What Is A Community Foundation?
Since their inception in the early 1900’s, community foundations have served as philanthropic organizations that combine financial gifts, donations and funds from many people and, with the benefit of those gifts, create the financial leverage necessary to address a community’s current and future needs. They do this by making grants to effective not-for-profits, and in the case of CICF, by also recognizing important community opportunities and then helping the community seize them.
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) was established in 1997 as a partnership between The Indianapolis Foundation, serving Marion County since 1916, and Legacy Fund, serving Hamilton County since 1991. To find out more about CICF, and what we can do for you, click here.
May 15, 2013
College tuition is rising faster than inflation, and students – both those who graduate and those who do not – face increasingly high levels of debt.
May 8, 2013
Donor-advised funds rebound to higher values and greater grant-making impact, following losses sustained during the economic recession.
May 1, 2013
CEOs for Cities selects Indianapolis to host Livability Challenge Workshop, highlighting effective strategies for enhancing urban living from six major US cities - Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Indianapolis.
April 29, 2013
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art gave little artists the chance to explore their creative abilities during spring break.
April 25, 2013
Central Indiana Community Foundation announces Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipients
April 22, 2013
Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate to award $2 million in grants; funds will continue to support programs providing services for juvenile and adult offenders.
April 21, 2013
Funds will support summer programs, including arts, career exploration and employment, community service, sports and more.
April 15, 2013
More than 6,000 job seekers have visited Mobile Job Labs at Indianapolis Public Library Branches. Edgar, one of those visitors, wanted to say “thank you” for the help he found.
April 1, 2013
Recent studies show poverty is growing in the U.S. in practically every demographic. Use this interactive infographic to learn more.
March 25, 2013
People for Urban Progress, Big Car, IndyHub and Harrison Center for the Arts host four events to inspire arts innovation in central Indiana – and award four $10,000 prizes.
March 11, 2013
Ex-offenders turn trash to treasure – and turn over a new leaf – at Indianapolis’ nonprofit, RecycleForce.
March 7, 2013
Portland researcher and urban planner to discuss how Indianapolis can create an age-friendlier city at Communities for a Lifetime event on Friday, March 8.
March 5, 2013
Missing school in early grades is connected to lower test scores – but communities can address the trend with system-level interventions.
February 27, 2013
Created by The Biddle Memorial Foundation and JBS United, The Sheridan Fund will support effective not-for-profits serving Sheridan, Indiana.
February 26, 2013
Created in Westfield, the Youth Assistance Program helps kids stay in school and out of trouble. With Legacy Fund's help, the program is now expanding to Noblesville in order to serve the whole county.
February 21, 2013
With the Indy Food Fund's first-ever grant awards totaling $49,450 to eleven organizations undertaking transformative food projects across Marion County.
February 18, 2013
37 Place, the Heartbeat of Martindale Brightwood, a former elementary school, will serve as a neighborhood hub for a "resilient community."
February 8, 2013
Earned Income Tax Credits help working families, letting local taxpayers keep nearly $3 million in the last two years.
February 6, 2013
Development experts suggest the Super Bowl was a healthy investment for Indianapolis. The Legacy Center shows how a super-sized investment in health can transform a community.
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2013-05-22 1:07 PM
Fast Company has a round up of marketers who are promoting the common good as much, if not more, than just goods. What local marketers are advancing central Indiana's common good?
The 10 Most Generous Marketing Geniuses
www.fastcoexist.com
Editor's NoteThis is the latest entry in Catchafire's Generosity Series, a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more giving. We'll be interviewing a long list of impressive change makers who have demo...
The 10 Most Generous Marketing Geniuses
www.fastcoexist.com
Editor's NoteThis is the latest entry in Catchafire's Generosity Series, a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more giving. We'll be interviewing a long list of impressive change makers who have demo...
2013-05-20 8:21 AM
Today is the final day of submissions for Indyhub's 5x5: Face Your City | An Urban Love Affair. Get details on how you can compete for a $10,000 prize for a project that will put a better face on Indianapolis:
Submissions Open for 5×5: Face Your City | An Urban Love Affair
indyhub.org
Do you have a city-building art project that could help us to better face our city? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you. IndyHub is hosting 5x5: Face Your City | An Urban Love Affair and the winning project will receive $10,000. The only rules: projects must involve the arts, and Indiana...
Submissions Open for 5×5: Face Your City | An Urban Love Affair
indyhub.org
Do you have a city-building art project that could help us to better face our city? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you. IndyHub is hosting 5x5: Face Your City | An Urban Love Affair and the winning project will receive $10,000. The only rules: projects must involve the arts, and Indiana...
2013-05-17 9:30 AM
