Comments from Previous Grant Recipients

Neurohope of Indiana, 2022 Change Maker and Recipient of $100,000 Grant

Truly honored to present our work at the Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis 2023 Annual Celebration as the 2022 Changemaker of the Year. It was a proud moment to share our accomplishments over the last year. With the $100,000 grant we were able to open the “Impact 100” adaptive wellness center, an accessible fitness center at our clinic to complement our existing physical therapy, occupational therapy, and personal training programs.

The Change Maker Grant has truly helped transform our overall program by adding another level to complete the continuum of care for people recovering from neurologic injuries. It has helped our overall program scale exponentially. One year ago we were serving 83 patients and had a waitlist for services. Today we are helping 112 people receive longer-term rehabilitation and individually tailored fitness programs – the most we’ve ever served any given moment.

Thank you Impact 100 for the work you do to support this community every year. You are truly instruments of change!

Chris Leeuw
Executive Director, Neurohope of Indiana

Indiana Artisan, 2023 Community Support Grant Recipient

I want to take a moment to tell you how thoroughly impressed we have been with Impact 100. The grant process was well designed, the one-on-one help was remarkable, and the awards event was the nicest evening I’ve enjoyed in a long time. To be honest, we never thought our proposal had much chance of getting the funding. The other finalists had such compelling causes and programs, I don’t know how you could vote on one to award — but I think you made a wonderful decision to give this year’s grant to Unconditional. That’s the one that would have gotten my vote.

We have gotten much more out of applying for this grant than I could have imagined. We now have a framework for a program we have long dreamed to launch and plan to use the proposal to apply for funding from arts-related organization, probably the National Endowment for the Arts or Arts Midwest. The process introduced many new people to Indiana Artisan and helped us make connections that could lead to partnerships. Personally, applying for the grant gave me the confidence that Indiana Artisan, which applied for its first grant only five years ago, has progressed to the point where we can go after larger, bigger-picture programs. One of your members emailed me today, introducing herself and a program the foundation she works for that could find the Emerging Artisan program worthy of some funding.

We cannot thank you enough, and we will not forget the impact Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis has had on the next level of growth for Indiana Artisan.

Many, many thanks for what you do to make Indianapolis a better place to live, work and play and continued good luck.

Rosalyn Demaree
Indiana Artisan