Investing in Women and Girls in Central Indiana
(Indianapolis) – Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, the only foundation dedicated solely to investing in women and girls in Central Indiana has awarded grants totaling $157,500 to 17 nonprofits. The grants support the Women’s Fund four priority areas, including domestic violence, caregiving, insufficient income and girls. This brings Women’s Fund’s investment to central Indiana nonprofits to more than $5.5 million, representing a significant investment in the greatest needs and critical issues facing women and girls.
“We are proud to support the incredible work being done in our community to help women and girls become self-sufficient and economically secure,” said Jennifer Pope Baker, executive director, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana. “We are committed to finding the gaps and barriers facing women and girls and seek to support the programs that help them find success.”
Here’s a closer look at the 2015 grants awarded:
- Alternatives – $10,000 for emergency shelter case management for victims of domestic violence and their families.
- Center for Victim & Human Rights – $10,000 for protection order and family law legal assistance to domestic violence victims.
- Coburn Place – $5,000 to support advocacy services for victims of domestic violence and their families.
- Craine House – $10,000 for programs for non-violent offenders and their children 5 years old and younger.
- Domestic Violence Network – $5,000 to support five “In Her Shoes” simulations to help people better understand challenges faced by domestic violence victims.
- Dove Recovery House – $5,000 for housing for chemically addicted women.
- Early Learning Indiana – $10,000 for childcare tuition assistance for mothers who are working or going to school.
- Edna Martin Christian Center – $10,000 for their “Mothers and Daughters Explore & Earn” program.
- G.L.A.M. – $22,500 for operating support and organizational sustainability assistance.
- Girls Inc. of Shelby County – $10,000 for literacy programming for 1st-3rd graders.
- Indy Public Safety Foundation – $10,000 for the “Pink Boots on the Ground” program.
- LaPlaza – $5,000 to support the “Adelante Familias Center for Working Families” program.
- Prevail – $10,000 to support front desk staff members trained in using the “Trauma Informed Care” model when greeting victims of crime and abuse.
- Salvation Army Ruth Lilly Center – $5,000 for staff training and development to help victims of human trafficking.
- Seeds of Hope – $15,000 for housing support for chemically addicted women.
- Social Health Association – $5,000 for the establishment of Healthy Families Curriculum.
- Turning Point – $10,000 for emergency shelter services and “Safe Date” programming in Johnson and Shelby Counties.
Women’s Fund of Central Indiana invests in the lives of women and girls in central Indiana and is an endowed special interest fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation. For more information, visit www.womensfund.org.
