Stories of Change

Grantee Spotlight: The Milk Bank

June 22, 2022 Emergency Grant to The Milk Bank – Breast Milk for Fragile Babies. Women’s Fund is happy to announce a $7,500 emergency grant to The Milk Bank’s Tre’s Medical Relief Fund  The funds will support provision of donated breast milk to fragile babies. The Milk Bank provides donated, pasteurized donor human milk by prescription or physician order […]Read More.

Q&A with Lacy Wooden

June 21, 2022 Meet Lacy Wooden. Lacy is the new director of people and culture for CICF. What excites you about your new role?  What excites me about my new role is that it is a “New Role” for CICF. This to me means that I have an opportunity to do a new thing in a space that has […]Read More.

Project Prism: Housing LGBTQ+ Youth

June 21, 2022 In this interview, Kenya Anderson, manager of youth services and case management at Indiana Youth Group (IYG), discusses the importance of programs like Project Prism. Launched in October of 2020, Project Prism was the first rapid rehousing project of its kind focused specifically on serving LGBTQ+ young adults. It has since become the largest rehousing provider […]Read More.

The Indianapolis Foundation Awards Over $2.2 million to Change-making Partners

June 8, 2022 The Indianapolis Foundation's board of directors has approved grants and investments for Marion County not-for-profits, projects and initiatives totaling $2,283,600.Read More.

Hamilton County Community Foundation Awards $146k in Grants

June 2, 2022 Hamilton County Community Foundation’s board of directors has approved grants and investments for Hamilton County not-for-profits, projects and initiatives totaling $123,000. In addition to these grants, the LINK Youth Advisory Council awarded $23,000 to Hamilton County organizations.  Read More.

Special Event Season Is Here! What’s Next? 

May 5, 2022 -John Mainella & Michael Pettry  Principals, Cape Fletcher Associates and consulting partners of CICF   The season of special events is squarely upon us in Central Indiana. Whether springtime galas, summer golfing events (fore!), or the increasingly popular breakfast fundraiser, most organizations are in the midst of special event season. But special events are a lot of work. […]Read More.