Mayor Joe Hogsett, the Indianapolis Foundation and the Indianapolis City-County Council announced the sixth round of recipients for the Elevation Grants.
More than 51 grants totaling more than $9 million will be distributed to Indianapolis organizations to address the root causes of violent crimes. The program is part of Hogsett’s three-year, $150 million violence reduction strategy.
“When we listen to our neighbors and empower them to make the changes they want to see in their own neighborhoods, our whole community moves forward,” Hogsett said. “The Elevation Grant Program allows organizations in our city to expand and enhance the good work that is making Indianapolis a better, safer place for all.”
The grant program is a partnership between the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Foundation and has awarded $45 million over three years and six rounds of funding.
“We believe community action is best when led by the people who live in the community,” said Lorenzo Esters, president of the Indianapolis Foundation. “Through the Elevation Grant, we have supported the expansion, reach and impact of community organizations working to reduce gun violence.”
The sixth round of funding focuses on groups providing services to priority populations and neighborhoods utilizing violence-reduction programming. Additional consideration was given to groups that developed sustainability plans, had strong past performances and displayed effective program design and collaborative approaches.
The recipients of round six are:
- 91 Place Incorporated
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis
- Brightwood Community Center Inc.
- Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana Inc.
- Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana
- Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc. (M.O.V.E. Barbershop Talk and Back to the Table)
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc. (Lifting Up the Far Eastside)
- Crown Community Development Corporation Inc.
- Deborah’s Place Inc.
- DREAM Alive, Inc.
- Eclectic Soul VOICES Corporation
- Edna Martin Christian Center
- Elevate Indianapolis, Inc.
- Englewood Community Development Corporation
- Fathers and Families Resource-Research Center, Inc.
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek (The Power of TRU Generations Leadership Cohort)
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek (CRT Engage: Collective Impact 1.0)
- Flanner House of Indianapolis, Inc.
- George Washington HUB Club Inc.
- Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
- Groundwork Indy
- Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County
- Horizon House, Inc.
- Indiana Constuction RoundTable Foundation Inc.
- Inner Beauty Program, Inc.
- Judah Ministries
- Kheprw Institute
- Kids’ Voice of Indiana, Inc.
- Laundry and More, Inc.
- Lutheran Child and Family Services
- Martin Luther King Community Center
- Martindale-Brightwood Community Development Corporation
- MCCOY
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
- New Breed of Youth Mentoring Program, Inc
- Nova X-STREAM, Inc.
- Outreach, Inc.
- PACE, Inc.
- Partners In Housing
- Pathway Resource Center, Inc.
- Peace Learning Center
- Project Free University
- Reach For Youth, Inc.
- Step-Up, Inc.
- The Comfort Home Place Incorporated
- The Domestic Violence Network
- Thomas Ridley’s 1 Like Me
- Warren Arts and Education Foundation Inc.
- We Bloom Inc.
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