Artist invests in fellow artists and near-east side
The idea came to Lobyn Hamilton after he moved into a former grocery store in the neighborhood where he spent the earliest years of his life.
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Indiana Landmarks to identify Black heritage sites
Thanks to a recent $5 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant and other financial support, Indiana Landmarks is expanding its boundaries beyond just preserving buildings.
Study: Indiana’s growing refugee population needs language services, housing, job access
Researchers at IU’s Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy used interviews with local refugees and employees at refugee-serving agencies in Indiana to inform the report, which intends to identify service gaps and provide policy recommendations.
Experts say evolution needed to keep charitable gambling afloat
Charitable gambling—once a juggernaut in Indiana—has declined in recent years due to the challenges navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing supply chain disruptions and inflation, with many organizations closing down completely.
Glick foundation embraces partnership approach to giving
Paying attention to what’s being sought in communities is a key component of trust-based giving, a concept in which funders and grant recipients collaborate.
Butler to use $4M gift to build new presidential residence
The Jay and Christie Kile Love University House will serve as both a home for future Butler presidents and a venue for hosting fundraising and other community events.
Black quality-of-life initiative doles out $21M in grants
The National Urban League has selected 40 organizations in Marion County to receive more than $21 million in grants through the new Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative, it announced this week.
Local not-for-profits receive $260K in family homelessness grants
The funds will allow Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis to expand its apartment shelter program and support The Learning Tree’s tenant advocacy program.
Lilly Endowment sells more than $500 million in Eli Lilly stock
The stock sale is a primary way for the endowment, one of the largest private philanthropic foundations in the United States, to raise cash to make grants to arts, education, religious and community development organizations.
More than $2.5M awarded to Indiana legal aid providers
Legal aid providers around the state that offer civil legal assistance to low-income Hoosiers have received a financial boost totaling more than $2.5 million from the Indiana Bar Foundation.
Q&A: Celebrating the Black tradition of giving
Jacqueline Bouvier Copeland established Black Philanthropy Month in 2011 to raise awareness of the global Black community’s tradition of giving.
Fred Payne leaving DWD for top job at United Way of Central Indiana
Payne, who has led the DWD for more than four years, will exit his current job July 8 and join the United Way on July 18. He will take over for Ann Murtlow, who is retiring June 30 after nine years leading the not-for-profit.
U.S. charitable giving hit record in 2021, but inflation looms
The Giving USA report from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy says donations in 2021 were 4% higher than the record-setting $466 billion contributed in 2020. But that amount was down 0.7% when adjusted for inflation.
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters group gets $2.9M of blockbuster gift
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, which includes $2.9 million for the local arm of the youth mentoring organization.
Irsay acquires Kurt Cobain’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ guitar for $4.5M
The auction, which brought in a total of nearly $15 million, featured numerous Nirvana-related items that were sold, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Colts’ Kicking The Stigma mental health awareness campaign.
High inflation leaves food banks struggling to meet needs
Food banks across America say negative economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing.
Record gift to launch new Krannert real estate program at Purdue
The Krannert School of Management at Purdue University has received a nearly $21 million gift from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation, the largest gift in the school’s history.
Butler names new sciences building Levinson Family Hall after $10M gift
Levinson Family Hall, which opened to the public in summer 2021, connects existing science building Gallahue Hall to the Holcomb Building, which previously housed the Andre B. Lacy School of Business.
IU School of Medicine gets $12.5M gift commitment from Vera Bradley Foundation
The medical school said the commitment will help launch research efforts to develop better therapies for triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of breast cancer that is often not responsive to hormone therapies and is resistant to chemotherapy.
Franklin College lands record $3.9M donation from graduate
The donation came from a business leader who earned her bachelor’s degree from Franklin College in 1971, majoring in political science and history.