Tag: News

Five Tips on Family Philanthropy

November 13, 2015 Each generation has its own lens through which it sees the world and as of now, five generations could be sitting around the family dinner or business board table. Those of us that live with or work with multigenerational families know that these lenses inform how each generation makes decisions and they can be drastically different.Read More.

CICF Scholarships: Community Wins with Investment in Indiana Students

November 6, 2015 Pike High School graduates Caracciola 'Cari' and Taracciola 'Tari' Morales used the Mexican Scholarship, administered by CICF, to attend Indiana University. Both women, now 25, have handedly met the scholarship’s core criteria: leadership and giving back to the community.Read More.

Central Indiana Senior Fund Awards $773,708

November 5, 2015 By 2030, 20 percent of Hoosiers will be over the age of 60—double the population in 2010 according to the US Census Bureau. Yet this growing population faces tremendous barriers. As life expectancy increases, so does the number of aging adults that cannot meet basic needs, including access to nutritious food or transportation.Read More.

The Indianapolis Foundation awards $1.86 million for 2015 Community Crime Prevention Grant Program

September 24, 2015   Total of 61 not-for-profits receive grants to increase community safety and reduce violence The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), has awarded a total of $1.86 million in grants to 61 local not-for-profits through the Marion County-City of Indianapolis’ 2015 Community Crime Prevention Grant Program. The Indianapolis Foundation also allocated an additional $86,300 from […]Read More.

The Indianapolis Foundation awards $956,000 in grants benefiting Marion County

September 24, 2015   The Indianapolis Foundation board of directors approved and awarded $956,000 in grants to 16 projects and not-for-profit organizations serving Marion County residents at its September 8, 2015 board meeting. Grant requests were approved by The Indianapolis Foundation board of directors and made possible by generations of community donations to the Endowment for Indianapolis (an […]Read More.

College Mentors for Kids

September 21, 2015 College Mentors for Kids hopes that by allowing the children, called “little buddies”, to spend two hours on a college campus with a mentor, it will increase the likelihood of his or her of obtaining a postsecondary education. Central Indiana Community Foundation has made college readiness and success a priority through its Community Leadership Initiatives and partners with organizations such as College Mentors for Kids that are united in their efforts to increase college persistence.Read More.