January 2025
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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December 2024
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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November 2024
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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November 2024
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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November 2024
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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November 2024
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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November 2024
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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October 2024
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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October 2024
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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October 2024
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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September 2024
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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September 2024
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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September 2024
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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September 2024
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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August 2024
National Park Foundation will Receive Record-High Gift of $100M from Lilly...
The National Park Foundation, which Congress created in the 1960s to support national parks, will receive the largest grant in its history, $100 million, from Lilly Endowment Inc. The money will be used to address the needs of the country’s more than 400 national park sites.
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August 2024
Lilly Endowment Initiatives Seek to Help Marion County Schools Improve...
Lilly Endowment is launching two new multi-year initiatives with the aim to help K-12 public and private schools in Marion County initiate, enhance or expand compelling programs and projects that show promise to improve their students’ academic achievement and prospects for success after high school.
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August 2024
Lilly Endowment Grants to Indiana Colleges and Universities will Support...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to 13 colleges and universities in Indiana totaling more than $300 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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July 2024
Lilly Endowment Elects Rebecca Lilly to its Board of Directors
Lilly Endowment Inc has elected Rebecca E. Lilly to serve on its board of directors, effective July 17, 2024. A native of Indianapolis, Lilly is currently Vice President, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley based in Greenwich, Conn.
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June 2024
Grants Will Help Strengthen Sustainability of Legal Services Organizations
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $12.5 million in grants to three legal aid organizations serving Indiana residents to help the organizations strengthen their long-term financial sustainability.
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June 2024
Grants Will Support Efforts to Address Gun Violence in Indianapolis
Lilly Endowment has approved grants, ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, to help 18 Indianapolis organizations in their efforts to reduce gun violence in the city.
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February 2024
Sacred Places Indiana Grants Help Congregations Tackle Repairs at Historic...
In 2023, Indiana Landmarks, with support from Lilly Endowment, awarded more than $2 million from the Sacred Places Indiana Fund to support preservation at seven historic churches.
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February 2024
ACA Receives $45.5 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Strengthen...
The American Camp Association announced a $45,535,623 Lilly Endowment grant to support the creation of a new, multiyear initiative to grow, improve, and celebrate character development at camps.
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January 2024
Lilly Endowment Honors More Than 100 Indiana K-12 Educators
The Endowment has approved grants to 104 educators working in Indiana schools. The grants of up to $15,000 each will fund proposed renewal projects designed to help restore a commitment to the education profession and stimulate creativity, which promise to enhance the educational experiences of their students.
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January 2024
USO Receives Lilly Endowment Grant for Digital Transformation Projects to...
A $4,522,500 Endowment grant to USO, one of largest grants in the organization's history, will help to modernize its data architecture to reach more service members and families in more impactful ways.
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January 2024
State Begins Research into Factors Impacting College Enrollment
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced it will begin research into the factors impacting college enrollment in Indiana. The agency is using a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to select a consulting firm to lead the six-month research endeavor.
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January 2024
Initiative Will Help Congregations Nurture Faith Lives of Children Through...
Lilly Endowment is seeking to support efforts that nurture the faith of children by helping Christian congregations more fully and intentionally engage children in intergenerational corporate worship and prayer practices.
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January 2024
Lilly Endowment Helps Support Preservation of Historic Black Churches
Lilly Endowment grant to National Trust for Historic Preservation helps support 31 historic Black churches across the United States. Funding will allow congregations to address issues such as mold contamination, demolition, water filtration and deferred maintenance.
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January 2024
UNCF Receives $100 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment to Support Capital...
UNCF (United Negro College Fund) announced today that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a $100 million unrestricted grant to support its capital campaign.
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January 2024
IEDC Receives $250M Endowment Grant to Accelerate Quality of Place Across...
The grant to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation will support investments in communities throughout the state focused on blight remediation and redevelopment and public arts and cultural initiatives.
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January 2024
Purdue University Receives Two $50 Million Grants from Lilly Endowment
Lilly Endowment has approved grants totaling $100 million to Purdue Research Foundation to support the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Purdue Computes.
