Lilly Endowment awards $6.3M to Indy housing group
The Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership will use the funds to help qualified residents purchase homes and revitalize their neighborhoods.
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Developer donates 50 acres near airport for preservation
Holladay Properties says it's donating the land valued at about $4.3 million to the Central Indiana Land Trust.
Minority business group crosses state borders
The Indiana Minority Supplier Development Council has changed its name to Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council, as it executes its national office's plan to consolidate to 24 councils from 36.
Records: Solicitors keep bulk of money raised
Solicitors working for not-for-profit groups representing public safety agencies are raking in profits while the charities they represent receive only a pittance of what’s raised, state records show.
NFP of NOTE: Chimney Safety Institute of America
Foster public awareness of issues relating to chimney and venting performance and safety, and promote the education of associated professionals through technical training and certification opportunities.
Three groups puzzled by woman’s $7 million bequest
The organizations which include Indianapolis-based Hoosier Oncology Group have no idea why an Evansville teacher chose them as beneficiaries.
$10M Lilly Endowment grant to help charities
United Way of Central Indiana’s capital projects fund is getting a $10 million cash infusion thanks to a grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.
NFP of NOTE: Children’s Bureau Inc.
Children's Bureau preserves families and protects the future of Indiana’s children.
9-year-old Kokomo girl raises funds for storm victim
Kyndal Mellady decided to make bracelets and sell them for $1 apiece, allowing her to raise hundreds of dollars for a woman she didn’t even know.
Salvation Army kettles slow to fill in central Indiana
Officials blame the lackluster response on fewer people carrying cash they can drop into the buckets manned by the charity’s bell ringers.
Fifth Third helping to educate fifth-graders
Fifth Third’s local president, Nancy Huber, said the bank is awarding $60,000 to Junior Achievement to create a student bank.
Lechleiters, Bralys contribute $1M each to United Way
John Lechleiter, Angela Braly and two other local business leaders have pledged a combined $3 million to United Way of Central Indiana over the next four years. United Way is trying to raise $42.5 million by the end of the year.
Holiday-assistance program scrambling to help families
Less than a week before its final distribution of vouchers for needy families, United Christmas Service is $285,000 short of its seasonal fundraising goal—and about 3,100 families are still waiting for help. Another 250 have yet to be matched with donor groups who provide food, clothing and toys to brighten the holidays.
Renowned architects creating unique park at Eskenazi Hospital
Eskenazi Health leadership’s desire to connect the diversity of its hospital’s population through a healing park drew in a landscape architect firm that is not only one of the top in the country, but also one of the hottest architecture firms in the world.
Holiday Wish List
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most. It is being published weekly through Dec. 23.
NFP of NOTE: Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana
Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana provides a safe way for anyone to anonymously report information about crime and criminals in our communities.
Economic distress doesn’t recognize county lines
Hamilton and Boone counties are home to upscale communities, but the suburbs are not immune to problems like unemployment, homelessness and food insecurity.
Colleges go social in quest for young alumni donors
University and foundation leaders throughout the state are trying to find ways to target donors 35 and younger, through online tools that could be critical to future fundraising strategies.
2-1-1 call centers see demand soar, but funding tight
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Indianapolis-based Connect2Help is the busiest of Indiana’s 11 2-1-1 call centers, receiving more than 265,000 calls last year.
Skjodt donates $2M to Herron’s art-therapy program
The gift will endow a chair in the program, which is based at IUPUI and was developed with cooperation from the Indiana University School of Medicine. The two-year, full-time residential program is the only one of its kind in Indiana.