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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.
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.
MoreLilly Endowment has made few changes despite massive fall in value
May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinLilly Endowment lost 26 percent of its value in 2008, falling from $7.7 billion to $5.7 billion. What's different about the
Indianapolis-based endowment is that its most recent loss caps a downward slide that's lasted eight years.
MoreWomen's Fund narrows its focus
April 13, 2009
Katie MaurerCritical endowment has lost half its value during slump
MorePulliam Trust steps up aid for needy people
March 16, 2009
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust will give $2.27 million to human service organizations, which are dealing with increased
demand for food and shelter as people lose their jobs, or their homes to foreclosure
MoreReeve Foundation backs athletes with disabilities
March 16, 2009
The Reeve foundation is supporting the Brawlers this year with a $16,645 grant to Rehabilitation Hospitals of Indiana Sports
Program.
MoreKresge Foundation grants $1.5M to Children's Museum
March 2, 2009
A $1.5 million Kresge Foundation grant will help The Children's Museum of Indianapolis close in on its $74 million fund-raising
goal.
MoreA merger of education and art
March 2, 2009
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit that supports education reform, is sponsoring an art show March 6 at
the Harrison Center for the Arts.
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.
Grant-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.
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.
MoreWomen's Fund backs home for teen girls
February 2, 2009
A group of volunteers who hope to open a home for pregnant teens will soon hire an executive director, thanks to a $25,000
grant from Women's Fund of Central Indiana.
MoreDonation helps establish grief counseling for kids
December 22, 2008
This fall, Brooke's Place used a $100,000 gift from the Levin Living Trust to start individual counseling.
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.
MoreDry cleaner's fight against sons' rare disease could lead to other life-saving treatments
July 21, 2008
Anthony SchoettleNathan's Battle Foundation, led by Phil Milto--who has two sons afflicted with the disease--has evolved over 10 years into
what Milto calls a not-for-profit biotech company that has raised money and guided research that resulted in a promising treatment
for Batten disease. Now, some of the gene therapy techniques researchers developed are being applied to other disorders.
MoreSimons poised to give estate to IU
May 12, 2008
Cory SchoutenBillionaire philanthropists Mel and Bren Simon are laying the groundwork to donate Asherwood--their extravagant Carmel estate
and golf course--to the Indiana University Foundation, potentially to house a new think tank. The couple plans to downsize
into a home just outside the town square in the nearby Village of WestClay.
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.
MoreEndowments on rise for small not-for-profits
October 22, 2007
Wendy GouldLeaders of small not-for-profits often are so concerned with day-to-day survival that they have little--if any--time to worry
about saving for the future. A growing number of local organizations are bucking that trend, taking a proactive approach to
build an endowment its leaders hope will result in more stable, predictable income.
MoreHigh-profile, high-dollar gifts put Fairbanks Foundation among philanthropic elite
August 21, 2006
Victoria D. WilliamsThe charitable organization awarded 84 grants totaling nearly $22 million in 2005. Already this year, it has announced another
$24.5 million in high-profile, high-dollar gifts that will ensure the Fairbanks name isn't forgotten.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.