Nine students from Marion County have been named recipients of four-year, full-tuition scholarships as The Indianapolis Foundation 2016 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. A total of 66 Marion County students were interviewed for the scholarships, which stipulated that recipients must: be a resident of Marion County; plan to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study beginning […]Read More.
Four students from Hamilton County have been named recipients of four-year, full-tuition scholarships as the Legacy Fund 2016 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. A total of 29 Hamilton County students were interviewed for the scholarships, which stipulated that recipients must: be a resident of Hamilton County; plan to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study beginning […]Read More.
Alvin Laguerre will attend Ball State University as a 2016 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar “I came to the U.S. with a pencil and a candy wrapper in my pocket,” explained Alvin Laguerre, a senior at Lawrence North High School and one of nine students from Marion County to receive a Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, a […]Read More.
For the second year, CICF partnered with IBJ’s Forty under 40 program and invited the cohort of diverse thought-leaders to award $40,000 to local not-for-profits.Read More.
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) announced new 2016 leadership at the March 10, 2016 board meeting. Cindy Simon Skjodt succeeds Charlie Sutphin as board chair and will lead the board alongside three new officers: Greg Hahn, vice -chair; Kathy Davis, treasurer; Aasif Bade, secretary.Read More.
A national program operated locally by Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Nurse Family Partnership, pairs voluntary first-time, low-income mothers with a nurse during the child's most formative years (prenatal through the child's second birthday). Read More.