The Lily Endowment of Indianapolis, has awarded 185 youth serving programs, along with a coalition of 9 other funders dedicated to supporting Marion County Youth. The Summer Youth Program Fund, which Lilly Endowment established with The Indianapolis Foundation in 1995, fosters collaboration among grantmakers and streamlines the application process for organizations seeking funding for their summer programs.
In addition, the Endowment awarded $571,127 to 31 organizations for capital projects that will support their summer programs. These grants will fund facility renovations and the purchase of computer equipment and vans to transport program participants, among other things.
The following organizations have received grants from the Endowment:
Adult and Child Center – $11,500
Aftercare for Indiana Through Mentoring – $6,000
Agape Therapeutic Riding Center – $3,250
American Diabetes Association, Indiana Affiliate – $11,000
Anglican Church of Resurrection – $4,000
Art With a Heart – $14,000
Asante Children’s Theatre – $3,500
Athenaeum Turners School of Physical Education
and the Performing Arts – $5,000
At-Your-School (AYS) Child Services – $3,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana – $3,000
Bosma Industries for the Blind – $5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis (5) – $45,000
Brebeuf Preparatory School – $2,500
Brightwood Community Center – $6,500
Broadway United Methodist Church – $8,350
Brooke’s Place for Grieving Young People – $6,500
Burmese American Community Institute – $7,500
Butler University – $7,500
Camptown – $12,000
Care for Kids Foundation – $5,000
Catholic Charities Indianapolis (2) – $15,800
Catholic Youth Organization – $6,500
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – $7,500
Christamore House – $5,000
Christel House Academy – $5,000
Claude McNeal’s Musical Theatre Training Program – $7,000
Coburn Place Safe Haven – $4,500
Community Action of Greater Indianapolis – $4,500
Community Alliance of the Far Eastside (CAFE) – $22,000
Community Health Network Foundation – $6,000
Concord Center Association – $24,500
Corinthian Baptist Church – $5,500
Cosmo Knights Scholarship Fund – $7,000 Damar Services – $7,000
Dance Kaleidoscope – $2,500
Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis – $5,000
Dayspring Center – $7,500
Diabetic Youth Foundation of Indiana – $11,000
Dyslexia Institute of Indiana – $9,000
East Tenth United Methodist Children and Youth Center – $14,500
Edna Martin Christian Center (2) – $16,000
Englishton Park Presbyterian Ministries – $6,000
Entrepreneurial Ventures in Education – $40,000
Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek – $7,000
Felege Hiywot Center – $10,000
First-Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church – $15,000
First Samuel Missionary Baptist Church – $7,000
Flanner House – $13,000
Fletcher Place Community Center – $4,000
Footlite Musicals – $5,500
Forest Manor Multi-Service Center – $20,000
Freetown Village – $17,000
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana (2) – $10,000
Girls Inc. – $10,000
Good News Mission – $4,000
Gorgeous Ladies Acting Maturely (G.L.A.M.) – $5,000
Great Commission Church of God – $11,500
Happy Hollow Children’s Camp – $20,000
Harrison Center for the Arts – $9,500
Hawthorne Social Service Association – $20,000
Health and Hospital Corp. – $5,000
Health and Science Innovations – $6,000
Hear Indiana – $7,500
Hemophilia of Indiana (2) – $6,000
Iibada Dancers – $4,500
Immanuel Presbyterian Church – $2,700
Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church – $3,000
Indiana Deaf Camps Foundation – $5,500 Indiana Golf Foundation – $6,000
Indiana Latino Institute – $6,000
Indiana Performing Arts Centre – $5,000
Indiana School for the Deaf – $5,000
Indiana Sports Corp. – $7,500
Indiana State Museum Foundation – $4,200
Indianapolis Algebra Project – $33,500
Indianapolis Art Center – $10,000
Indianapolis Children’s Choir – $5,500
Indianapolis Housing Agency – $21,000
Indianapolis Interfaith Hospitality Network – $3,000
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation – $7,500
Indianapolis Museum of Art – $5,000
Indianapolis Parks Foundation (5) – $35,000
