Meridian Foundation to award grants to ‘innovating’ not-for-profits
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The Meridian Foundation has announced it will select its third cohort of innovating not-for-profits in central Indiana. The Indianapolis-based foundation says the Arago Honor recipients will receive $10,000 in unrestricted funds by demonstrating they are “creatively solving problems while enacting community change.”
Recipients in the past, the foundation said, have displayed creative solutions to problems such as food insecurity, health, aging assistance, early learning education, workforce development, new business acceleration, art entrepreneurship and racial equity.
“The Meridian Foundation’s approach to identifying innovative best practices is based on genuine curiosity and a desire to elevate the many talented nonprofit leaders in our community,” said Meridian Foundation founder Donna Oklak. “We see social innovation as a linchpin for change and by celebrating the risks nonprofits take, we are also saluting their flexibility and quick responses to critical issues.”
The foundation has awarded funding to 15 recipients since 2021. Last year’s honorees were Be Nimble Foundation, Conner Prairie Museum, Joy’s House, Latinas Welding Guild, Meals on Wheels Central Indiana, Overdose Lifeline, Inc., and Patchwork, Indy.
Applications are due on August 1st, and applicants must be a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization based in Marion County or the six donut counties of Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, or Shelby. You can submit your own application by clicking here.