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Wishard receives $6 million gift from Fairbanks
November 3, 2009
The Wishard Foundation said it has received a $6 million grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation that will be used
to help fund construction of a new Wishard Hospital, if Marion County voters approve the project.
MoreNew not-for-profit coffee shop in Fletcher Place will raise money for charities
October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffThe new coffee shop named for Calvin Fletcher, one of the city's first lawyers, will give money to groups such as Second Helpings.
MoreGregory & Appel celebrates anniversary by writing 125 checks to charity
October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffThe awards of $500 each total $62,500. “In lieu of doing a party, it was more
appropriate and more the corporate culture of Gregory & Appel to do something charitable,”
Vice President Steve Appel said.
MoreAnonymous donor gives $5 million to Marian University
October 8, 2009
IBJ StaffMarian University has received an anonymous $5 million gift to support student scholarships, the Indianapolis-based school
announced Wednesday.
MoreSimon built mall empire from scratch, changed way America shops
September 19, 2009
Cory SchoutenMelvin Simon, who died at 82 on Sept. 16, grasped early on that creation of the nation's interstate system would pave the
way for
large, enclosed shopping centers.
MoreSimon Foundation gives $1M to library literacy initiative
September 9, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation today announced that it has received a $1 million gift from the Herbert
Simon Family Foundation to expand its early childhood literacy initiative.
MoreUnited Way calling on well-heeled to dig deep
August 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinAfter so many years of trying to tap every possible cubicle-dweller for donations, United Way of Central Indiana is putting
more effort into the richest veins in the workplace—the folks in corner offices.
MoreEli Lilly CEO, wife give United Way $1M gift
July 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinEli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter and his wife, Sarah, have pledged to give the United Way of Central Indiana a total
of $1 million over the next four years as a “challenge to CEOs and other community leaders to step up their giving.”
MoreEli Lilly CEO, wife give United Way $1M gift
July 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinEli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter and his wife, Sarah, have pledged to give the United Way
of Central Indiana a total of $1 million over the next four years as a "challenge to CEOs and other community leaders to step
up their giving."
MoreRiverside course proceeds support preschool
July 20, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinOne of the city’s golf course operators, Bob Thompson, has donated his earnings from two facilities to a single charitable
cause the past 15 years.
MoreNot-for-profits: Treat donors as investors
April 13, 2009
Derrick FeldmannNonprofit organizations should treat their donors as shareholders because they invest in the organizations just as shareholders
do in public companies.
MoreFamily foundations represent nearly $1 billion in Hoosier assets
February 16, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinAlthough family foundations may grant as little as $50,000 in a year, these foundations wield influence over other philanthropists,
and one advocate says they could help guide the spending of billions of economic stimulus money.
MoreArts leaders brainstorm for new funding streams
February 9, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinA panel convened by IBJ discusses the lack of funding dilemma and need for broad-based support in the Indianapolis arts community.
IU scores with 'Philanthropy 50' gifts
February 9, 2009
Two Indiana businessmen, Michael Maurer and the late Jesse Cox, made the Philanthropy 50 with enormous gifts to Indiana University
in 2008.
MoreLibrary foundation to launch $10,000 prize for Hoosiers
February 2, 2009
Indiana has its share of renowned dead writers, but the Indianapolis-Marion County Library Foundation is planning to recognize
modern-day Hoosier scribes with a new and quite hefty prize.
MorePrivate gifts give city a lift
January 26, 2009
State and local governments in Indiana aren't known for pouring tax money into so-called progressive causes. Private money
often has to step in.
MoreIndy-art-loving lawyer pays studio rent for artists
December 22, 2008
Paul Hunt, a partner with Barnes & Thornburg, recently decided to pay seven months' studio rent for two artists at Harrison
Center for the Arts. And the Columbia Club on Monument Circle is looking for new members.
MoreGivers get strategic
December 15, 2008
Wealthy people are getting more advice from hired professionals and less from peers and not-for-profit personnel when
making
decisions about charitable giving, a new study shows.
MoreHealth reform network crumbles without Rooney
December 8, 2008
J.K. WallThe state's Dec. 1 takeover of Medical Savings Insurance Co. marks the formal crumbling of J. Patrick Rooney's network of
health care reform efforts.
MoreMaurer gift is IU's fourth largest
December 8, 2008
IBJ co-owner Michael Maurer's $35 million gift to the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington is the fourth largest
from an individual in the history of the university.
MoreBKD Foundation establishes 'dream' fund for disabled
December 8, 2008
With a $10,000 gift from the BKD Foundation, Damar will establish the BKD Dream Fund and award small grants to families for
things like a vacation to Disney World or a fishing trip to Michigan.
MoreSelf-made wealthy among most generous
November 24, 2008
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University found in a recent study of more than 4,840 charitable gifts worth $1 million
or more that self-made wealthy people gave the most —
often to nonprofits that rarely receive such large gifts.
MoreBeck's contribution helps with Habitat land purchase
November 24, 2008
Thanks to a $25,000 contribution from Beck's Hybrids, Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County was able to purchase land and
build its 50th home this year.
MoreSimon family donates $40M to Riley
November 14, 2007
A $40 million gift from the Simon family to Riley Hospital for Children will help finish a new 10-story in-patient building
and launch a fund-raising campaign, Riley Children's Foundation announced this morning.
MoreNeed for college watchdog not-for-profit questioned
October 15, 2007
Tracy DonhardtNot everyone is welcoming the launch of an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit, backed by billionaire businessmen, that aims
to curb colleges' discretion in spending donor contributions.
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