FELDMANN: Fundraising trends to watch for in 2011
Well, it’s that time of year again: time to gaze into the crystal ball and predict what trends will dominate fundraising in the year ahead.
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Wayne County couple gives millions to area charities
Marlowe and Patricia Kluter of Richmond designated 13 churches, schools and charities to share more than $6 million from their estate.
Lilly Endowment gives $35M to start pharmacy school
Manchester College will use money to launch the state’s third program offering doctorates in pharmacy.
2010 Holiday Wish List
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
NFP of NOTE: Little Red Door Cancer Agency
Little Red Door is committed to serving people with cancer in the greater Indianapolis area and surrounding counties who lack financial means or adequate insurance.
Basiles donate to new Wishard Hospital
$300,000 from the local philanthropists is the hospital’s first naming-rights gift.
Lilly Endowment awards Purdue center $6.3M
A Purdue University-based institute that aids military families whose lives have been disrupted by a relative's deployment overseas has won a $6.3 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to boost its mission.
Ivy Tech gets $23M to renovate old Stouffer’s Hotel building
Grant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
2010 Holiday Wish List
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
Art museum names fundraising chief
Cynthia Rallis, who begins work Jan. 1, held a similar job at the National Museum of Science and Industry in London.
IMOCA settles in at Murphy Arts, calls off move
The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, which faltered in the summer of 2009, is on stable footing at its year-old location in Fountain Square—so much so that it won’t move closer to downtown, as it had planned.
Notre Dame alumnus gives school $10M gift
The university announced Monday it would match the $10 million being donated by Kenneth Meyer, the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Lincoln Capital Management Co. The money will fund eight fellowships a year.
Indianapolis Symphony’s deficit nears record
The Indiana Symphony Society on Monday reported a near-record deficit of $2.7 million for the 2010 fiscal year. And symphony CEO Simon Crookall said this won't be the end of the bleeding.
NFP of NOTE: Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development Inc.
HAND’s mission is to create and promote affordable, quality housing and to educate the community about housing needs.
2010 Holiday Wish List
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
Credit counselor to merge with Ohio-based network
Momentive Consumer Credit Counseling Service Inc. has agreed to be absorbed by Ohio-based Apprisen Financial Advocates, as financial pressures in the industry push not-for-profit agencies to become larger.
Conner Prairie to open interactive Civil War exhibit
Conner Prairie Interactive History Park will open a Civil War exhibit in June, hoping for a similar bump in membership and ticket sales as it got from its Balloon Voyage rides the past two years.
Senior staffer settles retaliation lawsuit with IMA
A longtime senior manager at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has retired—the result of a settlement in a retaliation lawsuit she filed earlier this month.
Girls Incorporated seeks time, not money
Girls Inc. needs 100 new volunteers by the end of December to facilitate winter programs across the metro area.
Hamilton County foundation president leaving
Legacy Fund President Brad Little is stepping down to take a similar job in Iowa. In three years, the foundation serving Hamilton County has grown from $25 million to $40 million in assets.