The mission of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) and its affiliates, The Indianapolis Foundation and Hamilton County Community Foundation, is to mobilize people, ideas and investment to make this a community where everyone has equitable opportunity to reach their full potential—no matter place, race or identity. Our investments enable organizations to provide effective programs and respond to the needs of people in the neighborhoods and communities they serve. Alongside of individual, neighborhood and community partners, we will dismantle barriers and build pathways for everyone to reach their full potential.
Grants:
Community Crime Prevention Grant Program: The Community Crime Prevention Grant Program is funded from public resources allocated annually by Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council and is administered by The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate. The Community Crime Prevention Grant Program will give priority to organizations that clearly demonstrate an immediate intentionality around crime prevention and support programs using proven or promising strategies for a target population of African American males 18-24 that:
For information regarding previous recipients of CICF funding, please see: http://www.cicf.org/about-cicf/history/
The foundation will not support:
Grant applications are accepted from charitable organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and from governmental agencies. CICF concentrates its support primarily in three geographic areas: Hamilton County, Marion County and the five other counties in the Central Indiana region. Those five counties are Boone, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan and Shelby.
Each fund at CICF has different criteria, processes and timelines for making grants. More information on application windows can be found here: https://www.cicf.org/not-for-profits/
Award amounts vary by program.