Category: Local Grant Recipients

The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation recently granted Partners in Housing, $25,000.

The mission of Partners In Housing is to provide affordable housing to people who most need a stable place to live, while giving them support and a chance to reach their highest level of self-sufficiency.

To clarify the PIH mission we define our target population as people who: (a) have experienced homelessness (chronic or situational); (b) are actively at risk of homelessness due to a history of multiple challenges, such as extremely low income, minimal or no support network, chronic illness, disabilities, and other special needs; or (c) are vulnerable due solely to extremely low incomes even though they may have a support network and have no other significant risk factors.

A movement of families giving hope to children and parents in crises. Safe Families expands the community safety net by providing parents in crises with mentoring relationships and tangible support in times of crises. Volunteer families, prompted, solely by compassion, open their homes to children allowing parents to work out their problems without worry about losing parental custody. Serving the Greater Indy area as well as 10+ surrounding counties.

Assistance League of Indianapolis (ALI), the 78th chapter of National Assistance League was organized in 1984 and chartered in 1988, with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. On average, the organization boasts over 230 member-volunteers and has a 13-member board of directors. We have no salaried staff or paid employees. Our board of directors, a member-elected working board, meets monthly.

As a member-volunteer association our members are the strength of our organization. For the year beginning June 1, 2011 thru May 31, 2012, members devoted 31,454 charitable hours, which if paid by an employer would calculate to $690,101.* The Assistance League of Indianapolis 2012-13 fiscal year expense budget is $530,700. Approximately 88% of all funds spent are returned to the community through the philanthropic programs. All funds remain in the Indianapolis area and surrounding communities.

LYDIA serves children and families in three Illinois locations (Chicago, Lyons, Rockford) and in Quad Cities, Iowa, while LYDIA International cares for those in Romania and France, and our Safe Families for Children program has expanded into more than 27 cities. A Christian organization, we extend the truth of Scripture and God’s love to people of all religious, racial, and economic backgrounds. Our professionally trained psychologists, social workers and other staff members address all the important issues that can crush the human spirit and destroy lives, ministering to children and their parents one heart at a time.

Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis is Indianapolis’ leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. Mental Health America represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis.

MHA Indy, a United Way of Central Indiana community partner, is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

MHA Indy is also an affiliate of the national Mental Health America and a chapter of Mental Health America of Indiana.