United Way of Central Indiana awards $10.5 million
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The United Way of Central Indiana is awarding $10.5 million to 34 community organizations.
The grants, coming from United Way’s Family Opportunity Fund, aim to support education, health and financial sustainability initiatives across multiple generations.
A committee of 19 representatives from United Way and the greater central Indiana community selected recipients after reviewing applications.
“Sustaining investment in new and innovative models that lead to positive outcomes for families is what will lead to intergenerational opportunity for thousands of Central Indiana families over the next five years,” United Way Impact Senior Director Shannon Jenkins said in a news release.
United Way officials believe these grants will reach about 4,000 families over 15 months. The recipients are:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana: $175,000
- Brightlane Learning: $225,000
- Catholic Charities: $440,000
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside (CAFE): $600,000
- Concord Neighborhood Center: $175,000
- Early Learning Indiana: $325,000
- Easterseals Crossroads: $325,000
- Edna Martin Christian Center: $600,000
- Fathers and Families Centers: $480,000
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center: $225,000
- Firefly Children & Family Alliance: $175,000
- Flanner House: $600,000
- Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana: $450,000
- Hawthorne Community Center: $600,000
- Indianapolis Urban League: $600,000
- Indy Reads: $175,000
- Lutheran Child & Family Services: $600,000
- Marion County Commission on Youth (MCCOY): $200,000
- Martin Luther King Community Center: $400,000
- PACE: $175,000
- Reach for Youth: $175,000
- Shepherd Community Center: $225,000
- Southeast Community Services: $410,000
- St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center: $350,000
- TeenWorks: $175,000
- The Villages of Indiana: $320,000
- Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana: $450,000
- YMCA of Greater Indianapolis: $175,000
- YMCA of Morgan County: $175,000
An additional five organizations will receive $100,000 grants for building capacity for programs supporting children and their caregivers. Those organizations include The Arc of Greater Boone County, AYS, Burmese American Community Institute, Christamore House and Noble.