Nonprofit News

A Q&A with Travis DiNicola, Executive Director of Indy Reads

ByImpact 100 Indy

by Jennifer Bortel On June 12, 2007 the members of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis awarded a $100,000 grant to Indy Reads, the only provider of free basic literacy tutoring to adults in Indianapolis. Our grant allowed Indy Reads to expand current volunteer training for tutors to reach more students. Travis DiNicola, the executive director at…

The New York Times Profiles Women’s Giving Circles

ByImpact 100 Indy

This week, the New York Times featured an article on the impact of women’s giving circles similar to Impact 100’s. The article states that such giving circles are on the rise, and quotes Debra J. Mesch, a director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University School of Philanthropy, as saying, “It’s a way that women are becoming more strategic…