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December 2023
Belmont University Receives $32 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment for Major...
Belmont University today announced the receipt of a $32 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. that will support efforts to inspire people from all walks of life to discover and live the beauty and wisdom of Christian faith and encounter God through the arts.
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December 2023
Grants to Colleges and Universities Will Support Collaborative Efforts to...
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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December 2023
Grants Will Help Strengthen Reading Instruction for Indiana Students
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved more than $21.5 million in implementation grants to help 28 colleges and universities in Indiana prepare the next generation of teachers in methods aligned with the Science of Reading.
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November 2023
Endowment Makes Grants to Immigrant Serving Organizations
Lilly Endowment has made grants totaling $11 million to 19 Indianapolis human services organizations to help them adapt their programs and increase their capacity as they respond to the growing number of immigrants in Indianapolis.
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November 2023
Grants Will Support Programs to Help Congregations Flourish
Lilly Endowment has made grants to organizations across the United States through its Thriving Congregations Initiative, which aims to strengthen congregations by helping them deepen their relationships with God, enhance their connections with each other, and contribute to the vitality of their communities and the world.
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November 2023
Grant to Smithsonian Supports the National Museum of the American Latino
A $10 million grant is supporting the design, development and construction of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington D.C. Also, funds will help the museum develop and implement strategies for highlighting the role of religion in Latino history and culture through the museum's collections, exhibits and programs.
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October 2023
Lilly Endowment Continues its Community Foundation Initiative
Lilly Endowment is launching the eighth phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow initiative, allocating up to $210 million to help Indiana community foundations strengthen the quality of life in the towns, cities and counties they serve.
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October 2023
La Casa de Amistad in South Bend receives $1 million grant
La Casa de Amistad has been awarded a $1 million Lilly Endowment grant to expand and enhance youth programs. at the South Bend organization. Lilly Endowment made the grant through its initiative Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana.
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September 2023
Grants Will Support Innovative Programs to Strengthen Preaching
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to 81 organizations through its Compelling Preaching Initiative to help Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the gospel in more engaging and effective ways.
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September 2023
Grants Will Help Strengthen Indiana Youth Organizations
Lilly Endowment has approved grants totaling more than $85 million to 187 organizations through its competitive initiative Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana.
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September 2023
Rose-Hulman expands AskRose hours, adds Spanish-speaking tutors
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is making its popular AskRose tutoring service more available to students. Officials say AskRose will expand its evening hours and make Spanish-speaking tutors available during the 2023-23 academic year.
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July 2023
National Initiative Will Fund Wide Array of Approaches to Religion at...
A new competitive round of Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative aims to improve the public understanding of religion and thus foster greater knowledge of and respect for people of diverse religious traditions.
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July 2023
IMS Museum campaign to transform exhibits, enhance education opportunities
The capital campaign will fund a complete renovation of the museum. Lilly Endowment approved a $20 million grant to support the effort, which will include outreach to new audiences and K-12 schools and a classroom and staff at the museum focused on STEAM curricula.
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July 2023
Grants Support Efforts to Help Parents Share Faith with Their Children
Through the Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative, Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to 77 organizations to provide resources for parents and other caregivers to help them share more effectively their Christian faith and values with their children.
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June 2023
FDR’s D-Day prayer now part of the National World War II Memorial
On the 79th anniversary of D-Day, Friends of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated a plaque depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer for the nation. A $2 million Lilly Endowment grant helped fund the installation and and restoration of the memorial's Circle of Remembrance.
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June 2023
IU to Assess Mental and Behavioral Health Worker Pipeline
A new project to better understand and help address the shortage of licensed mental and behavioral health professionals in Indiana is being led by the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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May 2023
Lilly Endowment Launches the 2024 Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program
Lilly Endowment is pleased to launch the 37th round of its Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program. This program supports K-12 educators throughout Indiana by providing resources for them to take time for meaningful renewal.
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March 2023
Early Learning Indiana Launches Early Years Initiative
With support from $50 million in program and statewide grants from Lilly Endowment, Early Learning Indiana announced the launch of the Early Years Initiative, which will provide grants to help organizations in Indiana strengthen their efforts to support the development of very young children.
