IBJ Two-Page Spread on Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis




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…
On June 17, 2025, 5:00pm, we will present The 20th Annual Awards Celebration with presentations by the 2025 Grant Finalists. You can read about their grant proposals below. Following their presentations, the 2025 Members will vote, and once those votes are counted, we will announce the 2025 Change-Maker! This event is open to nonmembers and guests. Click here…
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…
CBS Morning News featured a cover story on our 2010 grant winner, Rock Steady Boxing. Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes”, whose husband has Parkinson’s and participates in the program, reported the 10-minute segment. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fighting-back-against-parkinsons-in-the-ring/
We are thrilled to announce that Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis is the recipient of a Spotlight Award from The Women’s Collective Giving Grantmakers Network (WCGN), which recognizes the impact of our $100,000 grant to Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) in 2010. WCGN created the Spotlight Award to recognize women’s giving organizations who practice impactful, transformational grantmaking. The criteria for the award is…
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,…