Our Grantees
| Indiana | Catholic Charities Indianapolis – Holy Family Shelter | Provide general operating support to the Holy Family Shelter to serve families experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Center for Leadership Development | Capital support to expand current building, including adding eight classrooms, expanding the College Prep Institute lab, and adding new workspaces for staff and volunteers and a new auditorium. | $300,000 |
| Indiana | Central Indiana Land Trust | Support to steward and maintain Oliver’s Woods and White River Bluffs, two properties open to the public along the White River. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Child Advocates | Support to hire a full-time staff attorney who will provide legal counsel to children in the child welfare and foster care systems. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | College Mentors for Kids | General operating support so that college students can mentor at-risk, low-income Marion County elementary students. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Community Assets | Support to hire a program manager/volunteer coordinator to help guide local youth, teens, and young adults in planning for and pursuing their future careers. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Conservation Law Center | Support to continue implementing the Indiana Water Report's recommendations, including advocating for water-quality improvements. | $180,000 |
| Indiana | Dress for Success Indianapolis | Expand career coaching and other employment services to allow un- and under-employed women the opportunity to overcome barriers to gainful employment. | $82,500 |
| Indiana | Eastern Star Jewel Human Services | Support for youth programming focused on children of color around community, economic, educational and workforce development opportunities. | $165,000 |
| Indiana | EmployIndy | Support to create a regional apprenticeship hub that will expand the use of apprenticeships as a pathway into promising careers. | $300,000 |
| Indiana | FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic | Support over three years to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services for 3,000 dogs and cats per year. | $525,000 |
| Indiana | FIDO, Inc. | General operating support to improve the quality of life of outside dogs. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Firefly Children and Family Alliance | Support to implement the teaching-family model, a short-term therapeutic intervention program, for families whose children are at risk of becoming foster children. | $200,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Capital support to construct a modern facility for Indianapolis Animal Care Services to provide safe and humane shelter for approximately 15,000 animals per year. | $3,000,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of the White River | Expand an education and advocacy program to encourage landowners along the White River to implement habitat enhancement practices and to target illegal dumping at select sites. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana | Capital support for physical upgrades and program enhancements to more effectively provide hunger relief to food-insecure families. | $700,000 |
| Indiana | Hamilton County Tourism | Support to create a governance structure that can implement the White River Vision Plan and additional marketing support to continue to raise awareness of the White River. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County | Support for the Reach Out and Read program, providing culturally and developmentally appropriate books to nearly 30,000 underserved children and their families. | $160,000 |
| Indiana | Humane Society of Indianapolis | General operating support for a veterinary clinic located in a neighborhood with high poverty rates. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation | Capital support for the purchase and integration of 15 Promethean Boards in the elementary, middle and high school classrooms. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Support to provide attorneys to represent domestic violence survivors in civil court hearings, including protective orders and family law matters. | $165,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking | Support to create a fund to ensure that survivors of sexual assault and/or human trafficking receive direct financial assistance for their immediate needs on their path to recovery. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | General operating support to increase the pace and quality of land protection in Indiana. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Wildlife Federation | Develop two new trails along the White River and continue habitat education programming. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indy Neighborhood Cats | Support for spay/neuter surgeries for 300 cats and 50 dogs. | $45,000 |
| Indiana | IU Health Foundation | Support for the Mosaic Center for Work, Life and Learning, which will help participants create clear, defined career pathways into jobs at IU Health and other area health care providers. | $192,000 |
| Indiana | Ivy Tech Foundation | Ivy Tech Foundation Continued support for the IGNITE program to help former foster care youth and youth who experienced homelessness successfully transition to college. | $200,000 |
| Indiana | Julian Center Inc. | Provide general operating support to empower survivors of domestic and sexual violence and end the generational cycle of violence. | $85,000 |
| Indiana | Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | Remove invasive plants and create high-value native landscapes in Riverside Park and Ravenswood Overlook Park. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | La Plaza | Support to implement an economic development program that focuses on the workforce development needs of Latinx families. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Land Trust Alliance | Support to provide training, mentoring, peer networking, leadership development, and other direct services to Indiana’s 16 land trusts. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Latinas Welding Guild | Support for a fabrication program to allow women and transgender and nonbinary people to develop welding and related skills so that they can start their own custom fabrication small business and/or work for a custom fabrication shop. | $165,000 |
| Indiana | Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic | Capital support for equipment needs to spay and neuter thousands of central Indiana dogs and cats. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Lucky Dog Retreat Rescue | General operating support to rescue dogs that are most at-risk for euthanasia. | $10,000 |
