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Central Indiana Community Foundation
Community foundations recovering from recession
May 19, 2012
Many have bounced back and report asset levels that exceed their 2007 highs.
MoreFoundations try to tap grain farmers' wealth
March 10, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe average price Indiana farmers received for a bushel of corn reached a high last August of $7.18, nearly twice as much
as the prior year. That kind of windfall tends to benefit farm-equipment sales, but it could also lead to more charitable
giving.
MoreCultural Trail leaders cancel plans for controversial statue
December 13, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Central Indiana Community Foundation and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. have pulled the plug on a controversial sculpture
depicting a freed slave.
MoreGrant-makers adapt to post-recession normal
December 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAfter the financial crisis of 2008, foundations in Indiana and across the country set up special relief funds for their communities.
Ongoing support for the one formed in Indianapolis is just one sign of how the poor economy is still influencing grant-makers’
decisions.
MoreJunior Achievement lawsuit swells with defendants
December 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe defamation case filed by former CEO Jeffrey Miller now has 17 defendants, many of whom are accused of posting disparaging
comments on websites.
MoreDecision nears on fate of freed-slave sculpture
October 7, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinControversy has swirled around a piece of art commissioned for the Cultural Trail’s $2 million public art program. What
ultimately happens to Fred Wilson’s “E Pluribus Unum” sculpture of a freed slave could alienate local African-Americans
who oppose it or draw the scorn of national art critics.
MoreState fair foundation sets up fund for victims
August 15, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHoosiers have already given thousands of dollars to the Indiana State Fair to help victims of Saturday's stage collapse.
MoreWilson sculpture prompts talk about race, art
January 29, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has granted $50,000 to support the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s ongoing
outreach efforts surrounding the controversial sculpture.
MoreHamilton County foundation president leaving
November 22, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinLegacy 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.
MoreShuttered school finding new life as community center
August 10, 2010
Joe JasinskiTwo years after Indianapolis Public Schools closed School 37, a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project is set to breath
new life into a building that served the Martindale-Brightwood community for 81 years.
MoreJA working its way out of real estate troubles
June 19, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinIf the debt refinancing is completed, Junior Achievement would be nothing more than a tenant at the Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement
Education
Center.
MoreFate of $200,000 JA scholarship a mystery
May 1, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe turmoil that now engulfs Junior Achievement of Central Indiana likely was spawned by questions that arose in 2008 about
the handling of a scholarship fund worth about $200,000.
MoreWomen's Fund sets $20 million goal for endowment
April 10, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Women's Fund of Central Indiana recently completed an endowment drive that raised $7 million, making the endowment one
of the largest of its kind in terms of assets.
MoreRetired Junior Achievement exec files defamation suit
April 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinFormer Junior Achievement CEO Jeff Miller says Mayor Greg Ballard was about to hire him as a senior policy adviser, but comments
by Central Indiana Community Foundation President Brian Payne and current CEO Jennifer Burk ruined the offer.
MoreContractors seek answers over Junior Achievement project
March 18, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Central Indiana Community Foundation has stopped payment on a $3 million grant to Junior Achievement because of accounting
questions.
MoreExpected flurry of charity mergers fails to materialize
December 26, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinObservers offer various explanations for the lack of mergers, including that staff and budget cuts have left many not-for-profits
without the manpower or time for due diligence.
MoreLilly Endowment boosts emergency fund by $1M
November 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe fund has helped more than 6,000 households in six counties pay for housing, utilities and food.
MoreCICF lost more than its foundation peers in '08
November 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe $491 million Central Indiana Community Foundation has switched investment advisers after the market crash of 2008, a year
in which it saw greater losses than many of its peers.
MorePolis Center's Spirit and Place Festival wants place on your schedule
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffThe civic festival Spirit and Place, which runs Nov. 5-16, has been a fixture of the fall season since 1996, but organizers
are still trying to explain to Indianapolis residents what it’s all about.
MoreWomen's Fund narrows its focus
April 13, 2009
Katie MaurerCritical endowment has lost half its value during slump
MoreGrant-makers, stung by market crash, favor safety-net causes, discourage new applicants
February 2, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSome major foundations in central Indiana are narrowing grantmaking criteria so they can funnel their reduced asset streams
toward pressing needs brought on by the recession.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.