IBJ Two-Page Spread on Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis




On October 24, 2016, the Greater Indianapolis Impact 100 grant process was opened. The 2017 Letter of Intent Form is now available. All applicant organizations whose seat of operation is based in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties are welcome to review the Letter of Intent guidelines and the Letter of Intent…
The members voted and selected Coburn Place as the 2025 Change Maker at our June 17, 2025, 20th Annua Awards Celebration. Our $100,000 grant funds The SHIELD Safety Project. The SHIELD Safety Project targets the ongoing threats a survivor of domestic violence faces after fleeing, especially if she becomes homeless. Even after moving into Coburn’s secure, rent-free…
Indiana nonprofits need to be aware of a potentially dangerous situation affecting many nonprofits. Recently, GoFundMe automatically created “nonprofit pages” for approximately 1.4 million 501(c)(3) organizations using publicly available IRS data and information from partners like the PayPal Giving Fund. These pages included branding and nonprofit information but did not include links to the nonprofit’s…
Donna Oklak, one of the co-founders of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis, discusses giving circles in Indianapolis in a blog posting on the Lilly School of Philantrhopy website. It is reposted in its entirety here. ‘Giving circles are for the doers’: the creation of Impact 100 and 100 Voices of Hope By Donna Oklak “With every…
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…
Sponsors Help Us Educate and Reach Out to the Community Our Annual Awards Celebration is our premier event. Three hundred people get first-hand knowledge of the work that Impact 100 does and of the ways that our Change Makers improve our community. The cost of the Celebration is covered by ticket sales and by sponsorship…