| Indiana | Near East Area Renewal | Continued support to provide assistance to existing and new small businesses on the near eastside. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Purdue Research Foundation | Expand the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine Priority 4 Paws program to provide primary medical care to Marion County shelter animals, including vaccinations and basic diagnostics and treatment. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Reach for Youth | Support to create a pathway for continuing education/credentialing, workforce development, career planning and employment for youth. | $55,000 |
| Indiana | Reconnecting to Our Waterways | Continued funding for community-wide education and advocacy to promote Marion County waterways. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Rosie’s Southside Animal Shelter | General operating support to rescue dogs and cats at risk of euthanasia and place them in loving homes. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Second Helpings | General operating support to help food-insecure families receive freshly-prepared, nutritious meals. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | The daVinci Pursuit | Support to utilize the arts to engage people with Marion County waterways, including creating a weekly public radio show, podcasts and waterway signage. | $20,000 |
| Indiana | Trustees of Indiana University | Continued support for the THRIVE program to help former foster care youth and youth who experienced homelessness successfully transition to college. | $115,000 |
| Indiana | Villages of Indiana | Support for 70 new foster parents to support the temporary care of foster children in their home. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Visually Impaired Preschool Services | Support to hire additional teachers who will provide high-quality early intervention services to Marion County's youngest children who are blind or visually impaired. | $180,000 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Support to create the first White River Report Card to measure community progress, align partners and activities and inspire change that improves the White River and its watershed. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation | Support for the Community-Based Services program, serving seniors whose new or worsening vision loss negatively impacts their quality of life, and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to help youth overcome barriers and establish academic and workforce success and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Children’s Bureau | Provide general operating support to help preserve families and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Christamore House | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | College Mentors for Kids | Support to rebuild programs of college students mentoring elementary students following the pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the far eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Continued support for the Centers for Working Families program, assisting at least 125 new families with two-generation supportive services, including education attainment and employment coaching and certifications. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Concord Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families that live in the near southside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Dyslexia Institute of Indiana | Support for the Free Tutoring Project, which provides high-quality tutoring at no cost to children of color, living in low-income homes. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Edna Martin Christian Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art | Capital grant to reimagine and reinstall the Native American Galleries, giving voice to Native artists, their nation's stories, their traditions, their pasts and their futures. | $500,000 |
| Indiana | FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic | Support to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services for dogs and cats. | $175,000 |
| Indiana | Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the Crooked Creek area and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | FIDO Inc. | Support to provide outreach, supplies and services to pets and their owners within the eight areas in Indianapolis that account for the majority of calls to Indianapolis Animal Care Services. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Flanner House of Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near northwest side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Foster Success | Provide general operating support to serve teens and young adults as they transition from foster care into adulthood and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $60,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Support to hire a consulting firm to provide campaign counsel and staffing for a fundraising campaign for a modern animal shelter and resource center. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Support to provide resources to pet owners so that they do not have to surrender their pets to the shelter. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Leadership and Learning Center | Provide general operating support to serve girls and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis | Provide general operating support for programming for girls in central Indiana and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana | Support to provide one-on-one coaching to 140 retail employees as they become more economically successful. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Hawthorne Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | Continued support for the executive director's salary and benefits and to expand the agency's capacity. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana University Foundation | Continued support for the THRIVE program to help students, who are under 25 years old and independent due to foster care, homelessness, emancipation or disconnection from parental support, transition to and remain in college. | $115,200 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Legal Aid | Provide general operating support for civil legal services for low-income individuals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership | Support for the Essential Home Repair Program, making safety and functional home modifications and repairs to help seniors with low incomes and homeowners with disabilities remain in their homes. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Urban League | Provide general operating support to serve families that live in some of the city's most violent and economically depressed neighborhoods and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Zoo | Support for the Global Center for Species Survival, which will serve as a headquarters connecting a team of conservation scientists to 10,000 scientists around the globe, and will provide an immersive visitor experience in a new exhibit space. | $1,500,000 |
