Key Dates

June 17, 2025: 2025 Annual Celebration

Our biggest event each year, this year’s Annual Celebration commemorate our 20th Annual Awards Celebration. Our Change Maker Grant finalists will unveiled their inspiring and innovative program proposals, and our current Impact 100 members voted for the proposal they wanted to receive our transformational $100,000 grant.

The members selected Coburn Place as the 2025 Change Maker. Our $100,000 grant will fund The SHIELD Safety Project. The SHIELD Safety Project at targets ongoing threats a survivor of domestic violence faces after fleeing, especially if she becomes homeless. Even after moving into our secure, rent-free housing, her safety may remain fragile. This project will provide a SHIELD—fast support addressing the urgent safety concerns a survivor faces: Stalking prevention, Home and vehicle security, Individual needs, Emergency relocation, Legal advocacy, and Defense training. Impact 100 funding can save lives and increase the safety of 70+ families, while strengthening Coburn Place’s existing services. Lasting safety is a shield that makes healing possible—physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Coburn Place was one of the five Indianapolis-area nonprofits vying for this year’s Change Maker Grant. Each of the other finalists received an unrestricted Impact 100 Community Support Grant of $15,000.

  • Arts, Culture & Preservation: Big Car Collaborative: The Big Table: Culinary Arts and Community Wellbeing
  • Education: Nine13 Sports: Using the Bicycle as the Ultimate STEM Education Tool
  • Environment & Animal Welfare: IndyHumane: Pet Resource Center
  • Family: Indiana Diaper Bank: Mobile Distribution to Meet Community Needs

You can learn more about the other finalists at our blog “More Information on the 2025 Finalists” to learn about their proposed programs:

Proceeds from the annual dinner go to support Impact 100’s “Friend” fund, used to pay our operating costs and overhead expenses. The Friends funds ensure that 100% of each membership donation goes directly to the annual Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis grant pool. We accept donations to the Friend fund at any time. You can learn more by going to our Join or Donate page.

Together we celebrated 20 years of the Power of Women Giving as One®.

Interested in Coming to a Future Event?

Invitations to our events are sent out a few weeks prior to the event, and each invitation provides a method to RSVP. If an event is open to the public, a link to the RSVP page will be included with the information above. The best way to be on our invitation list is to sign up for our newsletter. To ensure you are on our invitation list for a specific event, or ask questions, please send an email to impact100indy@gmail.com

Annual Calendar

To better understand our program, here is a basic overview of a typical year. It starts with June because that is the both the end and the beginning of our annual grant making.

This is the general calendar. Click here to go to the most current calendar.

June

  • Our Annual Awards Celebration with presentations by the nonprofits competing for our annual $100,000 grant. These presentations are followed by the Membership Vote and the announcement of the grant recipients. Keep an eye on the Annual Celebration page to keep yourself updated on planning for the current event and an overview of the previous one(s).
  • Membership enrollment unofficially begins at the Annual Celebration with prizes to members joining at the Celebration.

July

  • Vacation Month, no activities while the Board and members enjoy the summer.

August

  • Board Orientation
  • Committee Chair transitions

September

  • Official Membership Kickoff Event (location and timing varies)

October

  • Meet the Grant Recipients Event with this year’s grant recipients presenting how they are implementing their grant.
  • Leaders of the Future applications are made available. In 2025, the application form will be available in October.
  • Our LOI (Letter of Intent) becomes available on our website during October/November. The form will only be available on this webpage while we are accepting LOIs.

November

  • Educational event featuring one or more past recipients.
  • Nonprofit Workshop for nonprofits interested in learning more about our grants and granting processes. There will be previous grant recipients as well as representatives from Impact 100 providing information and answering questions. Since we are an all-volunteer organization and it is difficult for us to respond quickly to individual questions, it is highly recommended that interested nonprofits attend this short workshop.

December

  • Due date for LOIs is in December. Look at the Grants Calendar for the exact date.
  • Holiday Party, with a method of Giving Back to previous grant recipient(s).
  • Leaders of the Future Recipients are announced.
  • Deadline for LOI (Letter of Intent) from Central Indiana Nonprofits applying for our annual Change Maker Grant. See the current Granting Calendar for more information.
  • Deadline for members to register to serve on a Focus Area Committee (FAC) comes within the first week of December.
  • December 31 is the official deadline for registering for next year’s membership.

January

  • New Member Welcome/Orientation Event
  • First Focus Area Committee meetings to train FAC members and ensure they understand and agree to our Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest policies.

February

  • Second Focus Area Committee meetings to review Letters of Intent (LOIs)
  • Nonprofits notified if their Letter of Intent has been approved by a Focus Area Committee. Those with approved LOIs will be sent a link to the Grant Application form. New Member Welcome/Orientation Event.

March

  • Nonprofits asked to submit a full grant application must do so by the March deadline date. (Note: unsolicited grant applications are destroyed without review). See the current Granting Calendar for more information.

April

May

  • The Big Reveal with Focus Area Committees announcing the nonprofit they have selected to be their applicant for the $100,000 grant. See the current Granting Calendar for more information.
  • Change Maker Finalists Reception where the selected nonprofits learn more about their

June

  • Our Annual Awards Celebration with presentations by the nonprofits competing for our annual $100,000 grant. These presentations are followed by the Membership Vote and the announcement of the grant recipients. Keep an eye on the Annual Celebration page to keep yourself updated on planning for the current event and an overview of the previous one(s).

Interested in more information?

Invitations to our events are sent out a few weeks prior to the event, and each invitation provides a method to RSVP. The best way to be on our invitation list is to sign up for our newsletter. To ensure you are on our invitation list for a specific event, or ask questions, please send an email to impact100indy@gmail.com