United Way of Central Indiana awards $17.8 million to 72 nonprofits in region
INDIANAPOLIS – United Way of Central Indiana announced Wednesday that it is awarding $17.8 million to 72 nonprofits in the region to help meet the basic needs of Hoosiers and improve the education, financial stability and well-being of families.
The grants come from United Way’s Basic Needs and Family Opportunity Funds.
The Basic Needs Fund focuses on safe and affordable housing, healthy food access, transportation and health services. The Family Opportunity Fund supports integrated programming that serves both youth and adults in the same household, aimed at improving the education, financial stability and well-being of the whole family.
Three organizations received "Systems-Level" grants for work that addresses poverty through a broad, industry-wide approach, including building, maintaining and training the sector’s workforce and other system-wide strategies and public policy efforts to advance the sector in reducing poverty.
The grants range from $40,000 to $470,000 and are being awarded to nonprofits accredited with United Way of Central Indiana. Funding contracts begin Jan. 1, 2025.
A separate grant cycle is currently underway for nonprofits outside United Way’s accredited network, with that funding announcement expected in February.
For this round of funding, a committee of 16 people – United Way staff, board members and community volunteers – reviewed Basic Needs Fund applications, and a committee of 15 people reviewed Family Opportunity Fund applications. These committees made funding recommendations, which were approved by United Way’s Board of Directors at its Oct. 24 meeting.
Previously, nonprofits applied to the two funds separately and at different times of year. Starting this year, United Way has combined the funds into one application to ease the process for partners. Also new this year: multi-year funding, which will allow accredited partners to better plan for the future.
“United Way remains committed to partnering with community organizations to tackle issues Central Indiana residents are facing, and to ensure households have access to programs, resources and opportunities that help people live the lives they are most capable of living,” said Shannon Jenkins, United Way’s vice president of impact. “Funds awarded through the Basic Needs and Family Opportunity Funds will help more than 70,000 people and households have access to essentials and opportunities that lead to educational success, well-being and economic mobility for Central Indiana families.”
The grant recipients:
Alternatives Inc: $50,000 Basic Needs
American Cancer Society: $40,000 Basic Needs
American Red Cross of Central Indiana: $130,000 Basic Needs
The Arc of Greater Boone County: $70,000 Basic Needs; $80,000 Family Opportunity
At Your School (AYS): $50,000 Basic Needs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana: $175,000 Family Opportunity
Boone County Senior Services, Inc.: $50,000 Basic Needs
Bosma Enterprises: $50,000 Basic Needs
Boys & Girls Club of Boone County: $50,000 Basic Needs
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis: $175,000 Basic Needs
Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville: $75,000 Basic Needs
Brightlane Learning: $220,000 Family Opportunity
Burmese American Community Institute: $70,000 Basic Needs; $80,000 Family Opportunity
Catholic Charities Indianapolis: $200,000 Basic Needs; $280,000 Family Opportunity
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions: $250,000 Basic Needs
Community Alliance of the Far Eastside (CAFE): $175,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Concord Neighborhood Center: $175,000 Basic Needs; $220,000 Family Opportunity
Damien Center: $250,000 Basic Needs
Early Learning Indiana: $300,000 Systems-Level
Easterseals Crossroads: $75,000 Basic Needs; $260,000 Family Opportunity
Edna Martin Christian Center: $200,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Englewood Community Development Corporation: $125,000 Basic Needs
Family Promise of Hendricks County: $120,000 Basic Needs
Fathers and Families Center: $100,000 Basic Needs; $380,000 Family Opportunity
Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center: $100,000 Basic Needs; $175,000 Family Opportunity
Firefly Children & Family Alliance: $200,000 Basic Needs; $175,000 Family Opportunity
Flanner House of Indianapolis: $175,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Foster Success: $70,000 Basic Needs; $50,000 Systems-Level
Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana: $200,000 Basic Needs; $380,000 Family Opportunity
Hancock County Senior Services: $40,000 Basic Needs
Hawthorne Community Center: $200,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Hendricks County Senior Services: $200,000 Basic Needs
Horizon House: $250,000 Basic Needs
HVAF of Indiana, Inc.: $100,000 Basic Needs
Indiana Legal Services: $70,000 Basic Needs
Indiana Youth Group (IYG): $200,000 Basic Needs
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society: $120,000 Basic Needs
Indianapolis Urban League: $200,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Indy Reads: $140,000 Family Opportunity
John Boner Neighborhood Centers: $200,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
The Julian Center: $120,000 Basic Needs
La Plaza: $120,000 Basic Needs
Little Red Door Cancer Agency: $150,000 Basic Needs
Lutheran Child and Family Services: $250,000 Basic Needs; $470,000 Family Opportunity
Marion County Commission on Youth (MCCOY): $150,000 Systems-Level
Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative: $70,000 Basic Needs
Martin Luther King Community Center: $175,000 Basic Needs; $350,000 Family Opportunity
Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation: $100,000 Basic Needs
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center: $200,000 Basic Needs; $220,000 Family Opportunity
Meals on Wheels of Central Indiana: $120,000 Basic Needs
Meals on Wheels of Hancock County: $80,000 Basic Needs
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic: $70,000 Basic Needs
New Hope of Indiana: $120,000 Basic Needs
Noble: $160,000 Basic Needs; $80,000 Family Opportunity
PrimeLife Enrichment: $40,000 Basic Needs
Public Advocates in Community Re-Entry (PACE): $120,000 Basic Needs; $140,000 Family Opportunity
Reach for Youth: $50,000 Basic Needs; $175,000 Family Opportunity
The Salvation Army Indiana: $200,000 Basic Needs
Second Helpings: $250,000 Basic Needs
Sheltering Wings: $175,000 Basic Needs
Shepherd Community Center: $80,000 Basic Needs; $220,000 Family Opportunity
Shepherd's Center of Hamilton County: $150,000 Basic Needs
Southeast Community Services: $175,000 Basic Needs; $350,000 Family Opportunity
St. Mary's Early Childhood Center: $100,000 Basic Needs; $140,000 Family Opportunity
Stability First: $70,000 Basic Needs
Tangram, Inc.: $150,000 Basic Needs
TeenWorks: $120,000 Basic Needs; $175,000 Family Opportunity
The Villages of Indiana: $200,000 Basic Needs; $175,000 Family Opportunity
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana: $200,000 Basic Needs; $260,000 Family Opportunity
WellSpring: $100,000 Basic Needs
YMCA of Greater Indianapolis: $80,000 Basic Needs; $140,000 Family Opportunity
YMCA of Morgan County: $220,000 Family Opportunity