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February 2023
National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases Book on...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture released a new book of photographs and essays exploring the dynamic ways African Americans have engaged in the practice of religion and spirituality from the 19th century to the present.
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February 2023
$3M Grant Awarded to First Baptist Church Restoration Project
A project to examine, reconstruct and interpret the Historic First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, will benefit from a $3 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
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February 2023
Lilly Endowment Honors Indiana Educators With Teacher Creativity Fellowships
The Endowment is making grants to 102 Indiana K-12 educators to renew their own curiosity and capacity to learn through the Endowment’s Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program.
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February 2023
Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Quality of Life and Place in Indiana...
Eligible Indiana colleges and universities have the opportunity to envision and undertake collaborative projects with community stakeholders to enhance quality of life and place in their surrounding communities.
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January 2023
Lilly Endowment Launches New Round of Initiative to Help Congregations Thrive
Lilly Endowment Inc. invites organizations that support Christian congregations to participate in the second competitive round of a national initiative to strengthen churches by helping them adapt to rapid changes affecting their ministries.
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January 2023
A $30 Million Grant Will Support Character Education Efforts at Colleges and...
With Lilly Endowment funding, Wake Forest University is helping to build a national higher education network devoted to character education and strengthening the university's Program for Leadership and Character.
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January 2023
Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Indiana Youth Organizations
Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching a new initiative to help youth-serving organizations in Indiana strengthen their efforts to promote the academic, physical and social wellbeing of young people, ages five through 18.
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January 2023
Grants Will Help Historic Black Churches Nationwide Preserve their Structures...
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced that 35 churches are receiving first-round grants through of its Preserving Black Churches program.
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January 2023
D-Day Prayer Plaque Unveiling at the National World War II Memorial
A $2 million Lilly Endowment grant is supporting the addition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer to the World War II Memorial and the restoration of the “Circle of Remembrance” – the area where the prayer will be placed.
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January 2023
Endowment Makes Capacity Building Support Grants to Indianapolis Human and...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $41 million in grants to help 28 human services organizations in Indianapolis strengthen their ability to assist individuals and families in Marion County who are facing a variety of challenges.
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January 2023
Grants Totaling $80 Million Will Fuel Investments in Indianapolis Parks...
Grants by Lilly Endowment, totaling $80 million, will go towards supporting improvements at 42 locations across the Indy Parks system.
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December 2022
New Initiative Will Support Educational Attainment Among Students at Tribal...
Lilly Endowment has approved a $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund to support efforts that strengthen tribal colleges and universities and improve the educational attainment of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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December 2022
Grants are expanding effort to help cultural institutions strengthen the...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to 16 museums and other cultural institutions across the United States to help them develop exhibitions and education programs that fairly and accurately portray the role of religion in the U.S. and around the world.
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November 2022
Lilly Endowment Launches National Initiative to Strengthen Christian...
Lilly Endowment is launching a new initiative to help Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the gospel in more engaging and effective ways.
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November 2022
Lilly Endowment Names New Program Director in Community Development
Julie Whitman is joining Lilly Endowment’s staff as a program director for community development. She plans to begin work at the Endowment in March 2023.
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November 2022
Grants Will Support Efforts to Address Gun Violence in Indianapolis
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to help 13 Indianapolis organizations in their efforts to reduce gun violence in the city. Ranging from $50,000 to $500,000, the grants are designed to help organizations work to curb the number of incidents of gun violence in the communities they serve during the next two years.
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October 2022
The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army Each Receive $40 Million in...
Lilly Endowment has awarded the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army $40 million each to increase capacity, training and preparedness to help people struggling with more frequent and intense disasters.
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October 2022
National Initiative Launched to Help Parents Share Christian Faith with Their...
Lilly Endowment is inviting eligible organizations to apply for funding to help interested parents and other caregivers share their Christian faith and values with their children. The Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative builds on recent research that affirms the pivotal role parents play in the religious lives of their
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October 2022
Funding is Available to Align Teacher Preparation with Evidence-Based Reading...
