de Paul Society secures and provides food for needy families and offers emergency financial assistance to those living on fixed incomes, elderly, unemployed, underemployed, and/or disability through generous donations and revenue generated from the sale of donated goods in the thrift store.
GRANT REQUEST - St. Vincent dePaul Noblesville Restock Food Pantry
Healthcare Accessibility
Cancer Support Community Indiana
Cancer Support Community's mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge; strengthened by action; and sustained by community. So that no one faces cancer alone.
GRANT REQUEST - Community Navigation Program
Dotted Line Divas (Indy Hygiene Hub) - BOTH Counties
Indy Hygiene Hub provides resources to people facing challenges to affirm dignity and inspire hope. Any funding received would be applied to supplies for their monthly drive-thru hygiene pantry for those in need, as well as a mobile pantry unit to serve those without housing or transportation with basic hygiene needs.
GRANT REQUEST - Stocking our Hygiene Pantry
Indiana Diaper Bank
Indiana Diaper Bank is on a mission to empower families and individuals in need by providing a reliable source of basic baby diapering essentials throughout Central Indiana. While Central Indiana is their primary focus, any funding received will go toward diaper resources in Hamilton county.
GRANT REQUEST - Increasing diaper resources in Hamilton County
Indiana Immunization Coalition
Indiana Immunization Coalition seeks to eliminate vaccine preventable diseases through education, advocacy , collaborative partnerships and direct service.
GRANT REQUEST - Moving Towards Health Equity By Addressing Barriers to Vaccination in Minority Populations
National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
Our organizations focus is to help break systematic barriers to ensure better opportunities for education, health and wellness, judicial rights, political rights, and housing opportunities as we set forth in breaking the existence of racial disparities.
GRANT REQUEST - Greater Indianapolis NAACP Branch #3053- Community Health Initiative
Step-Up
Step-Up, Incorporated provides comprehensive care and resources for wellness with dignity and inclusivity.
GRANT REQUEST - CaseWorthy; Implementation to increase data transparency, reporting, and client care
Housing & Homelessness
Family Promise Of Hamilton County
Family Promise of Hamilton County focuses on empowering families in making their transition from housing insecurity to sustainable independence by providing shelter, eviction prevention, housing, and stability services through a community-based response.
GRANT REQUEST - Family Promise of Hamilton County Resource Center
HVAF Of Indiana
HVAF of Indiana houses, supports, and advocates for all veterans and their families to help them achieve the best possible quality of life.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
GRANT REQUEST - Basic Needs Assistance and Pathway of Hope
Trinity Haven
Trinity Haven provides safe, affirming housing for LGBTQ youth experiencing housing instability.
GRANT REQUEST - Investing in the Future of LGBTQ+ Young People
Mental Health
Brooke's Place For Grieving Young People
Brooke’s Place provides support groups, therapy services and community education to empower children, teens, young adults and their families to thrive in the midst of grief.
GRANT REQUEST - Peer Support for Grieving Youth and Families in Hamilton County
The Cabin Counseling & Resource Center
The mission of The Cabin is to transform lives through compassionate and professional counseling and education.
GRANT REQUEST - Samaritan Fund Assistance for Hamilton County Residents
Faith In Indiana
Faith in Indiana is a vehicle for faith communities and marginalized peoples to act collectively for racial and economic justice in Indiana.
GRANT REQUEST - Organizing for Mental Health Care in Hamilton County
Humane Society For Hamilton County
The Humane Society for Hamilton County's mission is saving lives, educating communities, and completing families. When it comes to saving lives,the shelter has taken in over 4,000 animals each year including hundreds at risk for euthanasia in other Indiana shelters. Funding would be used for their Hoosier veteran program.
GRANT REQUEST - Pets Healing Vets
Murphy Mentoring Group
Murphy Mentoring works to impact the lives of children, youth and families by influencing them to grow, develop, and reach their greatest potential through educational services and compassionate mentorship.
GRANT REQUEST - The Respite House of Marion County
Nami (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Indianapolis
We are dedicated to improving the lives of persons and families affected by mental illnesses through education, support and advocacy.
GRANT REQUEST - Helping Teens Build Healthy Coping Skills
Partnership For A Healthy Hamilton County
Our mission and function is partnerships to strengthen resources, empower families and individuals, and be leaders in community health innovation within Hamilton County.
GRANT REQUEST - Stronger Veterans, Stronger Communities
Silver Citizens
To engage, educate, and empower older people, veterans, and unpaid caregivers in Marion County who encounter social isolation and loneliness, by keeping them connected to the community where they can be influenced by culture and the arts to enhance their overall well-being.