Indianapolis Soap Box Derby Association – $4,000
Jackson Center for Conductive Education – $1,000
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association – $8,000
Jameson Camp – $19,000
John H. Boner Community Center (2) – $13,500
Julian Center – $3,500
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful – $4,000
La Plaza (2) – $23,500
Lawrence United Methodist Church – $5,000
LifeBridge Community – $3,500
Life Line Community Center – $5,000
Lillian Davis Foundation – $6,430
Little Red Door Cancer Agency – $8,500
Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana – $8,500
Madame Walker Urban Life Center – $7,500
Marian University – $7,500
Marion County Commission on Youth – $7,500
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center – $29,000
Metropolitan School District of Pike Township – $7,500
Metropolitan School District of Washington Township – $6,000
Miracle Place – $5,000 Mission Indy – $3,500
Montessori Educational Charity – $6,000
Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church – $6,500
Muscular Dystrophy Association – $7,000
Music for All – $9,000
National Junior Tennis League of Indianapolis – $11,250
Net Literacy Corp. (dba Senior Connects Corp.) – $15,000
New Beginnings Church – $4,000
New Covenant Church & Ministries – $5,500
Noble of Indiana – $7,250
Northside New Era Community Outreach – $4,500
Oaks Academy – $5,500
Oasis Christian Community Development Corp. – $7,000
100 Black Men of Indianapolis – $23,000
Partners for Lawrence – $4,000
Pathway Resource Center – $6,500
Peace Learning Center (2) – $16,500
People’s Burn Foundation of Indiana – $7,000
Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis – $9,000
Pro 100 (dba TeenWorks) – $20,500
Project Endure – $4,000
Project SEED – $21,500
Promise Land Christian Community Church – $6,000
Purdue University – $7,280
Ruth Lilly Health Education Center – $6,000
St. Florian Center – $26,000
St. John’s Community Care Services – $6,000
St. Richard’s School – $20,000
Salvation Army (3) – $15,900
Saturday Evening Post Society – $6,000
School on Wheels – $4,000
Shepherd Community (2) – $20,500
Social Health Association of Indiana – $14,000
Southeast Community Services – $7,000
Speedway Baptist Church – $6,300 Speedway United Methodist Church – $4,000
SpringHill Camps – $3,500
Stacey Toran Foundation – $7,500
Starfish – $5,000
Storytelling Arts of Indiana – $4,000
Symphonic Youth Orchestra of Greater Indianapolis – $4,000
Trinity House Academy – $4,500
United Way of Central Indiana – $15,000
Urban Arts Consortium of Indianapolis – $5,500
VSA Indiana – $7,500
Westminster Neighborhood Ministries – $9,500
Writers’ Center of Indianapolis (dba Indiana Writers Center) – $7,000
YMCA of Indianapolis (13) – $62,450
Young Audiences of Indiana (2) – $20,000
Young Life Indianapolis Urban – $3,000
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church – $6,500
Capital grants were made to the following 31 organizations:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis – $22,118
Burmese American Community Institute – $25,000
Butler University – $15,661
Camptown – $25,000
Christamore House – $25,000
Christel House Academy – $18,301
Coburn Place Safe Haven – $25,000
Community Alliance of the Far Eastside (CAFE) – $6,884
Concord Center Association – $2,593
Edna Martin Christian Center – $20,000
Englishton Park Presbyterian Ministries – $15,121
Felege Hiywot Center – $10,000
Great Commission Church of God – $22,679
Happy Hollow Children’s Camp – $24,999
Hawthorn Social Service Association – $14,700
Health and Science Innovations – $24,217
Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church – $1,927 Indiana State Museum Foundation – $1,286
Indianapolis Parks Foundation – $20,255
Indianapolis Soap Box Derby Association – $25,000
Jameson Camp – $21,500
John H. Boner Community Center – $25,000
La Plaza – $25,000
Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana – $20,000
Peace Learning Center – $4,539
Pro 100 (dba TeenWorks) – $25,000
Promise Land Christian Community Church – $25,000
Social Health Association of Indiana – $19,749
VSA Indiana – $21,167
Young Audiences of Indiana – $18,012
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church – $20,419