Lilly Endowment Inc. is inviting Indiana colleges and universities to apply for grants to help them enhance how they help educators learn to teach reading with methods that are aligned with the Science of Reading.
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September 2022
Grants Will Help National Youth-Serving Organizations Strengthen Their...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants totaling $91.5 million to nine national youth-serving organizations to support a wide variety of strategies to enhance and expand the impact of their Indiana affiliates and chapters.
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September 2022
Lilly Endowment Makes Grants to Support Innovative Theological School...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to help 16 theological schools in the United States and Canada launch large-scale collaborative programs to better prepare and support pastoral leaders for Christian congregations.
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September 2022
Highlighting our best attributes: New Civic Identity Resource Booklet to help...
A group of community leaders, with catalyst Tracy Souza, want to help local companies, organizations and others highlight Columbus and Bartholomew County’s most attractive attributes for everything from job postings to social media postings.
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August 2022
Ascend Indiana Developing Strategies to Keep College Grads In State
Back in 2020, Andy Ngo was a sophomore accounting major at IUPUI who was slowly realizing he didn’t like accounting. So, he tried the online job network created by Ascend Indiana, a not-for-profit established to stem the brain drain of Indiana university graduates who leave the state as soon as they get their diplomas.
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August 2022
Colleges and Universities Will Engage Youth With Support from Lilly...
Lilly Endowment Inc. is helping Indiana colleges and universities engage young people, ages 5 – 18, with high-quality campus programs that encourage them to explore their interests and envision a future for themselves in college.
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August 2022
Lilly Endowment and State of Indiana Announce Investment to Improve Reading...
This combined investment of up to $111 million – Indiana’s largest-ever financial investment in literacy - will support early literacy development using proven teaching strategies aligned with the Science of Reading.
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August 2022
Endowment-funded MINDful College Connections Program Has New Leader
A consortium of Indiana higher education institutions has named the executive director for its collaborative student mental health program. It is supported by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana's Colleges and Universities.
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August 2022
First Grants Announced in Indianapolis African American Quality of Life...
The National Urban League, in partnership with the Indianapolis Urban League and the African American Coalition of Indianapolis, has approved a total of more than $21 million in grants to 52 organizations as part of its Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative, which is funded by a $100 million Endowment grant.
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July 2022
Is It Time to Take a Break? A Story of Renewal.
Lilly Endowment renewal programs highlight benefits of rest. Since 2002 these renewal grants have enabled United Way of Central Indiana to create and implement the Human Services Professional Renewal Program.
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July 2022
A $3.78 million Lilly Endowment Grant Helps Address Litter Along Indy’s...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) a $3.78 million grant to mobilize efforts to clean up litter along several busy thoroughfares and waterways in Indianapolis, furthering KIB’s mission to create and maintain vibrant public places where people and nature thrive.
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July 2022
Lilly Endowment and the Mellon Foundation Support Black Heritage Sites in...
Efforts of the Urban Legacy Lands Initiative (ULLI) to preserve and steward Black heritage sites in Indianapolis are being supported by two $800,000 grants from Lilly Endowment and the New York-based Mellon Foundation. ULLI’s primary focus will be the historic Indiana Avenue Cultural District.
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June 2022
Endowment Expands Grantmaking Through Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to help 21 theological schools in the United States and Canada strengthen their educational programs and enhance their financial viability so they are better able to prepare and support leaders for Christian congregations now and into the future.
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June 2022
Endowment makes grants to strengthen sustainability of eight human service...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $34 million in grants to eight human services organizations to help them strengthen their long-term financial sustainability plans.
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March 2022
An Online Hub for Learning and Community Building
With support from a $5 million Lilly Endowment grant, UNCF is launching an online learning platform, HBCUv, where HBCU students and scholars at different institutions across the country can learn and connect.
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March 2022
National Museum of American History Opens “Discovery and Revelation”
As part of the Religious and Cultural Institutions Initiative, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open the exhibition “Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things” on March 18, 2022.
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March 2022
In Madison, mainline and evangelicals work together to help their churches...
Through the Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, the Wisconsin Council of Churches convened mainline and evangelical Christians in Madison, Wisconsin to work together for the common good to help their churches thrive.
