Grants From Across the CICF Collaborative

Across the CICF Collaborative, we are proud to support grantmaking that strengthens and uplifts our communities.

While CICF itself does not directly award grants, several of its funds offer both competitive and private grant opportunities. CICF also provides administrative and technical grant support to the entities within the collaborative.

Public grants from across the CICF Collaborative are provided on this page.

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$7.4M 2024 CICF Collaborative Competitive Grants
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Women’s Fund of Central Indiana
The Women’s Fund annual grant round is open to any organization serving Central Indiana women and/or girls. Additional grant opportunities may also be available.
Central Indiana Senior Fund
Central Indiana Senior Fund is a donor-advised fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation. It financially supports programs and services that promote quality living for older adults ages 55+ in central Indiana (Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby Counties). 
The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund Minde Browning Professional Development Fund Grants
The Minde Browning Fund provides professional development grants to staff serving in any eligible Marion County library.
The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund High School Media Center Enhancement Grants
Media Center Enhancement Grants are for high school libraries to improve collections, technology, and access to resources for high school students.
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Closes Oct 17, 2025
Summer Youth Program Fund
The Summer Youth Program Fund (SYPF) supports high-quality, safe, and positive experiences for Marion County children and teens ages 4-24 at little to no cost to families.
The Indiana Climate and Democracy Catalyst Fund
The Indiana Climate and Democracy Catalyst Fund consists of local, state, and national funders who are committed to catalyzing movement building at the intersection of climate, democracy, and environmental justice in Indiana.
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Closes Sep 5, 2025
The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund Competitive Grants
The Library Fund was established by a donor to support projects and activities that increase literacy, information literacy and information access for Marion County residents.
The Indianapolis Immigrant Legal Services Fund
The mission of the Indianapolis Immigrant Legal Services Fund is to provide equitable access to legal support and representation to immigrant Hoosiers in Marion County.
Closing Soon
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Closes Aug 30, 2025
The Indianapolis Foundation Competitive Grants
Indianapolis nonprofits can request funding through our grant process to drive meaningful change and help shape Indianapolis into a thriving, welcoming community.
Thomas P. and Sondra D. Sheehan Charitable Foundation
The Thomas P. and Sondra D. Sheehan Charitable Foundation Medical Assistance Grant is dedicated to providing medical assistance to families who are in financial need of support. The Sheehan Charitable Foundation encourages the development of children and seeks to remove financial barriers by providing assistance for durable medical equipment needs, occupational and physical therapeutic services, and short-term treatments which improve a child’s quality of life.
Crosser Family Foundation
The Crosser Family Foundation, a fund of Hamilton County Community Foundation, is dedicated to enhancing the lives of youth and families in Hamilton County. By partnering with innovative nonprofit organizations, the Crosser Family Foundation strives to cultivate a strong and engaged community
Hamilton County Community Foundation Multi-Year Partner Grant
This invite-only grant provides one nonprofit organization with three-years of unrestricted operating support. Funding is intended to strengthen the organization’s long-term capacity to address system-level challenges aligned with HCCF’s strategic priorities.
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Closes Aug 29, 2025
Hamilton County Community Foundation Competitive Grants
Our annual competitive grant round is designed around trust-based philanthropy and awards unrestricted organizational support that will help nonprofits realize their missions and better serve their constituents.

FAQs: Applications

We strongly encourage you to reach out to your community leadership officer before you apply. 

If you need help identifying your organization’s community leadership officer, please email GrantSupport@cicf.org. 

If you have an open grant with a specific funding opportunity (e.g. the Indianapolis Foundation open round), you will not be considered for another grant from that funding opportunity until the earlier grant round is completed.

Generally speaking, each funding opportunity (or grant round) supports one request per year. The CICF Collaborative includes many funds that may be interested in funding your request. Our staff will advise you on the best approach, timing and funding opportunities.

It depends. When an application is declined, our staff will either make recommendations on ways to improve your request or advise on how your organization’s programming can be improved or adjusted to align better with funding priorities. Our staff may also connect you with community resources or networks. We may also communicate if there is no alignment at this time.

Our staff will share applications with our donor-advised funds based on those funds’ priorities. Organizations cannot apply directly to these funds for support. We cannot guarantee that every application will be presented to donor-advised fundholders or their leadership.

If you are a fiscal sponsor for multiple smaller organizations, you can submit an application for each organization you support.

It is recommended that all organizations in the Grants Portal update their organization profile on an annual basis regardless of funding application status.

ALL applications for funding through the Grants Portal require a complete and up-to-date organization profile (within the previous calendar year) before starting a new funding request.

Many applications rely on information collected through the Organization profile to inform their award selection and reduce repetitive input on the application form.

While our staff cannot provide extensive help in shaping your program or developing the ability of your organization to meet the expectations of our funds or other funders, we can often refer you to resources in our community that offer development opportunities for your organization, staff, and programs.

Information on the appropriate logo to use is provided in your award letter. If you have any questions, please email GrantSupport@cicf.org.