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Lilly Endowment awards renewal grants to 129 Indiana K-12 educators
The Endowment has approved grants through its 2025 Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program of up to $15,000 each to 129 educators working in schools throughout the state.
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Grants will support efforts to strengthen congregations in small towns and...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to 20 organizations across the United States to provide resources to help churches in rural areas and small towns enhance the vitality of their ministries and strengthen the leadership of the pastors and lay leaders who guide them.
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Lilly Endowment announces new round of grants under GIFT Initiative for...
Lilly Endowment is awarding 30 grants totaling more than $171 million to support the efforts of community foundations and their partners throughout Indiana.
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Grants will support efforts nationwide to engage youth and young adults in...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to 12 organizations across the United States to help them nurture and deepen the faith of Christian young people.
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Community-wide planning advances Winter Contingency efforts with shelter at...
Several dedicated partners in the City of Indianapolis are intensifying efforts to provide safe and warm spaces for residents experiencing homelessness. Thanks to a partnership with Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), the former School 68 building has been approved as a contingency site to shelter.
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With $138M grant from Lilly Endowment, IU launches initiative to accelerate...
Funding will support IU LAB, a state-of-the-art facility at 16 Tech harnessing Indiana’s extensive resources to become national leader in bioscience discovery, commercialization, talent development.
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Funding will support storytelling about the vibrancy and hope of Christian...
The Endowment's National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life invites faith-based agencies, denominations, educational institutions, congregations, publishers, and media groups to identify, produce and share stories that portray the vitality and hope that many Christians experience through their faith.
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Lilly Endowment Awards Ivy Tech Foundation $21.9 Million to Strengthen...
This funding will support programs and partnerships that will expand options for and improve access to high-quality postsecondary education and training for current and future early childhood education professionals.
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Lilly Endowment elects John Witvliet to its board of directors
Lilly Endowment has elected Dr. John D. Witvliet to serve on its board of directors. He is the founding director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and professor of worship, theology and congregational and ministry studies at Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary.
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Grants will help children’s museums nationwide foster character development
Lilly Endowment has awarded grants to 15 children’s museums to support innovative and creative efforts to nurture character through exhibitions, public programs and community collaborations.
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National Youth-Serving Organizations Will Strengthen their Work in Character...
Lilly Endowment has awarded grants to eight national youth-serving organizations to support their efforts to help young people develop positive character traits, such as curiosity, empathy, honesty, kindness, responsibility, self-respect, respect for others and courage, among others.
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Grants Will Help Cultural Institutions Foster Greater Understanding of...
The Endowment has awarded grants to 33 museums, libraries, historic sites and other organizations to develop exhibitions and education programs and engage in other related activities that fair, accurate and balanced portrayals of the role religion has played and continues to play in the U.S. and around the globe.
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Smithsonian receives $40 million Lilly Endowment grant

This grant, made through the religion division, will support the Institution’s celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary—or semiquincentennial. The Smithsonian’s vision is to bring together people from all backgrounds and communities to reflect on what it means to be an American.

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National youth-serving organizations will strengthen their work in character formation

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to eight national youth-serving organizations to support their efforts to help young people develop positive character traits, such as curiosity, empathy, honesty, kindness, responsibility, self-respect, respect for others and courage, among others.

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