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6 Years after Quake, Lawrence North Senior from Haiti Aspires to be an Architect

April 12, 2016 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 End…Read More.

Charitable Gift Annuities: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

April 1, 2016 When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Sharon Merriman's daughters tried to tell her this when she explained her plans to open a charitable gift annuity that would pay her income during her life, with the remainder benefiting a charitable cause she cared about. It’s a good th…Read More.

IRA Charitable Rollover Now Permanent

March 30, 2016 The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 made permanent the Charitable IRA Rollover provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.Read More.

Forty Under 40 Gives Away 40

March 28, 2016 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 Announces Board Change

March 25, 2016 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.

Baby Steps: Nurse Family Partnership

March 22, 2016 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.