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NFP of NOTE: Hawthorne Community Center

Hawthorne Community Center provides or facilitates services and programs that meet the economic, financial, social, educational, recreational and civic needs of the entire Hawthorne community, on the near-west side of Indianapolis.

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Indy parks embark on $8 million in upgrades

The Indianapolis Parks Foundation on Tuesday announced a plan to improve 16 parks in Marion County, including the renovation or creation of playgrounds, trails, basketball courts and restrooms.

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Zoo expecting huge boost from $26M orangutan center

The Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center opens at the Indianapolis Zoo May 24 (members get a look beginning May 21). And it’s hard to imagine a bigger zoological box-office draw than an octet of expressive, engaged, personality-overflowing primates

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NFP of NOTE: Little Red Door Cancer Agency

Little Red Door Cancer Agency strives to make the most of life and the least of cancer, by reducing the physical, emotional and financial burdens of cancer for the medically underserved residents of central Indiana.

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Julian Center reopening counseling facility

The facility closed last year in the wake of a budget shortfall. Officials now hope to better integrate counseling with services the center provides to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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Charitable giving firm sees surge

An increasingly popular philanthropic tool is driving growth at locally based Renaissance Administration LLC, almost tripling its business over the last five years.

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Women’s fund launches incubator

A new incubator program intends to start not-for-profits that will serve women between the ages of 18 to 24—a group organizers say has few services specifically tailored to it.

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NFP of NOTE: Trusted Mentors

Trusted Mentors uses the power of person-to-person mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing the chaos brought about by poverty, homelessness, under-employment, and the effects of incarceration.

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