| Indiana | IndyHumane | Support to help return the grantee's downtown animal clinic to pre-pandemic levels of service and achieve 10,000 spay/neuter surgeries per year. | $170,000 |
| Indiana | John H. Boner Community Center | Support to allow a network of 13 Indianapolis community centers and community-based organizations conduct a thorough information-gathering and strategic-planning process to plan for future collaboration. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | John H. Boner Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Indianapolis | Capital support to expand service offerings, modernize building and improve connectedness to community. | $250,000 |
| Indiana | Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Mentoring Women’s Network Foundation | Provide general operating support to help women advance in their careers and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Midwest Food Bank Indiana Division | Provide general operating support to help alleviate hunger and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation | Support to hire the agency's first non-volunteer executive director. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Operation: Job Ready Veterans | Provide general operating support for career development and employment services to veterans and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky | Support to provide long-acting reversible contraceptives for those who are uninsured or on Medicaid at the Southside and Midtown health center locations. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | School on Wheels Corp | Provide general operating support to help school-age children experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Shepherd Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Southeast Community Services | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near southeast side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Starfish Initiative | Provide general operating support to help high school students prepare for college and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | TeenWorks | Support to assist high school seniors transition to jobs and post-secondary schooling. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | The Indianapolis Star/Environmental Reporting Team | Underwriting in-depth reporting that focuses on central Indiana's most pressing environmental issues. | $480,000 |
| Indiana | Visually Impaired Preschool Services | Capital support to build a new 6,200-square-foot family resource center in downtown Indianapolis for children ages 0-3 who are blind or visually impaired. | $250,000 |
| Indiana | WFYI Public Media | Provide support for on-air programming on the Indianapolis public radio station. | $38,085 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Develop a "report card" for the Upper White River Watershed that would evaluate community and ecosystem conditions, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the watershed's health and utilization. | $105,500 |
| Indiana | 100 Black Men of Indianapolis | Create the Education and Career Planning Initiative, which would provide career-readiness curriculum for students who want to join the competitive workforce upon high school graduation. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Ascend Indiana | Continue to foster collaborations between major employers and educational institutions to create new pathways for workers to enter high-demand careers. | $300,000 |
| Indiana | Center for Victim and Human Rights | Expand the Victim Rights Program by providing legal services to victims of domestic violence who are uniquely affected by challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Central Indiana Land Trust | Provide public visitation and education/awareness opportunities at three key White River nature preserves in central Indiana. | $175,000 |
| Indiana | Child Advocates | Provide general operating support to help children who are victims of child abuse or other family disruption by representing their best interests in court and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Christamore House | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Coalition for Homeless Intervention and Prevention of Greater Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to coordinate homeless-serving agencies and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Coburn Place Safe Haven | Support for general operations and to hire two new intake employees who would provide direct services, resources and advocacy focused on empowering survivors to heal from trauma by creating safety plans, budgeting assistance, referrals to education/employment and therapists, support groups and life-skills sessions. | $330,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Concord Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near southside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Conner Prairie | Build a system of accessible trails, walkways and river education hubs along a 3.3-mile stretch of the White River that would be open to the public, while simultaneously improving river health and stabilizing the shoreline. | $1,000,000 |
| Indiana | Conservation Law Center | Continue to implement the Indiana Water Report recommendations by educating government officials and key stakeholders about Indiana's water resources and the importance of preparing for changing demand, as well as for floods and droughts, and committing to significant improvements in water quality. | $300,000 |
| Indiana | Edna Martin Christian Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic | Provide general operating support for affordable spay/neuter, vaccination and wellness services for cats and dogs, and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic | Support to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services for dogs and cats. | $175,000 |
