United Way awards $1 million to central Indiana nonprofits
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United Way of Central Indiana is awarding nearly $1 million across more than a dozen community organizations.
Recipients plan to use their grants from the organization’s Social Innovation Fund to fund programs in workforce development, food insecurity, and access to education, health care, transportation, housing and more.
More than 80 organizations expressed interest in the Social Innovation Fund grants, according to a United Way press release. Of those, two dozen nonprofits were invited to apply for the funding and from there, a work group of 13 United Way board members, staff and volunteers selected grant reicipents.
United Way estimates more than 10,000 people will be served through the grants, which include recipients based in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion and Morgan counties.
The nonprofits collectively serve a population that is 75% Black and 22% Hispanic or Latino. Seven of the grant recipients are led by people of color.
“It is important that we are not only investing in communities and specific populations, but that we are also investing in leaders and organizations that reflect their communities culturally and demographically to ensure we can collectively serve our neighbors effectively and equitably,” United Way Impact Senior Director Jonathan Jones said in the news release.
The 2024 Social Innovation Fund grant recipients are:
- Advocates for Education, Inc. — $25,000
- Ascent 121 — $70,000
- Churches in Mission — $50,000
- Fathers and Families Center — $86,000
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center — $76,000
- Gennesaret Free Clinics — $86,000
- HATCH, Inc. — $50,000
- Latinas Welding Guild Inc. — $100,000
- Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation — $91,000
- NeighborLink Indianapolis — $80,000
- New Beginnings of Indianapolis Incorporated — $80,000
- Pathway Resource Center — $75,000
- St. Vincent de Paul Indianapolis Council — $81,000