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Historic Building Gets Chance at New Life

May 6, 2015 A sneak peek at Old City Hall Plans In its day, Indianapolis City Hall was a model of City Beautiful Classicism meant to symbolize the City’s stability and achievements. Located on Alabama Street and completed in 1910, the four-story building featured an Indiana limestone exterior, majestic col…Read More.

Helping Central Indiana Achieve Self-Sufficiency

May 1, 2015              CICF’s Family Success Initiative Investment Plan Launched in 2004 by CICF and its affiliates, Family Success addresses deep-rooted problems facing Central Indiana communities: major gaps in assets and income, low educational attainment and dangerous behaviors. Many fami…Read More.

A Garden In a Desert

May 1, 2015 Center For Working Families helps woman declare self-sufficiency. Avia Boss felt hurt, scared and overwhelmed—she thought she didn’t want to live anymore. A single mom of four, Boss had lost her own mother and two jobs in the space of just six months. Boss says God’s blessings and Center F…Read More.

5 Corporate Giving Tips From Corporate Givers!

April 30, 2015 A common theme among successful companies is their philanthropic contributions as a corporation, but many corporations, large or small, don’t know where to start. Tim DeFrench, The RND Group; John Dietz, OrthoIndy and Indiana Orthopedic Hospital; and Brian Acton, BMW Constructors offer uni…Read More.

Who Helps Hamilton County’s Uninsured?

April 28, 2015 Trinity Free Clinic Provides No-Cost Medical Clinics to Residents Divorced, uninsured woman in need of emergency eye surgery; laid off asthmatic unable to afford medication; uninsured mom with severe dental problems; factory worker with debilitating back pain; immigrant children in need of immuni…Read More.

Big Impact From Big Businesses

April 28, 2015 The expectation that companies give back has become the standard among many job seekers, the Millenial generation (those born between 1980 and the mid-2000s) in particular. Companies giving priority to philanthropic efforts reap plenty of benefits—employee attraction and retention, tax breaks, …Read More.