| Indiana | Families First | Continue the protective order project to provide advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Fathers and Families Center | Provide general operating support to equip fathers to be better providers, parents, partners and people. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | FIDO Inc. | Provide general operating support to help dog owners improve the quality of life for their outside dogs and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Flanner House of Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near northwest side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Foster Success | Provide general operating support to assist foster youth as they transition out of the foster care system, and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care & Control Foundation | Provide general operating support to improve animal welfare in Marion County and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of the White River | In consultation with the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District, expand outreach to and resources for property owners along the White River to implement environmental enhancement practices on their properties, and coordinate a campaign addressing persistent illegal dumping near the river. | $60,000 |
| Indiana | Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana | Increase programmatic efficiencies by adding produce racking to a walk-in refrigerator, allowing more food-insecure families to receive services. | $80,000 |
| Indiana | Hamilton County Tourism | Implement the messaging and branding components of the White River Vision Collective's mission as articulated in the White River Vision Plan, furthering the appreciation and utilization of the White River as a recreational asset for use by the general public and furthering the preservation and protection of this ecologically significant area. | $275,000 |
| Indiana | Hawthorne Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near west side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Hoosier Environmental Council | Reduce coal ash and factory farm pollution and preserve floodplains and wetlands by engaging in advocacy and public awareness; and provide technical assistance to implement the Mounds Greenway, a forested buffer for the White River between Muncie and Anderson. | $450,000 |
| Indiana | Hoosier State Press Association Foundation | Publicize, implement and manage the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Awards. | $10,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation | Support the emergency assistive technology campaign to help 20 students at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired receive appropriate learning devices and tools to achieve immediate and long-term academic and social success. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Wildlife Federation | Develop six to eight access trails of at least four additional miles along the White River and engage in public education on land stewardship, educational habitat programs, invasive species identification and eradication, and basic watershed ecology. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Urban League | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in some of the city's most violent and economically depressed neighborhoods and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Indy Reads | Continue and expand the Community Classrooms project, providing teacher-led, tutor-supported literacy, English language and job skills instruction at no cost to local adults. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | IndyHumane | Provide general operating support to serve the welfare of animals, improving their quality of life, and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | John H. Boner Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near east side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | Remove invasive plants and create native landscapes in Riverside Park near the Lake Indy Boat Ramp and Ravenswood Overlook Park in Broad Ripple, and provide naturalist training for 10 college students. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic | Provide general operating support to help reduce unwanted pet overpopulation and promote animal health by providing low-cost spay and neuter surgeries and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to allow residents in the Mid-North neighborhoods of Indianapolis grow and enhance their lives, and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near west side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Nature Conservancy – Indiana Chapter | Improve Indianapolis' primary water source through work in the Upper White River Watershed by encouraging the use of cover crops in farming, examining soil nutrient trends, and installing native aquatic vegetation to improve fish habitat and stream bed stability. | $1,125,000 |
| Indiana | Near Eastside Area Renewal | Enhance business and entrepreneur opportunities to serve and employ Near Eastside residents. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Reconnecting to Our Waterways | Continue to engage in water quality outreach in Indianapolis' inner core neighborhoods, supporting local efforts to organize waterway projects and events, and oversee the Partners for the White River metrics and communications efforts. | $250,000 |
| Indiana | Rosie’s Southside Animal Shelter | Provide general operating support to help rescue at-risk dogs and cats and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Second Helpings | Provide general operating support to help food-insecure families receive freshly-prepared, nutritious meals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Shepherd Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near east side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Southeast Community Services | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families who live in the near southeast side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | The daVinci Pursuit | Continue to create more sculptures, interactive installations, and educational signage and programs along the White River to promote watershed education, advocacy and protection, while helping people to engage wisely in the White River’s use and future development. | $80,000 |
| Indiana | The Salvation Army – Indiana Division | Provide general operating support to help meet human needs and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Villages of Indiana | Provide general operating support to help vulnerable children through foster, adoption and community services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Visually Impaired Preschool Services | Continue and expand early intervention services in the homes of Marion County children who are blind or visually impaired. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | WFYI Public Media | Support for WFYI Public Media. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Advance the Indiana Water Roadmap through a variety of means, including hosting the Indiana Water Summit and its regional forums and promoting the adoption of waterway conservation best management practices and policies. | $1,220,000 |
