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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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Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Theological Schools for the Future
Lilly Endowment is providing new funding opportunities through the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative 2025 to help theological schools strengthen their ability to prepare and support ordained pastors and lay ministers for Christian churches.
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Lilly Endowment Grant Supports Disaster Relief in North Carolina
The North Carolina Community Foundation has received a $7.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support long-term disaster relief fund in the wake of the unprecedented devastation in western North Carolina due to Hurricane Helene.
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Lilly Endowment Awards $15 Million in Grants for Disaster Relief
In the wake of the wide-spread devastation and loss of life caused by hurricanes Helene and Milton, Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $15 million in disaster relief grants to the American Red Cross ($5 million) and The Salvation Army ($10 million).
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Smithsonian Receives $40 Million Grant From Lilly Endowment
The grant 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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Notre Dame Receives Lilly Endowment Grant to Support Development of...
This one-year planning project will engage and build a network of leaders in higher education, technology and an array of faith-based communities focused on developing faith-based ethical frameworks and applying them to emerging debates around artificial general intelligence.
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Grants Will Support Efforts to Nurture Faith Lives of Children Through...
Lilly Endowment has approved grants to 91 organizations through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative, which aims to help Christian congregations more fully and intentionally engage children in intergenerational corporate and prayer practices.
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A New Sculpture Takes its Place at the National World War I Memorial in D.C.
A new sculpture was recently unveiled, becoming the central feature of the national World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. The sculpture, A Soldier’s Journey, sits along Pennsylvania Avenue, near the White House. The $50 million project, funded largely by private donations, is supported by a $5 million Endowment grant.
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Report Addresses Shortage of Mental and Behavioral Health Workers in Indiana
A collaborative project, made possible through a Lilly Endowment grant, aims to combat untreated mental illness in Indiana by identifying opportunities and recommendations to strengthen the state’s pipeline of licensed mental and behavioral health professionals.
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Lilly Endowment Awards $50 Million Grant for Indiana State Parks
Lilly Endowment announced a $50 million grant to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a variety of enhancements at Indiana State Parks. DNR will use the grant to make several improvements within Prophetstown State Park and to fund upgrades across the state parks system.
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Purdue University Receives Two $50 Million Grants from Lilly Endowment

Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants totaling $100 million to Purdue Research Foundation to support two major Purdue University initiatives, which together will elevate the university, its students and faculty and accelerate new investments in Indiana’s workforce and economy.

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Grants to Colleges and Universities Will Support Collaborative Efforts to Strengthen Quality of Life and Place

Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to six colleges and universities in Indiana totaling $145.8 million to support community development projects jointly envisioned by the institutions and local stakeholders to improve quality of life and place in their communities.

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