CBS Morning News featured a cover story on our 2010 grant winner, Rock Steady Boxing. Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes”, whose husband has Parkinson’s and participates in the program, reported the 10-minute segment.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fighting-back-against-parkinsons-in-the-ring/
One in 20 people in our state are addicted to opioid painkillers and a staggering 286,000 Hoosiers report having engaged in non-medical use. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates Indiana exceeded all but eight states in the number of pain prescriptions written per 100 people in 2012, enough for every Hoosier to have…
Have you ever wondered what it takes to start a nonprofit? The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation, with underwriting support from the Meridian Foundation, is presenting a series of sessions this fall for nonprofits, covering topics from Finding Grant Funders to Successful Grant Proposals. While these sessions are focused on the new and not-yet born nonprofits,…
“If you operate in your values, and you are determined to find a way, you will always be able to do the right thing.” Shannon Schumacher
Darcie Kurtz, Executive Director of Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside (FIDO), submitted the nonprofit’s residual grant final report. The report emphasized the importance of our residual grants on local nonprofits. What follows is their December 14, 2020, report. Impact 100: How did the unrestricted fund strengthen your organization? FIDO’s old truck used for the FIDO…
The Indianapolis Parks Foundation and Indy Urban Acres (IUA) have submitted their final grant report, and there was plenty of good news to share. With the 2015 $100,000 grant, IUA established a two-acre flower farm that provided a new earned income stream for the farm in 2016. Flowers were sold at the Binford Farmers’ Market,…
The IndyFringe Prism Project is presenting a free concert on Sunday, November 20, at 1:30pm. The Prism Project is a performing arts curriculum promoting both inclusion and access to the arts for young people with special needs. The Prism Project was the recipient of a 2016 residual grant of $18,333, and is a collaboration between IndyFringe…
