The museum plans to use part of the grant to create an exhibition based on Native American tattoo practices and styles.
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Forty-two Indianapolis parks will receive improvements due to historic grant funding from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.
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The grants will support a wide range of initiatives like new student programming, teacher training, and updated STEM and performing arts spaces.
It’s just the latest landmark for Indianapolis-based Lilly, which was catapulted into the top spot as the world’s largest health care company by market capitalization in 2023.
The initiative is expected to “support Indiana colleges and universities in their ongoing efforts to address the implications of a rapidly evolving technology in their institutions and the lives of their students,” Lilly Endowment said.
A demolition ended plans to turn the crane bay structure into an events pavilion that could host farmers markets, weddings, corporate gatherings and other activities.
Work to excavate and reinter graves discovered on the site of the former Greenlawn Cemetery near downtown has progressed slowly.
Both floors of Progress House, the oldest and largest recovery residence in Indiana, were refurbished with new or additional amenities.
The James T. Morris Arena honors the civic leader and philanthropist who died last year at 81.
The gift is the largest grant that Indiana University has ever received in support of research and development. IU President Pamela Whitten said the funding will help “change the very landscape of our capital city and state.”
The goal is to double the community college’s early-childhood education programs by 2027, resulting in nearly 2,000 more graduates each year.
Indianapolis philanthropic leader Clay Robbins is the 19th person to receive the award, meant to honor outstanding community contributions.
The Lilly Endowment is writing a flurry of big checks again and recently sold more than $50 million worth of stock in namesake drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. to fund the gifts, many of them to Indiana organizations.
Progress House, about a mile east of downtown, serves about 300 people a year for substance use disorder.
The gift will fund operations at Gregory S. Fehribach Center at Eskenazi Health for the next five years and also create an endowment for future funding.
The park foundation described the gift on Monday as the largest grant in history benefiting the U.S.’s national parks. The money will be used to address the needs of the country’s more than 400 national park sites.
The Indianapolis-based philanthropic foundation said Thursday that more than 80 public, private and charter school districts and networks representing more than 300 schools in Marion County are eligible to apply for grants.
The five-year implementation grants range from $12.1 million to $32 million each, with DePauw University in Greencastle landing the largest grant.
Three local legal aid organizations received grants ranging from $2.5 million to $7.5 million.
The design includes 80-foot rings with programmable lighting that encircle the bridge, plazas that provide spaces for people to gather and view public art, and distinctive plantings and other horticultural features.
EmployIndy, the workforce development organization for Marion County, said the contribution will help the organization sustain and improve it’s youth employment system.
In recent weeks, the Indianapolis-based philanthropy has been unveiling a flurry of gifts at the $100 million level or higher.
