Nationwide, Americans gave $346 billion to charitable causes in 2011, an increase of 7.5 percent over the previous year. Hoosiers gave $6.4 billion last year, a bump of 6.4 percent from the previous year, according to Atlas of Giving.
Indianapolis Super Bowl organizers raised $28 million from 131 mostly corporate donors to put on the NFL’s showcase event by simply asking—and promising almost nothing in return.
Second Helpings—which rescues perishable food from grocery stores, hotels and restaurants and turns it into meals delivered to shelters and community centers—also teaches people the basics of food handling and preparation. Its free, 10-week training program boasts a job-placement rate of 85 percent to 95 percent within 30 days of completion.
Lilly Endowment is giving $6.6 million to support a new fundraising campaign by Indiana University's Public Policy Institute.
The contribution from a late school trustee will be used to support an endowment for student scholarships and church relations, in addition to the college’s capital campaign.
The ACLU says its board of directors will name an interim director and conduct a national search for Holmes' replacement.
Leaders of the not-for-profit think the tree project will gain traction because people can participate with very small donations.
The mission of the Central Indiana Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all, and energizing science to find the cures.
The campaign launched in 2006 by the private Christian university raised $113 million. Funds will help support academic programs and scholarships, in addition to operational needs.
Top officials from Indiana University and its Kelley School of Business are set to make a “major” announcement Wednesday afternoon likely involving a gift from the Lilly Endowment.
The donation will enable Indiana University to renovate and expand its Kelley School of Business building in Bloomington, which was built in 1966 and is too small to meet current demands, IU said.
The city’s biggest event of the year will be run almost entirely by an army of volunteers. Some 8,000 volunteers are helping to execute the preparations for the Super Bowl, which is expected to draw 150,000 visitors.
Little Red Door Cancer Agency strives to make the most of life and the least of cancer.
Basket of Hope has opportunities for involvement long after the Super Bowl has moved on to the next destination.
The organization that provides work for the blind is offering in-home vision assessments and a call-in entertainment line for the elderly.
The event honors men and women who epitomize success in the business world.
YMCA of Greater Indianapolis officials have started a $40 million fundraising campaign that will be used to fund three more local locations, including a much-delayed $10 million facility in Pike Township.
As of Wednesday, the Salvation Army’s Indiana Division had reached just 51 percent of its $3.2 million goal for its annual Tree of Lights campaign.
A City-County Council member and two associates persuaded an Indiana physician to invest $1.7 million in their foundation and an ethanol-production business they said would fund it, but instead spent the money on personal luxuries, according to a federal indictment filed late Tuesday.
The indictment charges the Democrat and associates used a charitable foundation to obtain money from a doctor that was to be used for investments, but instead went toward vehicles, entertainment and travel for themselves and others.
