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