A dozen women of Impact convened on August 6, 2020, for our August First Thursday Virtual Lunch. Wendy Noe, Executive Director of Dove Recovery House, updated us on the program’s successes and challenges. Wendy has devoted her career to nonprofits, working with The Julian Center, United Way, the Domestic Violence Network, and the Indiana Affiliate of…
Research tells us that measuring results is important, and the experience of organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation validates that lesson. But collective giving organizations make a variety of grants over the long term, creating something like an artist’s portfolio. Are there ripple effects, impacts that go beyond a particular grant? In the…
On October 25, 2018, more than 30 Impact 100 members and guests convened at the Blind Owl Brewery to learn how our 2012 grant to Jameson Camp has impacted that organization. New executive director, Jennie Broady, reminded us what Jameson Camp was doing in 2012. The total operating budget was $627,000; total youth served in…
Trinity Haven was selected by the membership of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis as one of our 2018 Change-Makers. Our $100,000 grant was directed to the rehabbing of a family-like facility for LGBTQ youth who are homeless. Trinity Haven will be the first of these facilities in Indiana. On December 10, members of the Family FAC…
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,…
Family Promise of Hendricks County2020 Change Maker Grant RecipientFamily Focus Area Finalist Family Promise of Hendricks County ends and prevents homelessness. With two Resource Centers located in Plainfield and Brownsburg, Family Promise provides emergency and permanent housing, along with stability services such as child care, transportation, living wage jobs and life skills. The bottleneck in…
