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.
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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.
Group partners with 14 IU athletes to land NIL money
A name, image and likeness collective focused on connecting Indiana University athletes with local charities plans to spend $470,000 on its inaugural group of student ambassadors.
Koschnick named executive director at Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
Emily Koschnick previously served as deputy communications director for the city of Indianapolis and more than eight years as an executive producer for WXIN-TV Channel 59 in Indianapolis.
Indy competes for $75M to remake brownfields for food processing, manufacturing
A coalition of city-county government and local community groups this week completed a final round of applications for a federal grant of up to $75 million, that could total $90 million with a required local match.
IBJ Podcast: Group recruits IU athletes to help not-for-profits via NIL deals
Host Mason King talks with Cook Group President Pete Yonkman, an organizer of Hoosiers for Good, and the new group’s executive director, Tyler Harris, about how they plan to use name, image, likeness rules to pay athletes to endorse causes.
David Horth out as chief executive at IndyHumane
IndyHumane, which named Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Bedsole as interim CEO, did not provide a reason for the change or say if Horth had resigned or was fired.
IU athletes gain avenue to use NIL to support not-for-profit groups
Hoosiers For Good Inc. plans to partner with dozens of organizations across the state and help them connect with “community-minded athletes” at Indiana University to amplify fundraising, awareness and volunteerism efforts.
Q&A with Ann Murtlow, reflecting on a career spent in utilities, not-for-profits
Murtlow said the she changes she instituted at United Way have been hard. “We realized that we could not be everything to everyone, and so we really focused on helping the population in our seven-county area that is living in poverty or is one step away from poverty.”
Wheeler Mission begins search to replace longtime CEO
When Rick Alvis took the top job in 1990, the not-for-profit had 17 employees and a budget of $700,000. Today, Wheeler has approximately 175 employees and an annual budget of nearly $16 million.
Damien Center acquires SPJ headquarters on North Meridian
Damien Center plans to use the building as a second satellite location, while SPJ headquarters employees will now work mostly on a remote basis.
INHP chief Moira Carlstedt set to retire after 24 years in role
Moira Carlstedt, president and CEO of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership for nearly a quarter-century, plans to leave her position later this year, the organization announced Tuesday.
As city boosts spending on anti-crime grants, some call for more accountability
Indianapolis has put more than $30 million into about 600 grants since 2009, when it launched what’s now called the Violent Crime Prevention Grants Program.
City, partners push forward with renter support despite setbacks
City officials say they’re focused on a “test case” nuisance lawsuit and funding a range of programs to tackle persistent challenges with habitability, affordability and legal aid for tenants.
IUPUI philanthropy school to offer new doctorate in fall 2023
The school said the doctorate in philanthropic leadership will help address what it calls a significant leadership gap.
Not-for-profit pushes into e-commerce space for sales to public
Through online sales, Bosma Enterprises will make its nitrile exam gloves available to individual medical practices and other healthcare offices.