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.
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December 8, 2008
The Indianapolis office of Allied Group Insurance Services will make contributions to local charities in their clients' names
instead of sending them holiday gifts.
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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.
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December 1, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinShepherd Community Inc., a Christian-based organization serving the near-east side, is pulling other charities into its fold
at a pace not often seen in the local not-for-profit sector.
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December 1, 2008
Momentive Consumer Credit Counseling Services work to change lives by helping people gain financial stability.
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November 17, 2008
In the weeks leading up to this year's
big rivalry football game, Wabash College and DePauw University students held various fundraisers to benefit the Julian Center,
as well as A-Way Home Shelter
in Putnam County and the Family Crisis Shelter in Montgomery County.
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November 17, 2008
Baker & Daniels LLP is partnering with the Bet Tzedek Holocaust Survivors Justice Network to provide pro bono legal services
to Indiana's more than 200 survivors.
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November 17, 2008
Marc D.Tonic Ball an annual fundraiser for Second Helpings takes place the Friday before Thanksgiving, featuring 30
local bands
each playing 10-minute themed sets and local artists selling their work.
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November 3, 2008
Giving Sum, an agency run by volunteers, holds monthly philanthropy leader lunches, and annually distributes $50,000, volunteer
time and advocacy to promote social reform ideas.
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September 1, 2008
Andrea Muirragui DavisSince its origins as the Widows and Orphans Asylum in 1851, the Children's Bureau has been working to
fix broken families in Indianapolis. Now the local not-for-profit has expanded its reach into 37 Indiana
counties--growing its budget 22 percent in the process. But the agency remains focused on Marion County, where it's building
a $9.2 million service center at 16th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. streets.
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April 30, 2007
Chris O'MalleyIn the village of Armenia, in western El Salvador, the Barahona Bautista family last month got a $246 loan to start a pig
farm from Ambassadors for Children. Micro loans are new to Ambassadors, which assists children in more than a dozen countries.
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November 6, 2006
Jennifer WhitsonA fall merger of two Indianapolis homeless shelters set off a new round of speculation about whether Wheeler Mission Ministries
Inc. will continue to operate out of its 245 N. Delaware St. location--a stone's throw from multimillion-dollar redevelopment
under way on Massachusetts Avenue.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.