August 17, 2011
Mason King
What formative experience helped inspire a Taco Bell franchisee to donate
well over $1 million to youth charities? What was his biggest bonehead mistake in business? Charlie Brown has answers.
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August 15, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHoosiers have already given thousands of dollars to the Indiana State Fair to help victims of Saturday's stage collapse.
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July 30, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Public Schools board voted in November to adopt a calendar that shortens summer vacation and introduces longer
fall and spring breaks. The idea is to give kids less time to forget what they’ve learned and provide more opportunities
to catch up.
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July 27, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe not-for-profit announced Wednesday morning that it has eliminated nearly $2 million in debt from six different creditors
and has launched a fundraising campaign.
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July 15, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAn employee-giving campaign for the new Wishard medical center brought in about $2.2 million, making
the campaign one of the largest of its kind for a public hospital, according to Wishard Health Services officials.
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July 13, 2011
Scott OlsonUnited Way of Central Indiana will reserve about $2.65 million, or nearly 7 percent of the $38.2 million it raised in its
annual campaign, to cover uncollected pledges from Hoosiers who lose their jobs.
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July 2, 2011
IBJ StaffChatham Commons, at the northeast corner of East and St. Clair streets, includes walking paths, a pergola, brick benches,
plantings and a Tom Otterness sculpture that was part of a public art exhibit here in 2005.
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June 25, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinA local Christian foundation is pulling in donations at such a rapid clip that it could double in size this year.
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June 22, 2011
J.K. WallWishard Health Services will change its name to Eskenazi Health after receiving a $40 million gift from Indianapolis real
estate developer Sidney Eskenazi and his wife Lois, the county-owned hospital announced Wednesday morning.
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June 21, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAfter pulling back from charitable giving for two years, Americans were slightly more generous in 2010—donating an estimated
$290.9 billion, according to a national study released Monday.
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June 11, 2011
Leslie Lenkowsky / Special to IBJSteel baron Andrew Carnegie, who populated Indiana and other states with public libraries, believed in donating liberally—and
wisely.
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May 5, 2011
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co. plans to give $2.5 million toward a new fundraising campaign by the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education
reform group.
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March 22, 2011
IBJ StaffUnited Way of Central Indiana’s 2010 annual campaign fell short of its ambitious $41 million goal, but donations nearly
matched the 2009 total.
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February 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHoward Schrott will provide $6.5 million toward the $13 million performing-arts building.
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January 19, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Salvation Army of Indiana announced Wednesday morning that it reached its holiday fundraising goal of $2.93 million after
a last-minute appeal.
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January 13, 2011
IBJ StaffGleaners Food Bank is wrapping up an ambitious capital campaign, announcing Wednesday that it has exceeded its goal despite
the difficult economic environment.
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January 12, 2011
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Rick Alvis looks back on 20 years at Wheeler Mission and ahead to a capital campaign and expansion of a downtown shelter.
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January 6, 2011
IBJ StaffThe bell ringers and their red kettles have disappeared for another year, but Salvation Army of Indiana still is nearly $500,000
short of its holiday fundraising goal—putting programs in jeopardy.
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January 1, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe recovering, yet-still-weak economy puts charity retailer Goodwill in a sweet position. Consumer spending is up, so more
old stuff makes its way to thrift stores. At the same time, high unemployment means the bargain hunters are still out in force.
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December 18, 2010
IBJ Staff$300,000 from the local philanthropists is the hospital's first naming-rights gift.
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December 6, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe 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.
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November 27, 2010
IBJ StaffGirls Inc. needs 100 new volunteers by the end of December to facilitate winter programs across the metro area.
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November 20, 2010
IBJ StaffWealthy philanthropists drew the purse strings tightest on health organizations, where the average gift dropped 63.7 percent.
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November 18, 2010
Andrea Muirragui DavisAfter falling short of its fundraising goal last year, Salvation Army of Indiana is unveiling a text-to-give promotion and
a social media campaign in hopes of ringing up gifts from new donors.
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November 15, 2010
Associated PressA 36-hour dance marathon raised about $1.6 million for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis over the weekend.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.