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March 2022
Christians, Jews and Muslims experience workplace discrimination differently,...
As part of the Faith at Work research project, supported by an Endowment grant, Rice University has published a new study on findings that Christians, Jews and Muslims experience workplace discrimination differently.
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February 2022
Lilly Endowment Honors 103 Indiana Educators with Teacher Creativity...
The Endowment is making 103 grants to teachers, principals, media specialists, counselors and other educators working in schools across the state. Grants will fund renewal programs designed to help educators restore their enthusiasm for their profession and stimulate creativity.
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January 2022
HTI to launch new program with $7.3 million Lilly Endowment grant
The Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) is proud to announce that a $7.3 million Lilly Endowment grant will support the creation of a new program to help master’s students discern and navigate their path toward PhD studies.
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January 2022
African American Cultural Heritage Fund to Develop the Preserving Black...
Lilly Endowment has made a $20 million grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund launch a national effort to preserve Black churches as valuable historic assets.
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January 2022
Churches’ ministry to those hurt by the pandemic shows ‘monumental’ growth,...
More than half of Christian congregations say they have started a new ministry or expanded an existing one during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey. On average, in fact, these Christian houses of worship began or broadened more than three of their outreach activities in response to the pandemic.
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January 2022
Episcopal churches in Indiana participate in program to use buildings to...
The Church Buildings for Collaborative Partnerships project, funded by a three-year grant from Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, welcomed its first cohort in June and will launch its second with 12 congregations later this month.
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December 2021
Lilly Endowment Names New Program Director in Education
Lauren Rush is joining Lilly Endowment’s staff as a program director for education. She plans to begin work at the Endowment in February 2022.
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December 2021
A New Signature Bridge for Indianapolis
The 16 Tech Community Corporation revealed the design of a new signature bridge that will span Fall Creek at West 10th Street and Riley Hospital Drive to connect the 16 Tech Innovation District to Indianapolis’ research/medical corridor and downtown.
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November 2021
Grants Will Help Theological Schools Prepare Pastors for the Future
Through the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, Lilly Endowment has approved 84 grants to theological schools across the U. S. and Canada to help them prioritize and respond to their most pressing challenges as they work to prepare pastoral leaders for Christian congregations both now and into the future.
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October 2021
190 Congregations Awarded Lilly Endowment 2021 Clergy Renewal Program Grants
Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) recently announced that 190 U.S. congregations have been selected to receive grants through Lilly Endowment's 2021 National Clergy Renewal Program and the Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations.
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September 2021
Indiana Youth Programs on Campus Initiative
Indiana Youth Programs on Campus (IYPC) is a new Lilly Endowment initiative designed to help Indiana colleges and universities in their efforts to create new or expand and enhance existing high-quality, on-campus programs for Hoosier youth, ages 5 – 18.
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August 2021
Lilly Endowment Announces Election of New President
Lilly Endowment has announced that its board of directors has elected Jennett M. Hill as the Endowment’s president, effective February 2, 2022. The Endowment’s chairman, president and CEO, N. Clay Robbins, will remain the Endowment’s chairman and CEO after Hill assumes her new role.
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July 2021
Lilly Endowment Issues 2020 Annual Report and Special Supplement
During 2020, Lilly Endowment sought to help meet as quickly as possible compelling needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to further important causes in its three areas of grantmaking: community development, education and religion.
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July 2021
RecycleForce's new peer leadership program helps ex-offenders become leaders.
With support from a $2 million grant made through Lilly Endowment’s Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis initiative, RecycleForce is creating a peer leadership program to help individuals reentering the workforce – and their communities – following incarceration.
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April 2021
$8 million Lilly Endowment grant to help support new youth center at Eastern...
As part of the Endowment's Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis initiative, an $8.1 million grant was awarded to Eastern Star Church to help create a nearly 57,000-square-foot community center, which will offer a variety of youth resources and programming for the Arlington Woods community.
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April 2021
Pandemic changed Connecticut’s religious services in ways some pastors and...
