During this year's Celebration of Philanthropy, Terry Anker, president of Legacy Fund since 2011, announced he will leave his position in March 2017. Anker has had an impressive five-year tenure with Legacy Fund.Read More.
In November 2015, The Glick Fund made a $50,000 grant to Exodus to support their Citizenship Training Program. The grant literally helped save the program and the organization.Read More.
Twenty-five Marion County not-for-profits will benefit from grants totaling $1,266,717 from The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation. Awards were approved by the Foundation’s six appointed board directors.Read More.
Communities across Marion County are taking action to reduce crime and positively intervene in the lives of the city’s most vulnerable residents. Forty-two not-for-profits engaged in this important work received support this week when The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation, awarded $1.86 million in grants through the Community Crime Prevention Grant Program. The Indianapolis Foundation has managed the grant program, on behalf of the City of Indiana…Read More.
Central Indiana Community Foundation announced new staff members joining the Foundation: Sarah Weaver, a senior gift planning advisor and Pamela Ross, a community investment officer. Women's Fund of Central Indiana, a fund of CICF, promoted Deanna Gonzales as its new development and marketing officer. Gerri Pagach will fulfill Gonzales' previous position as executive assistant for Women’s Fund.Read More.
On August 26 & 27, The Indianapolis Foundation celebrated its centennial with a light festival. CICF partnered with Northern Lights.mn to produce IN Light IN, a two-night interactive light festival on the downtown canal and The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick. With the help of generous sponsors and community partners, this festival was our gift to the community. A celebration of 100 years of philanthropy, community and innovation.Read More.