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Arts enriched programming aims to reduce summer learning loss

April 20, 2015 By the end of 5th grade, children living in low-resource communities are two years behind their middle-class peers in verbal achievement. Summer learning loss accounts for 66 percent of that gap. In 2014 Central Indiana Community Foundation, Summer Advantage USA, and Arts for Learning launched a …Read More.

THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION TO ADMINISTER CITY’S 2015 COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM

April 1, 2015 The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation, has been selected by the City-County Council of Indianapolis and Marion County to be the fiscal agent and grant manager for the City of Indianapolis 2015 Community Crime Prevention Grant Program. Read More.

The Indianapolis Foundation awards $1.7 million to support Marion County Needs

March 25, 2015 The Indianapolis Foundation board of directors approved and awarded $1,761,000 in grants to 39 not-for-profits serving Marion County residents on March 10, 2015. Grant requests were approved by The Indianapolis Foundation board of directors and made possible by generations of community donations …Read More.

LEGACY FUND AWARDS $21,000 TO THREE HAMILTON COUNTY NOT-FOR-PROFITS

March 24, 2015 The Legacy Fund board of directors, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation serving Hamilton County, awarded $21,000 in grants to three local not-for-profit organizations: Girls on the Run of Hamilton County; Best Buddies Indiana and; Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development, In…Read More.

Three Perks of Pro Bono Work

March 19, 2015 How Giving Back Improves Client Services  By now you’ve likely heard that Valeo Financial Advisors recently received the 2014 Team Financial Planning Pro Bono Award from Financial Planning. For anyone familiar with the firm’s work with the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP)…Read More.

Money Mapping

March 19, 2015 2014 was a good year at CICF for any number of reasons (we can think of nine right off the bat). In simple terms, we received $32 million in “money in” and distributed $42.9 million (“money out”) in 2014 as grants to Central Indiana not-for-profits, and to communities across the U.S. and …Read More.