2021-2022 Community Grants Awarded
Indianapolis Rotary Foundation Announces Community Grant Recipients
$80,000 in funding distributed to five Indianapolis nonprofits
Indianapolis, IN (December 7, 2021): The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation awards annual Community Grants through a competitive application and review process. The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2021-22 Community Grants.
• 100 Black Men of Indianapolis will receive $25,000 to support their Financial Literacy Program. The Financial Literacy program is a 16-week co-ed program designed to educate high school students in the areas of financial management and basic investments.
• Playworks Indiana will receive $25,000 to relaunch a development league program with ten partner schools that will expand to a city-wide league program focused on learning sports and developing social emotional skills. Leagues are non-competitive and focus on building skills so that students have confidence, and often first, positive team experience. The sessions will include co-ed soccer, flag football, kickball and girls basketball.
• Assistance League of Indianapolis will receive $10,000 to purchase supplies for Assault Survivor Kits which includes a complete outfit of warm, comfortable, and new clothing. The kits are utilized at nineteen Central Indiana hospitals, emergency rooms, and domestic violence shelters in nine counties.
• Circle City Clubhouse will receive $10,000 to rebuild and expand their capacity for transitional and supportive employment programs post pandemic. Circle City Clubhouse is a vocationally based psycho-social rehabilitation program for adults living with serious mental illness.
• Saint Florian Center will receive $10,000 for their year-round program focusing on youth leadership development, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education, college preparation, lifetime fitness, life-long reading, cultural heritage and pride, crime awareness and drug-free prevention.
“We had nearly 100 applications submitted this year. The applicants highlight the incredible needs and services provided throughout Central Indiana,” says Indianapolis Rotary Foundation President Bill Bubenzer. “We appreciate the hard work of all those who submitted applications and are confident that our Community Grant recipients will use their funding to make a significant community impact.”
The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation is a private, stand-alone corporation that serves as the community charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis. Each year, the Foundation generously donates almost $200,000 annually to projects and organizations in the Central Indiana Area that promote the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”
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With almost 200 members, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis is one of the largest and most active Rotary Clubs in the world. Founded in 1913, the club has compiled an extensive record as one the leading supporters and contributors to the quality of life in Indianapolis. For further information about the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, visit www.indyrotary.org.
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