| Indiana | Bethany Christian Services Inc. | Expand foster care services by licensing, training and providing on-call case management support for 75 additional foster families. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Broad Ripple Village Association | Construct a protected multi-use trail for pedestrians and bicycles, including two White River overlooks, between the entrance to Broad Ripple Park and the Monon Trail. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Chosen Ministries Corporation | Enhance and expand career coaching, mentoring and financial literacy education programs for single mothers. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | City of Indianapolis-Animal Care Services | Expand the Indy C.A.R.E.S. (Companion Animal Resources, Education and Support) program, empowering pet owners to responsibly care for their companion animals rather than surrendering them to the city's shelter, by connecting such individuals with community resources, education and support. | $240,000 |
| Indiana | Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis | Expand a new program serving at least 80 domestic violence survivors who are experiencing financial instability and are at risk of becoming homeless. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Dress for Success Indianapolis | Support to assess barriers preventing clients from obtaining jobs, identify and connect them to resources, develop career goals and provide ongoing follow-up for long-term success. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | FIDO Inc. | Support for operating costs to further the agency's growth and sustainability. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Fight for Life Foundation | Expand the Building Dreams program to six high-need schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district to improve students’ social-emotional learning skills. | $66,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care & Control Foundation | Develop of a comprehensive, community-informed, three-year strategic plan. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana | Purchase a refrigerated box truck to increase the number and frequency of deliveries to member agencies assisting food-insecure families. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Hoosier State Press Association Foundation | Publicize, implement and manage the 2019 and 2020 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Awards. | $10,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Humanities Council Inc. | Host up to 20 Next Indiana Campfires treks in the White River watershed, sponsor documentary filmmakers to create at least two short films about the river and host a series of public film screenings in Marion and Hamilton Counties. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | Expand organizational capacity by hiring an executive director. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana University Foundation | Expand the THRIVE Program to help students, who are under 25 years old and independent due to foster care, homelessness, emancipation or disconnection from parental support, transition to and remain in college. | $237,000 |
| Indiana | IndyHumane | Expand services at the Animal Welfare Center to perform additional low-cost spay and neuter surgeries, and conduct a public relations and rebranding campaign to reach a larger audience. | $208,000 |
| Indiana | Ivy Tech Foundation | Develop a program for former foster care or homeless youth to help them successfully transition to college. | $200,000 |
| Indiana | Meadows Community Foundation | Expand the social services referral network to meet the needs of Avondale Meadows residents. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | Mentoring Women’s Network Foundation D/B/A Pass the Torch for Women Foundation | Increase professional trainings, networking opportunities and executive mentoring for Marion County female college students. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic | Expand the Homeless Justice Project to provide civil legal assistance and education for more homeless women and children in Indianapolis. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | NeighborLink Indianapolis | Expand organizational capacity by hiring a full-time volunteer coordinator to manage home repair projects for low-income senior and disabled homeowners. | $65,000 |
| Indiana | Partners in Housing | Purchase furniture and supplies for the apartments and community rooms in The Blue Triangle building, serving individuals who are exiting chronic homelessness. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Purdue Research Foundation | Expand the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine's Priority 4 Paws program into Marion County and provide at least 60 veterinary students per year with surgical experience, including conducting high-volume spay/neuter surgeries at Indianapolis shelters. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Reach for Youth | Improve the Alternatives to Expulsion program with a life skills and career readiness curriculum for youth at risk for suspension, expulsion or entering the juvenile justice system. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Rosie’s Southside Animal Shelter | Purchase new cat cages and outdoor dog kennels and make fencing upgrades to align with shelter best practices and promote animal well-being. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Indianapolis | Continue the Changing Lives Forever program, helping low-income individuals take steps toward self-sufficiency. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Southeast Community Services | Expand the Two-Generation model to address challenges faced by low-income families, including chronic unemployment, housing and food insecurity and feelings of hopelessness. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana | Host Indiana's second statewide animal welfare conference in Indianapolis. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Teachers’ Treasures | Purchase a new 26-foot box truck to distribute school supplies to Marion County teachers and students. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Wheeler Mission Ministries | Renovate and expand the Center for Women and Children, increasing the capacity to serve homeless women and children by 175%. | $1,000,000 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Host forums with water planning leaders to improve regional and statewide water planning. | $85,000 |
