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Central Indiana Racial Equity Fund Awards $519,500 to Local Organizations

November 19, 2020 The Central Indiana Racial Equity Fund (CIREF) has awarded $519,500 in grants to eleven not-for-profit organizations working to advance racial equity in Indianapolis and its surrounding counties.Read More.

Bringing Opportunity Back: How a Unique Partnership Between Neighbors, a Medical Device Company, Government, and Not-for-Profits is Changing an Indianapolis Community

November 18, 2020 A unique partnership designed to bring jobs, free education, wrap-around services, and community ownership to a new medical device manufacturing facility was announced today on the northeast side of Indianapolis.Read More.

Introducing Equity Framework for grants made through The Indianapolis Foundation

November 5, 2020 Over the last year, our grantmaking team, led by Andrew Black and Alicia Collins, directors of community leadership, have interrogated our responsive processes for grants made through The Indianapolis Foundation; worked closely with our neighbors and CICF Community Ambassadors; benchmarked agains…Read More.

CICF Reveals Plans to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Community and Reaffirms Its Commitment to Equity

October 29, 2020 Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) announced its approach to dismantling systemic racism in the community during a digital event broadcast live from Madam Walker Legacy Center. During the program, Inclusive City 2020, leadership from the organization illustrated how dismantling systemic …Read More.

Central Indiana Senior Fund Awards Nearly $550k to Local Organizations  

September 3, 2020 The Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, awarded grants to 24 senior-serving not-for-profits totaling $549,190. The Senior Fund advisory board selected organizations that are continuing to provide essential services to the senior community in Central …Read More.

Diversity & Inclusion: A Generational Evolution

August 20, 2020 Millennials. Once upon a time, this generation was synonymous with “lazy” and “self-centered.” Little did society realize that these young people would be a generation of change-makers, not only wanting to transform the world that affects them directly, but also slip on the shoes of i…Read More.