Charity watchdog flags symphony’s fiscal troubles
ISO says Charity Navigator failed to account for endowment money that should have kept it off “deep trouble” list.
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NFP of NOTE: Partners In Housing
Partners In Housing assists the homeless and people with special needs by eliminating barriers to safe, affordable housing through the creation of beneficial partnerships.
Purdue gets $10 million gift for leadership center
Purdue University will use a $10 million anonymous gift to help build a facility dedicated to encouraging student excellence and leadership.
Damien Center pays off building mortgage
Agency that offers HIV- and AIDS-related services owns its headquarters free and clear after $3 million capital campaign.
Participation in annual Komen event off 28 percent
Participation in Saturday's Central Indiana Race for the Cure in downtown Indianapolis dropped about 28 percent from last year's event, to 27,126. Last year's race, held on a cold, rainy day, drew 37,450 people.
Domes hold mystique for philanthropist Cook
Gayle Cook marvels at grand churches, courthouses and certainly, the awe-inspiring 200-foot-diameter dome above the West Baden Springs Hotel that she and her late husband, Bill, restored and reopened in the summer of 2007.
NFP OF NOTE: Horizon House
Horizon House provides direct support to persons who are homeless.
Not-for-profit aims to unite city’s sports-related businesses
A new not-for-profit organization looking to connect Indianapolis area sports-minded businesses is already attracting dozens of members.
Finish Line to sell Special Olympics merchandise
The agreement to sell the organization’s items online and in stores is part of a multiyear partnership in which Indianapolis-based Finish Line has agreed to lend support to Special Olympics.
Shaheen resigns after NCAA picks outsider for post
The Indianapolis native had been in charge of the NCAA’s marquee event, the men’s basketball tournament, for the past 12 years.
Advertising art to find home at historical society
The collection brings to light a bygone era in advertising when Block's and other big downtown department stores ruled the retail landscape and employed their own fashion illustrators.
Agency increases effort to help state’s artisans sell wares
Three years after budget cuts threatened the state-run Indiana Artisan program, the newly independent organization is moving ahead with ambitious plans to broaden its reach—and help artists and food producers build their businesses.
Would-be donor’s big promises vex trail of victims
Those left in the lurch by financial promises unfulfilled by Joe Bilby are mystfied by his motives, since he seems not to have profited from any of it.
Funding challenges sideline not-for-profit award program
The Indiana Achievement Awards is going on what organizers called a “sabbatical,” though its return isn’t guaranteed. The change is the result of a loss in grant funding for all not-for-profit programs at the IUPUI Solution Center, which organized the awards.
Ex-Rose-Hulman professor named interim state ACLU chief
Frank Young replaces Gilbert Holmes, who was director from 2008 until his retirement on March 31.
Komen grant recipients cope with controversy they didn’t create
Local health care providers won’t find an easy replacement for the grant money supplied by Susan G. Komen for the Cure. That money could be in jeopardy, as grass-roots Komen supporters appear to be sitting out of this year’s Race for the Cure in response to a national controversy over grants to Planned Parenthood.
Private schools raking in cash thanks to 2011 reform law
A generally overlooked part of the 2011 education reform package makes it clear donors to private schools can target their gifts to specific schools, a move that seems to have unleashed the tax credit’s full potential by helping private schools line up more donations.
Ice Miller lawyer contributes far and wide
Melissa Proffitt Reese joined Ice Miller LLP straight out of law school, and has spent the next three decades juggling an employee-benefits practice there with a whirlwind schedule of community involvement.
As commercial stations sputter, WFYI hits the gas
The city’s public radio and television stations are more than holding their own, even as their commercial brethren continue to suffer from a now-5-year-old economic swoon.
Hoops fans funnel energy into giving
Brackets for Good pits one not-for-profit against another in an NCAA-tournament style fundraising competition.