Building a Legacy of Community Grantmaking  since 1998

IN Grants Awarded    July 2008

Organization Name grant AMT Grant description
* 20/20 Inner Vision, Inc. $40,000 Support for Expanding Your Horizons, a leadership camp for approximately 30 visually impaired youth and their families in collaboration with the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Boy Scouts of America Crossroads Council $135,000 Support over two years to expand the ScoutReach program to serve 200 additional low-income and special-needs youth at 10 new Indianapolis locations.
Child Advocates, Inc. $75,000 Support for the CASA and GAL programs to recruit, train and supervise new volunteers to represent approximately 200 abused and neglected children in the Marion County Courts.
Coburn Place Safe Haven $50,000 Support for a second year for individual and family counseling services for 15 formerly homeless women and their families living at Coburn Place.
College Mentors for Kids! Inc. $75,000 Support to expand the College Connections program to two Indianapolis middle schools to ensure continuing college access and mentoring for 50 youth participants in fifth through eighth grade.
Eagle Creek Park Foundation, Inc. $30,000 Support to renovate and convert the former Nature Center at Eagle Creek Park into an Ornithology Center.
Ebenezer Church Foundation $50,000 Support for the Ebenezer Retreat and Camping Institute to establish and expand nature-based and environmental education programs for approximately 120 low-income, inner-city youth and their families.
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Inc. $30,000 Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Inc.
Hoosier Heartland Resource Conservation & Development Council $45,000 Support for a third year for the Plant a Million Trees program with the goal to plant 1 million trees by 2015.
Indianapolis Medical Society Foundation, Inc. $100,000 Support to provide medical services and nutrition and fitness education to approximately 200 uninsured diabetic patients in Marion County.
Indianapolis Urban League $160,000 Support over two years for the Fatherhood Initiative to assist fathers transitioning from incarceration, recovering from addiction and homelessness assume productive roles in their families and communities.
IU Foundation on behalf of IUPUI Solution Center (Nonprofit Solution Center) $75,000 Support over two years to enhance the capacity of central Indiana nonprofit organizations to serve the community.
Jobs Partnership of Greater Indianapolis, Inc. $40,000 Support for the Jobs for Life training program to assist approximately 75 individuals in securing full-time employment.
John H. Boner Community Center $75,000 Support for Indy-East Asset Development to create and administer large-scale neighborhood revitalization projects and programs.
* Land Trust Alliance $225,000 Support over three years for the Indiana Land Trust Excellence program to provide land trusts with training, consultation, resource development and prepare for accreditation.
* New Light Christian Church, Inc. $75,000 Support over three years for the M-Power project, a mentoring program that provides support and rehabilitation for at-risk youth who are on probation and have re-entered school.
Peace Learning Center, Inc. $130,000 Support over two years to establish the Peace Learning Program at three IPS alternative schools.
Riley Children's Foundation $34,800 Support for the Reach Out and Read Indiana literacy program to provide new books to more than 24,000 children, ages 6 months to 5 years, seen at 22 health clinics throughout Indianapolis.
Second Helpings, Inc. $150,000 Support over two years to enhance the hunger relief and food rescue programs by adding new recipient agencies and food donors.
Shepherd Community, Inc. $125,000 Support over two years for the Bridges of Hope campaign to absorb the former Wheeler Mission Ministries program that serves homeless women with children.
St. Augustine's Home for the Aged $100,000 Support to replace the facility's roof over its 94 residents' rooms and nursing areas.
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf $20,000 Support to increase enrollment in the Early Intervention Program for deaf and hearing impaired children from birth to 3 years.
* TAB Community Services, Inc. $100,000 Support to upgrade the sports field in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood to facilitate expanded youth programming.
* The Indiana Partnerships Center $25,000 Support for the Indiana Academy for Parent Leadership program, an intensive training program for teams of parents, educators and community members to promote increased student achievement.
* U.S. Dream Academy, Inc. $50,000 Support for an after school learning center at John Marshall Middle School to provide mentoring and academic support to 60 students daily.
United Way of Central Indiana $50,000 Support for the Early Readers Club that focuses on developmental needs and early literacy for children age 6 and under to promote school readiness.
Workforce, Inc. $75,000 Support to expand the Work, Responsibility and Reward program, a job-training program focused on electronic waste recycling for formerly incarcerated individuals.

*denotes this organization is a first-time NMPCT grant recipient.