GRANT REQUEST - Experience Emotional Wellness In Inspiring New Ways
Trinity Free Clinic
The mission of Trinity Free Clinic is to provide free medical, dental, and vision, and behavioral health services with dignity and respect to the uninsured, under-insured, and low-income residents of Hamilton County.
GRANT REQUEST - Breaking the Barriers to Behavioral Health Access
Westfield Washington Education Development Foundation
The mission of the Westfield Education Foundation is to work alongside Westfield Washington Schools and the Westfield community to empower and invest in our students and staff.
GRANT REQUEST - Improving Student Mental Health through Collaborative Partnership
Neighborhood Centers & Multi-Service Agencies
Community Action Of Greater Indianapolis
To enable those we serve to become self-reliant and self-sufficient.
GRANT REQUEST - Helping Our New Neighbors
Englewood Community Development
Formed in 1996 as an outgrowth of Englewood Christian Church, Englewood Community Development Corporation strives to nurture and embody “love of neighbor” in the areas of affordable housing, economic development, and comprehensive community development on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
Judah Ministries
We believe that every family deserves their basic needs of nutrition, security, and stability be met to have a better quality of life. Judah Ministries Inc concentrates on bringing the ‘village’ approach to our families by providing them with knowledge and resources such as fiscal responsibility, healthy habits, continuing educational opportunities, and complete need-based services.
GRANT REQUEST - General Operating Support
People with Disabilities & Rehabilitation
accessABILITY, Center for Independent Living
Its mission is to empower our peers with disabilities to lead and control independent lives fully included in community life.
GRANT REQUEST - Creating Inclusive Communities with People with Disabilities
The Children's TherAplay Foundation
The mission of The Children's TherAplay Foundation is to provide children with disabilities a foundation for developing life skills through innovative therapies, including physical, occupational, and speech therapies using a horse as a treatment tool, in a safe and caring environment.
GRANT REQUEST - Therapeutic Animal-Assisted Groundwork Program
Indiana Family to Family
Through the power of lived and shared experience, we support families raising children or youth who require additional health or educational assistance by providing answers, resources, practical training, and vital community connections and by advising the professionals who serve them.
GRANT REQUEST - RISE Project (Resources, Information, Support & Education)
Joy's House
Joy’s House serves adults living with life-altering diagnoses and their families by providing exceptional adult day and caregiver services.
GRANT REQUEST - CARE Kit Redesign and Expansion
Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
The Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation uses the power of giving to increase the quality of life and independence of people with muscular dystrophy—and empower their families—through advocacy, education, and financial assistance.
GRANT REQUEST - Equipment and Accessible Vehicle Assistance for Families Living with Muscular Dystrophy
New Hope of Indiana
New Hope of Indiana is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance opportunities for those in need of support.
GRANT REQUEST - Staff Retention Bonuses
Servants at Work (SAWs) - both counties
SAWs® is a faith-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing freedom to people with permanent disabilities in low-income households through the construction of wheelchair ramps.
GRANT REQUESTS - Ramps for Marion County; Ramps for Hamilton County
Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS Indiana)
The Visually Impaired Preschool Services empowers families by providing educational excellence to young children with visual impairments in order to build a strong foundation for reaching their highest potential. Funding provided to the organization will go toward operating expenses, like teacher salaries.
GRANT REQUEST - Early Childhood Intervention for Hamilton County's Youngest Children with Blindness
Senior Care & Wellness
PrimeLife Enrichment
PrimeLife's mission is to provide programs and services that promote independence, optimal wellness and socialization for Hamilton County seniors aged 50 and beyond. We believe that the senior years are not an end but a beginning of the second half of life. Our values flow from this core belief. They include: Stewardship/fiduciary responsibility of financial and human resources; Gratitude to serve our seniors; Innovation of programs and services; Respect for the intrinsic value of every senior; and Opportunity to encourage seniors as valuable community assets to share their wisdom and creative expression for the benefit of all.
GRANT REQUEST - Short Term Operating Support for PrimeLife Enrichment
Violence Prevention & Intervention
Indiana Center For Prevention Of Youth Abuse And Suicide
The Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide works passionately to empower the community to end youth abuse and suicide by offering evidence-based and evidence-informed, high-quality prevention programs so all children can live free from harm and to their highest potential.
GRANT REQUEST - Building Circles of Safety for Youth: Comprehensive Child Sexual Abuse and Suicide Prevention Education
Prevail
Prevail strives to empower victims of crime and abuse on their path to healing, while engaging the community to support safe, healthy relationships.
GRANT REQUEST - Support for Prevail's Core Victim Services
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