| Indiana | Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership Inc. | Operating support to cover costs of fostering 200 dogs and cats pulled from area shelters, including food, vet fees and training expenses for dogs with behavior challenges. | $21,000 |
| Indiana | Arts for Learning | Establish yearlong arts integration residencies and professional development for classroom teachers at four IPS schools to improve student literacy. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Assistance League of Indianapolis | Provide school clothing and supplies to elementary school children from low-income families. | $20,000 |
| Indiana | Bosma Enterprises | Establish the Group Training Model program to provide vision rehabilitation services to Marion County seniors facing vision loss. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Cats Haven LTD | Operating support to cover costs of food, litter and vet fees for 300 cats while agency conducts more community outreach events and marketing. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Child Advocates Inc. | Expand the Family Crisis Advocacy Program to assist Marion County children involved in high-conflict custody disputes. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Children’s Bureau | Increase the practice of trauma-informed care in Indiana by providing training sessions to professionals who interact with the child welfare system and children who experience trauma. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Children’s Museum of Indianapolis | Enhance the Mid-North Promise Program by delivering personalized educational planning support for families in the Mid-North neighborhood and implementing a post-secondary scholarship award. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Chosen Ministries Corporation | Enhance and expand career coaching, mentoring and financial literacy education programs for single mothers. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | Christamore House Inc. | Reestablish the House of Teens after school program for teenagers living in the Haughville neighborhood. | $120,000 |
| Indiana | Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention of Greater Indianapolis | Establish the Family Diversion Program, which would divert 200 families from homeless and domestic violence shelters into safe and stable housing. | $190,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Expand the Great Families 2020 Initiative programming to provide families with education and employment coaching services to improve their employable skill sets. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Conservation Law Center Inc. | Implement the Indiana Water Report recommendations. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Conservation Law Center Inc. | Enhance education and awareness for the statewide regional water management plan, and develop a pilot water-management plan for central Indiana. | $109,000 |
| Indiana | Dayspring Center Inc. | Provide emergency shelter, outreach and food programs to low-income families. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | DirectEmployers Institute | Expand programming for STEM-based businesses and students in work-based learning opportunities to attract more underrepresented young people into STEM-related careers and employment. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Domestic Violence Network (DVN) | Assist victims of domestic violence eliminate or reduce barriers to independent living. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | EmployIndy | Increase the quality of services and capacity for workforce partner agencies, including the establishment of an embedded services model in community locations, in order to provide accessible and convenient services to low-income job seekers. | $60,000 |
| Indiana | Every Dog Counts Rescue | Operating support to pull 200 sick, injured or elderly animals from IACS, return them to good health and prepare them for adoption. | $21,000 |
| Indiana | FACE – Foundation Against Companion Animal Euthanasia Inc. | Conduct an organizational assessment focused on structure and staffing. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Food Rescue | Implement 40 new K-12 food rescue programs in Marion County schools to capture unopened and unpeeled food items for donation to local food pantries and other agencies. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Implement (in conjunction with Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside) a neighborhood-specific, case management-focused program designed to support pet owners in the Brookside neighborhood, located on the near east side of Indianapolis. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc. | Support to aid in the distribution of surplus food to member charitable agencies serving the needy and expand public awareness of hunger and its root cause. | $45,000 |
| Indiana | GSD Rescue Indy Inc. | Capital support to add a new kennel run, improve the meet-and-greet adoption area, add shade sails and purchase play equipment for 50 dogs. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Hawthorne Social Service Association Inc. | Assist families who live in extreme poverty through the Center for Working Families program, including quality child care, housing stability and employment. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County | Sustain the Reach Out and Read program, which intertwines literacy promotion with pediatric care to promote parental engagement, increased family reading time and educational bonding experiences. | $160,000 |
