Executive directors across Hamilton County gathered at Hamilton County Community Foundation’s Collaboration Hub on July 11 for an exclusive training session. The workshop, themed “Organizational Budgeting,” was facilitated by Linda Diakite Karessy, founder of Insight Financial Group. Read More.
From 2017 to 2022, businesses added almost 17,500 jobs in Hamilton County – an increase of more than 10 percent. National job growth during the same period was just 2.4 percent, according to Invest Hamilton County. From 2010 to 2022, Hamilton County's population grew by 30%, to 356,650 people, according to Census Bureau data.Read More.
Hamilton County Community Foundation, part of the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) philanthropic collaborative, approved grants for Hamilton County not-for-profits, projects and initiatives totaling $164,500. The Hamilton County Community Foundation board of directors has approved grants for Hamilton County not-for-profits, projects and initiatives totaling $164,500. Grants support projects and initiatives within the foundation’s three community leadership pillars—b…Read More.
Nestled in the city of Noblesville, local not-for-profit Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development, Inc. (HAND) is making strides in improving housing conditions for residents in the area. Though the organization was officially founded in 2003 – its early beginnings stretch back to 2000, when a group of Hamilton County residents began a task force to address housing needs.Read More.
Meet Mikaili Azziz. She is the new marketing & communications associate at CICF. In this role, Mikaili provides a mix of marketing functions and brings thought leadership, strategy and execution to best tell the stories of the organization, with a focus on Hamilton County Community Foundation and the communities it serves.Read More.
Thirty miles north of Indianapolis just to the east of U.S. 31 on 276th Street in western Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, stand the remains of Roberts Settlement, an African-American pioneer farm settlement. It was founded in 1835 by free Blacks of mixed racial heritage who migrated mostly from North Carolina and Virginia to escape deteriorating racial conditions in the South.Read More.