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CICF’s Future Funds: Enabling a Stunning Force for Good

June 12, 2018 A recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled “Philanthropy’s Missing Trillions” caught our attention. Its authors, Jennifer Xia and Patrick Schmitt, found that while 90 percent of American adults make a charitable gift each year, fewer than six percent include a charit…Read More.

Insight from our community ambassadors

June 8, 2018 “Before you have grass, you have roots. Before you have roots, you have seeds. You need to understand what that seed needs to grow. You can’t go in and give it something if you don’t understand what it needs,” Beatrice Beverly, CICF ambassador for Martindale Brightwood, explained to CICF …Read More.

$1.2 Million in Scholarships Awarded by CICF, The Indianapolis Foundation and Legacy Fund

June 6, 2018 Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) and its affiliates, The Indianapolis Foundation and Legacy Fund, serving Hamilton County, awarded 156 scholarships totaling over $1.2 million for the 2018-2019 academic year. Recipients received up to $40,000 and were chosen by multiple committees compr…Read More.

Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Commits Over $1 Million to Mental Health Services for Women, Girls

June 5, 2018 Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is committing over $1 million to mental health services and programming for women and girls. A portion of the money, nearly $300,000, will support the launch of a Give an Hour office in Indianapolis that will offer one-on-one mental health counseling for marginal…Read More.

Introducing an innovative way of giving in the new CICF Connect portal

June 1, 2018 For years, CICF staff has worked collaboratively to connect donor interests and passions with the pressing needs of our community here in Central Indiana. With the launch of the new CICF Connect, our portal for fund holders, this process will become easier than ever before. Now, we are able to di…Read More.

Sheila

May 24, 2018 Knowing my mentee has been great. I really feel like I receive much more than I give from my relationship with my mentee. We communicate throughout the week and go out for all sorts of different reasons. It’s been great to have someone that’s become much more of a friend. —Sheila, mentor wi…Read More.