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4 Ways to Celebrate National Volunteer Month

April 24, 2023 Women’s Fund and Central Indiana Community Foundation Staff Joined Together to Help Indiana Diaper Bank National volunteer month began in 1974 to encourage more people to volunteer within their communities and to honor those who volunteer regularly. Many small not-for-profits depend heavily on …Read More.

Women in the Workforce

March 24, 2023 It’s that time of year again. Equal Pay Day. This day represents how far into the year women must work to earn what White men earned in the previous year. And while the day has moved up on the calendar since its conception on April 11, 1996, the fact remains that women in the workforce […]Read More.

Staff Spotlight: Mikaili Azziz

March 14, 2023 Meet Mikaili Azziz. She is the new marketing & communications associate at CICF. In this role, Mikaili provides a mix of marketing functions and brings thought leadership, strategy and execution to best tell the stories of the organization, with a focus on Hamilton County Community Foundation and…Read More.

Collaboration Hub Quickly Becoming a “Hub” for Local Artists

March 14, 2023 Thirty miles north of Indianapolis just to the east of U.S. 31 on 276th Street in western Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, stand the remains of Roberts Settlement, an African-American pioneer farm settlement. It was founded in 1835 by free Blacks of mixed racial heritage who migrated m…Read More.

2022: Our Road to Equity—a Year in Review

March 13, 2023 Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), The Indianapolis Foundation, Hamilton County Community Foundation, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana and IMPACT Central Indiana are a $1 billion collective of philanthropic organizations committed to making Central Indiana a community where all individ…Read More.

20 Important Women in Indiana and National History

March 10, 2023 Women and girls were critical to our nation’s history and are essential to our present and future. They develop, innovate, provide, fight, create, build, nurture and more. And they do this, despite historical inequity rooted in sexism and compounded by marginalization related to other intersect…Read More.