The study from the Kelley School of Business Indiana Business Research Center found the United Way of Central Indiana helped support groups that had a $1.52 billion impact on the regional economy since 2020.
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The school said the grant will support the university’s Center for Global Engagement with $3 million and the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center with $1.12 million.
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Walther will provide a one-for-one match for donors who establish endowed children’s cancer research funds at Riley Children’s Foundation, a move that could result in at least $20 million for research of new treatments of children’s cancers.
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The concert and exhibition of pop culture artifacts owned by the Indianapolis Colts owner follows a similar event staged last year before the beginning of the NFL season.
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Not-for-profit organization GivingTuesday estimates that donors gave $3.1 billion this year on what has become one of the most important fundraising days of the year.
Supporting not-for-profits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual. Why? Because not-for-profits and industry groups say donations so far are down compared with previous years.
The Indianapolis-based philanthropy giant says the grants are intended to help immigrants acclimate to life in central Indiana and make progress toward self-sufficiency.
The eldest son of Indiana Pacers majority owner Herb Simon has made passionate forays into civic engagement, creativity and philanthropy.
The new program aimed at several city neighborhoods has a $530,000 fund, which includes donations from Carlisle, Pacers minority owner Steve Simon, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, and the Indianapolis Colts.
The foundation spent itself down to zero this year, distributing legacy grants to arts organizations, the University of Indianapolis and not-for-profits focused on military families, former prison inmates, HIV prevention and animal conservation.
The not-for-profit has already reached 95% of its fundraising campaign’s $7 million goal for the $37 million project, which is now set to be built at 5001 E. Raymond St.
Indiana University Health Foundation, the fundraising arm of IU Health’s adult hospitals, is launching the campaign with the ambitious goal of making Indiana one of the healthiest states in the country.
The Fairbanks Foundation is providing schools with a cash infusion in an effort to boost Indiana’s college-going rate.
David DeRam has used his Progeny Foundation and contributions from clients and partners to invest $10 million in a private, world-class training arena for youth basketball in Indianapolis that opened last year.
NXG Youth Motorsports has signed an option to purchase a 2.2-acre, city-owned plot just west of the former Central State Hospital site on the west side of Indianapolis.
Although images of suffering—aka “sadvertising”—motivate some people to give to not-for-profits, organizations also can benefit from a feel-good approach, the study says.
Ren, an Indianapolis-based financial technology firm, says it received an investment of between $75 million and $300 million from a fund associated with Boston-based Bain Capital. It’s the first outside funding Ren has taken in its 36-year history.
She first gained public notice as a piano soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 12. She later endured the tragic deaths of both her father and her husband Frank McKinney Jr. in separate airplane crashes.
Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp will top the bill at Ruoff Music Center.
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana’s core mission of providing food relief has become a lot more complicated over the past few years, thanks to the pandemic, and the organization is looking to technology to help it navigate its “new normal.”
Indiana Black Expo is known for its Summer Celebration and fall Circle City Classic events. But Alice Watson says the not-for-profit promotes social and economic advancement of Black residents throughout the state 12 months a year.
The decline comes at a time when many not-for-profits, especially ones providing services to those in need, report an increase in requests for help.
Frank Basile is one of Indianapolis’ premier philanthropists. He retired in 2008 from a 33-year career with Gene B. Glick Co., where he was senior vice president. Since retiring, he’s served as board chair or president of 11 not-for-profits and is on the board of eight, including the Arts Council of Indianapolis, Phoenix Theatre and […]
The Central Indiana Community Foundation and The Indianapolis Foundation on Thursday announced new leaders who take over this summer after the retirement of Brian Payne, who has led the organizations for 23 years.
