Irsay donates $1M to Indianapolis Zoo for welcome center
To be named the Indianapolis Colts Welcome Center Plaza, the area will include a visitors center housing ticketing functions, restrooms, stroller rental and other amenities for guests.
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Tonic Ball and the Last IV return to action Friday in Fountain Square
The 21st Tonic Ball—and first in-person edition since 2019—will feature 55 performers Friday at four Fountain Square venues.
With new funding, Kheprw seeks to develop Black entrepreneurs
An organization focused on empowering Black residents in Indianapolis has received a huge boost as one of the first recipients of funding through the Indianapolis African American Quality of Life initiatives.
Funding perpetuates surprises at city’s most unusual venue
In September, music and art venue Healer received one of 10 Power Plant Grants distributed by Indianapolis-based Big Car Collaborative and funded by New York’s Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Dimmett sheds interim tag as CEO of Project Lead The Way
David Dimmett, formerly the group’s chief impact officer, took on the interim role after former leader Vince Bertram retired this spring.
Damien Center launches $4M capital campaign to help fund new HQ
The not-for-profit organization said it has outgrown its existing 15,000-square-foot headquarters building at 26 N. Arsenal Ave. due to heavy demand for its services and programs.
Editorial: Solving food access problems requires coordinated efforts
No one solution is enough, which is why we are happy to see work happening from several angles.
Q&A: Dog, handler give reprieve from trauma
Brad Hoop and his therapy dog Gus have put smiles on the faces of hundreds of people for more than four years as part of Paws and Think.
Local not-for-profits receive $260K in family homelessness grants
The funds will allow Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis to expand its apartment shelter program and support The Learning Tree’s tenant advocacy program.
IndyHumane names new CEO from Texas animal-welfare group
The animal welfare not-for-profit expects Donna Casamento to start work in August, several months after its former leader exited without explanation.
Animal group helps human clients heal one stride at a time
Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources serves children and adults with disabilities and offers therapeutic riding, equine-assisted learning and a mobile miniature horse program for seniors.
Gleaners taps former IU athletic director Glass as its new CEO
Fred Glass, who worked as IU’s athletic director from 2009 to 2020 after a long career in law and politics, will become chief executive of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana on Sept. 30.
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters group gets $2.9M of blockbuster gift
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, which includes $2.9 million for the local arm of the youth mentoring organization.
Q&A with Leigh Ann Hirschman: Passion is the thread connecting her career
Hirschman is returning to her roots as a classically trained pianist as the development leader at the American Pianists Association.
Not-for-profit to build women’s recovery housing on west side
The Indianapolis facility is expected to provide housing and support for up to 11 women who will live with their children.
Indiana not-for-profits are starting to find ways to accept donations of cryptocurrency
The Indianapolis-based Indiana Sports Corp., Purdue University’s Purdue for Life Foundation and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are among the organizations that have already accepted their first crypto donations—and some community foundations around the state are also eyeing the opportunities they see in cryptocurrency.
Q&A with Shannon Schumacher, CEO of The Villages of Indiana
This is a particularly challenging time for the statewide not-for-profit, which helps place children with foster-care families and provides a wide gamut of services to help support vulnerable parents and children, facilitate adoptions and prevent child abuse.
A Rev spotlight for chefs who fed those in need through pandemic
The executive chefs at Second Helpings and Wheeler Mission Ministries will receive star treatment at Indianapolis Motor Speedway event.
Domestic violence calls to IMPD surged 65% early in pandemic, report says
Domestic violence in central Indiana grew more prevalent and severe in the first year of the pandemic, according to the 2020 State of Domestic Violence Service Report released Tuesday.
Inflation hitting not-for-profits’ services, ability to fundraise
Not-for-profits of all kinds are getting hurt by inflation, experts say. Price and wage increases are stressing them in multiple ways, making it harder to keep up with their own basic operational expenses while also forcing them to curtail the services they provide.