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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.

Community Crime Prevention Program Accepting Applications

August 18, 2020 The Community Crime Prevention Grant Program is accepting applications now through Sept. 15 for its 2020-2021 funding round. The program is funded from public resources allocated annually by the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council and administered by The Indianapolis Foundation, an a…Read More.

Mayor Joe Hogsett Announces Update on Housing to Recovery Fund

July 23, 2020 Mayor Joe Hogsett joined Horizon House executive director Teresa Wessel and Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), president and CEO Brian Payne to announce the first grant award from the Housing to Recovery Fund. Horizon House will receive $560,000 to expand the capacity of their housing n…Read More.

Hamilton County Community Foundation Announces $278,395 in Grants

July 9, 2020 Today, Hamilton County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), announced $278,395 in grants to Hamilton County not-for-profit organizations. Grants approved by the Hamilton County Community Foundation board of directors are part of a four-pronged approac…Read More.

Your Commitment to Take Action and Dismantle Systemic Racism in Our Community

July 3, 2020 In recent months, many of our neighbors and community leaders have reached out to us asking how to be a partner in racial equity work, and we are grateful. The big question always seems to be, “what can I do?” First, you must make this personal. This work is not nine-to-five.Read More.