| Indiana | Heaven After Hell Rescue | Capital support for shelter improvements to house 280 animals, including renovations of existing dog kennels, cat rooms and building ventilation. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Helping Paws Adoptable Animals | Project support to cover costs of urgent medical expenses for 150 dogs and cats in IACS's IndyCARES program, which helps owners keep their pets rather than surrender them. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Horizon House Inc. | Provide daytime hospitality services for the homeless in downtown Indianapolis. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Humane Society for Hamilton County | Project support to pull 100 sick or injured animals from IACS, return them to good health and prepare them for adoption. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Humane Society of Johnson County | Capital support to build a 3,000-sq.-ft. play yard to accommodate 200 dogs, including gates, fencing, canine splash pad, agility equipment, waste receptacles and water stations. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics | Increase capacity to train and support staff at the Marion County health clinics operating a Reach Out and Read program so nearly 70,000 central Indiana children achieve gains in language development, social-emotional development, and improve school readiness. | $210,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | Expand capacity for the ongoing work of Indiana’s land conservation organizations. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Legal Aid Society | Expand the Children’s Guardianship Initiative to help keep children out of the juvenile court and foster care systems by assisting family members or friends with obtaining guardianships. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields | Repair the eroded and damaged trail located between the White River and the lake in the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Indy Lost Pet Alert Inc. | Project support to help reunite about 3,000 lost pets with their owners by improving lost pet alerts on agency's website and Facebook sites and training more volunteers. | $10,000 |
| Indiana | IU School of Informatics and Computing | Expand IT certification training and courses for high school students participating in the iDEW information technology program. | $120,000 |
| Indiana | Julian Center Inc. | Enhance the agency's capacity to provide quality domestic violence services in central Indiana. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc. | Increase student career and technical skills awareness related to jobs in high-demand industry sectors. | $140,000 |
| Indiana | Kids’ Voice of Indiana | Expand the Community Mobile Law Program to provide free legal services to both youth and adult clients at three community centers. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Expand commercial lending and spur development and economic growth in Great Places 2020 neighborhoods. | $180,000 |
| Indiana | Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic Inc. | Capital support to expand agency's Brownsburg clinic to include a larger dog room, a new garage and a larger lobby. | $21,500 |
| Indiana | Lucky Dog Retreat Rescue Inc. | Operating support to cover costs of fostering 120 dogs pulled from IACS, including vet fees and medical expenses. | $20,000 |
| Indiana | Meadows Community Foundation Inc. | Establish a social services referral network to meet the needs of Avondale Meadows residents. | $60,000 |
| Indiana | Operation: Job Ready Veterans | Implement a community outreach plan to recruit older and more difficult to place veterans who can benefit from the agency’s employment assistance program. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Our Children Our City | Assist agencies that improve food access for elementary school children. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Outreach, Inc. | Expand services to the growing number of homeless teens and young adults utilizing the drop-in center. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Pass the Torch for Women Foundation | Increase professional trainings, networking opportunities and executive mentoring for Marion County female college students. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Paws & Think Inc. | Operating support to cover obedience training for 55 dogs in the Marion County Justice Youth Canine program, including food, kenneling and vet fees. | $21,500 |
| Indiana | SOAR Initiative Inc. | Operating support for food, vet fees, supplies and obedience training to help low-income and homeless individuals keep their pets and divert 350 animals from being surrendered to local shelters. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Indianapolis | Continue basic services to the hungry, homeless and working poor. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana Inc. | Host Indiana’s first statewide animal welfare conference in Indianapolis. | $10,000 |
| Indiana | Starfish Initiative | Expand services to low-income high school participants by creating new curriculum to align with the Indiana Employability Skills Benchmarks and by increasing volunteers' capacity to ensure students are best equipped for college success and in careers after graduation. | $135,000 |
| Indiana | Summer Youth Program Fund | Support summer youth programming to enrich, enhance and expand summer activities for Marion County children and youth. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Teachers Treasures Inc. | Provide school and office supplies to teachers working in low-income neighborhoods. | $20,000 |
| Indiana | TeenWorks | Expand year-round workforce development training for economically disadvantaged teens in a multiyear career pathway program in five identified high-wage and high-demand sectors of Indiana’s workforce: health and life sciences; STEAM; advanced manufacturing; hospitality; and entrepreneurship. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | The Salvation Army, Indianapolis | Provide shelter and services for low-income families. | $70,000 |
| Indiana | Tourism Tomorrow Inc. | Develop a regional plan to enhance the White River in Marion and Hamilton Counties. | $250,000 |
| Indiana | United Way of Central Indiana | Assist with the funding of basic needs services. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Villages of Indiana | Expand the number of foster families in central Indiana to respond to the growing number of fragile children coming into the state’s child welfare system as a result of the opioid crisis. | $200,000 |
| Indiana | Villages of Indiana Inc. | Provide foster families with diapers, formula, baby food, medical devices and other supplies needed to care for their foster children. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | WFYI Public Media | Support for WFYI Public Media. | $30,000 |
| Indiana | Wheeler Mission Ministries | Provide emergency shelter services, medical and dental care, and employment assistance. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Winter Assistance Fund | Provide emergency utility assistance for low-income households. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Young Actors Theatre | Research, develop and perform peer-to-peer theatrical performances for at-risk middle and high school students about the dangers of drug abuse, specifically the local opioid/heroin epidemic. | $150,000 |