Holiday Wish List
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most. This is an opportunity for businesses and individuals to make tax-deductible gifts in the spirit of the season.
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Charities, what do you need most?
Indianapolis Business Journal’s annual Holiday Wish List will debut in the Nov. 28 issue and appear weekly through Dec. 19.
Building services staffer endows IUPUI scholarship
Employee’s entire estate will go toward university’s goal of raising $1.3 billion.
Charities disagree on potential impact of tax change
Not-for-profit-sector lobbyists are fighting President Obama’s proposal to limit the tax deduction for charitable donations. Yet some local fundraisers who could be affected by it aren’t concerned.
Indiana ACLU starts 3-year fundraising drive
The group is locked in two high-profile battles with the state seeking to invalidate new laws barring Planned Parenthood of Indiana from receiving Medicaid funds and cracking down on illegal immigration.
Burn treatment inspires Fifth Third’s $5M Wishard gift
Fifth Third Bank executive Kevin Hipskind's experience as a patient in the burn unit of Wishard Hospital played a role in a $5 million gift the Cincinnati-based bank is making for Wishard’s new Eskenazi Hospital, under construction at IUPUI.
Civic debuts to new but eager audience in Carmel
The not-for-profit musical theater company has grown its subscriber base and raised $2.6 million toward a $10 million goal, Executive Director Cheri Dick said.
UPDATE: Fund for state fair victims rises to $242K
Central Indiana Community Foundation spokesman Mike Knight said the State Fair Remembrance Fund contained $242,404 as of Tuesday. Officials are still determining how to distribute the money.
Indianapolis printer receives national honor for arts support
Printing Partners is one of the top 10 corporate arts supporters in the nation, according to Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Wishard lands $2.2M in employee fundraising campaign
An employee-giving campaign for the new Wishard medical center brought in about $2.2 million, making the campaign one of the largest of its kind for a public hospital, according to Wishard Health Services officials.
Chatham Arch neighborhood builds community park
Chatham Commons, at the northeast corner of East and St. Clair streets, includes walking paths, a pergola, brick benches, plantings and a Tom Otterness sculpture that was part of a public art exhibit here in 2005.
Christian foundation sees donations soar
A local Christian foundation is pulling in donations at such a rapid clip that it could double in size this year.
Charitable giving picks up despite rocky economy
After pulling back from charitable giving for two years, Americans were slightly more generous in 2010—donating an estimated $290.9 billion, according to a national study released Monday.
LENKOWSKY: Carnegie’s message for today’s corporate leaders
Steel baron Andrew Carnegie, who populated Indiana and other states with public libraries, believed in donating liberally—and wisely.
Peyton Manning’s foundation doubles giving
The PeyBack Foundation made its largest grant distribution to date, with $800,000 going to 147 organizations in Indiana, Louisiana and Tennessee.
Eli Lilly pledges $2.5 million to Mind Trust
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to give $2.5 million toward a new fundraising campaign by the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education reform group.
Lilly gives $1M toward Marian medical school
Marian University needs to raise $120 million for its medical school and nursing programs. So far, the Catholic institution has raised $81 million.
Indianapolis Power & Light announces environmental grants
Projects involving youth received the biggest chunk of money this year from the Golden Eagle Environmental Grants program.
Millennials accustomed to making donations
A recent survey found that 93 percent gave to charity, but gifts were small.
Starfish Initiative gets $1 million to expand student mentoring
Gift from USA Funds will allow organization to help more high-achieving, low-income teens prepare for college.