Introducing Equity Framework for grants made through The Indianapolis Foundation
Over the last year, our grantmaking team, led by Andrew Black and Alicia Collins, directors of community leadership, have interrogated our responsive processes for grants made through The Indianapolis Foundation; worked closely with our neighbors and CICF Community Ambassadors; benchmarked against other foundations moving toward equity and anti-racism; and learned a lot through efforts to get COVID-19 relief to our most vulnerable neighbors who need it most. This diligence will allow us to ev…Read More.
CICF Reveals Plans to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Community and Reaffirms Its Commitment to Equity
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) announced its approach to dismantling systemic racism in the community during a digital event broadcast live from Madam Walker Legacy Center. During the program, Inclusive City 2020, leadership from the organization illustrated how dismantling systemic racism is vital to our community’s future—and that it is possible.Read More.
Central Indiana Senior Fund Awards Nearly $550k to Local Organizations
The Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, awarded grants to 24 senior-serving not-for-profits totaling $549,190. The Senior Fund advisory board selected organizations that are continuing to provide essential services to the senior community in Central Indiana during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More.
Diversity & Inclusion: A Generational Evolution
Millennials. Once upon a time, this generation was synonymous with “lazy” and “self-centered.” Little did society realize that these young people would be a generation of change-makers, not only wanting to transform the world that affects them directly, but also slip on the shoes of individuals from other walks of life.Read More.