An Indianapolis neighborhood will soon have access to fresh food with a new grocery store, brought to life through a truly unique neighborhood, corporate and not-for-profit collaboration. The Indy Fresh Market promises to be a full-service grocery store in what is currently a food desert in Northeast Indy, a neighborhood with some of the highest levels of unemployment and poverty in the state.Read More.
Nora is the new effective philanthropy associate at CICF. In this role, she provides exceptional support and high-quality philanthropic advising and stewardship to CICF fund holders. Read More.
Jeena is the new community leadership officer at Hamilton County Community Foundation. In this role, she manages a portfolio of activities in the grantmaking and community process, uplifting the community leadership initiatives in Hamilton County.Read More.
So how do we move forward in economic growth without dishonoring, displacing, or disempowering underappreciated communities? Wildstyle Paschall writer, creative, activist and CICF community ambassador sat down with our team for a conversation on gentrification, fair housing and a path forward.Read More.
Yesterday, the world, this country and our community witnessed the true essence of what accountability should be. For far too long, accountability has been absent, for police and others, as people of color are continuously murdered, traumatized, devalued and dismissed in this country. Although we have so much more work to do to truly claim […]Read More.
A collaborative effort by Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF); The Polis Center at IUPUI; the IU Center for Aging Research (IUCAR); and the IU Public Policy Institute’s (PPI) Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy (CRISP), addresses these concerns in a new report, The State of Aging in Central Indiana, published April 15. In addition to this report, the joint endeavor produces issue briefs on emerging topics and an interactive infor…Read More.