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Grants will help Marion County K-12 schools strengthen academic achievement...
The Endowment has approved 79 implementation grants, totaling nearly $85.7 million, through the Marion County K-12 schools initiatives.
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With Endowment support, 16 Tech bridge opens to the public
The 16 Tech bridge serves as a vital link between the 16 Tech Innovation District and Indianapolis’ research and medical corridor.
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Lilly Endowment initiative seeks to help Indiana residential youth camps...
The Endowment is allocating up to $166 million for this three-phase initiative called the Capital Project Initiative for Residential Youth Camps.
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Endowment-funded research at Ivy Tech highlights need for workforce...
With support from a Lilly Endowment grant, Ivy Tech Community College, in collaboration with TEConomy Partners, LLC. released a white paper that identifies the demand for non-credit skills training in Indiana's key industry sectors: advanced manufacturing; business, logistics, and supply chain; healthcare; and technology.
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Endowment grant to Indiana Commission for Higher Education supports recent...
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced findings from research into the factors impacting Indiana’s declining higher education enrollment. The research found that around 80 percent of Hoosier high school students and parents believe continuing education beyond high school is worth the investment in their future.
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Lilly Endowment Grants $22.4 Million for The Aspen Institute’s Weave Project
A $22.4 million grant will support the Weave Project through which community-based organizations will distribute Weaver Awards to individuals and small groups in up to 75 communities throughout the country. The Awards will support those who are actively weaving a strong, new social fabric where they live.
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$25 million Lilly Endowment grant to Thurgood Marshall College Fund will...
The grant will fund Project HBCU Capacity Building: Maximizing HBCU Performance Through Investments in Research, Operations and Innovation.
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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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Lilly Endowment grants $22.4 million for The Aspen Institute’s Weave Project

A $22.4 million grant will support the Weave Project through which community-based organizations will distribute Weaver Awards to individuals and small groups in up to 75 communities throughout the country. The Awards will support those who are actively weaving a strong, new social fabric where they live.

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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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