LOI

Letters of Intent (LOIs) are the first step in the Impact 100 granting process and applying for our annual Change Maker Grant of $100,000. Nonprofits wanting to apply for this grant should review our granting process and ensure they meet our eligibility requirements before applying. It is important that you choose which Focus Area Committee (FAC) is best suited to review your LOI.

The deadline for submission of the 2027 LOI is December 11, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Scroll down to the Submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI) section for details on submitting the 2027 LOI.

If you have questions at any time while completing a LOI, feel free to email us at [email protected]. To expedite a response, please use the email subject “Questions Regarding 2027 LOI”.

Nonprofit Information Sessions

Each year we hold Nonprofit Information Sessions to provide information on our granting process and prepare attendees to submit their Letter of Intent (LOI). We hold two sessions to make them as accessible as possible, one via Zoom and one in person.

You may also want to review these links to previous sessions:

Submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI)

There are four steps to submitting an LOI: Click, Type, Save, and Send.

  1. Click this link to download the LOI form.
  2. Type your responses to fill in questions on the LOI.
    • The LOI may open in Viewing Only and/or Protected View modes. If it does, click the Enable Editing button at the top of the page to open it.
    • There are no limits in the length of a response on the LOI form, and the blanks will expand as you enter your information. However, do not let your finished document go over five pages.
    • You will not be able to change the format of the text you type in the document, so if you want to format your text in any way (bold, italic, underline, create lists, etc.), you should create and format it to your liking in a word processor and then cut and paste it into the form.
    • Save your LOI often, even if your system is set up to autosave.
  3. Save the LOI as a PDF, using the Naming Conventions provided below.
    • It is important that you follow the naming conventions below to ensure your LOI submission is easily identified and managed by our reviewers.
  4. Send the LOI PDF as an attachment in an email to Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis:
    • Send to: Send the email to [email protected].
    • Subject: Use the LOI PDF file name (named following the naming conventions below) as the subject of the email. The subject line is important to ensure your LOI does not get misplaced or overlooked. Do not type anything in front of the file name.
    • Body of email: You don’t have to enter a message in the email, but if the email of the contact person differs from the email of the sender, please note that so we know which email to use if we have questions about the LOI or the LOI submission.

Naming Conventions

It is important to follow our naming conventions for both the LOI you submit and the subject line of your email. This allows us to quickly and easily identify which submission is for which FAC and who submitted it without having to open the file/email. Please send an email to [email protected] if you are unsure about how to name your file/email.

The naming conventions are as follows:

2027LOI-FAC-NFP.pdf

FAC is to be replaced with a short name for the FAC to review your LOI:

  • Arts: Arts, Culture, & Preservation
  • Educ: Education
  • Enviro: Environment & Animal Welfare
  • Family: Family
  • Health: Health & Wellness

NFP is to be replaced with the name of the nonprofit submitting the LOI (you can use a shortened version of your NFP name)

Examples of file names and email subject created using these naming conventions:

  • Clean Earth Society submitting a LOI to the Environment & Animal Welfare FAC:
    2027LOI-Enviro-CleanEarth.pdf
  • Beautiful & Lovely Buildings Worth Saving submitting a LOI to the Arts, Culture, & Preservation FAC:
    2027LOI-Arts-BeautifulLovelyBuildings.pdf or
    2027LOI-Arts-BLBuildings.pdf or
    2027LOI-Arts-BLBWS.pdf

Questions?

If you have questions at any time while completing a LOI, feel free to email us at [email protected]. To expedite a response, please use the email subject “Questions Regarding 2027 LOI”.