Like clergy across the globe, Father Jeffrey Romans of Cheshire learned last year how to conduct worship services by camera, lead theological classes on Zoom or Facebook, and do pastoral counseling by phone.
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April 2021
Lilly Endowment grant helps Center for Leadership Development open satellite...
With support from an $11.6 million grant, the Center for Leadership Development (CLD) will expand to open satellite and in-school locations. The new locations will serve as an extension of the main CLD campus and will provide educational services and character development programming for Black youth in high-crime areas.
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March 2021
Grants Will Support Efforts to Address Poverty in Indianapolis
Lilly Endowment is making Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis 28 grants totaling $93.6 million to help individuals and families make progress toward lasting economic self-sufficiency.
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March 2021
Indiana Colleges and Universities Receive Funding to Prepare for the Future
A new round of grants will fund work at 16 Indiana schools to address priorities that have the potential to make the most impact on strengthening institutional vitality and the education of students.
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March 2021
Lilly Endowment Names Clarence Crain to Its Board
Clarence Crain is a longtime Indianapolis community leader and former Endowment program director in the education division.
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March 2021
New Grants Help Indiana Communities Address Ongoing Effects of the Pandemic
As Indiana communities continue to face the effects of COVID-19, Lilly Endowment has made new grants totaling $16.75 million to Indiana United Ways and United Way of Central Indiana.
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March 2021
COVID-19 Relief to Churches and Grassroots Organizations
New Direction Church is one of many organizations that has received Lilly Endowment grants to support their efforts to help people who are most deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 2021
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is an intimate four-hour series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. that explores the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft and church pews.
February 2021
The Mind Trust receives $3.45 million from Lilly Endowment to support growth...
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education nonprofit, today announced it has received $3.45 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support Teach For America Indianapolis and TNTP’s Indianapolis Teaching Fellows, which recruit, develop, and retain high-quality, diverse teachers for public schools in Indianapolis.
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February 2021
Indianapolis Zoo and IUCN SSC Announce International Team for the New Global...
With a grant from Lilly Endowment, the Global Center advances the Zoo’s efforts to make Indianapolis one of the world’s most conservation-literate cities.
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February 2021
Lilly Endowment Honors 101 Indiana Educators with Teacher Creativity...
Through the Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowships, 101 educators from across Indiana will receive grants so they can renew their own curiosity and deepen personal and professional development.
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February 2021
Art & Soul 2021
In partnership with WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Art & Soul, an annual celebration of African American artists, is featuring video gallery tours, spoken word performances and performances from across the musical spectrum - from jazz, Gospel and R & B to soul, funk and hip hop.
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January 2021
iNDustry Labs, part of the Lilly Endowment-funded LIFT Network, helps...
LIFT’s efforts are the next step in the evolution of the South Bend-Elkhart region as a community widely recognized as a source of innovation and a destination for talent.
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January 2021
Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Theological Schools for the Future
Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, an effort to help theological schools in the United States and Canada strengthen their ability to prepare pastoral leaders for Christian churches into the future.
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January 2021
Lilly Endowment names new program directors for community development
Elyssa Campodonico-Barr and Leah Seigel are joining the staff of Lilly Endowment as program directors in community development. In their grantmaking roles both women will help the Endowment further its efforts to enhance the quality of life in Indianapolis and in Indiana and sup
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January 2021
$17.2 million in grants help meet emergency needs as pandemic continues
New grants totaling $17.2 million will help 38 organizations working to mitigate the adverse human and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Marion County. This brings the total support provided by Lilly Endowment for COVID-related needs since the pandemic began to nearly $208 million.
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December 2020
Second grant helps Early Learning Indiana offer boost to child care programs
Beginning in January, Early Learning Indiana will provide nearly $12 million in grants to child care programs statewide. The effort is made possible through the combination of a new $10.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Early Learning Indiana and funds remaining from a previous Lilly Endowment grant made in May 2020.
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December 2020
16 Tech Selects Design Team for Signature Bridge Project
With support from a Lilly Endowment grant, 16 Tech Community Corporation announced the selection of a team to design a signature bridge that will connect the 16 Tech Innovation District to Indianapolis’ nationally ranked research corridor and serve as an architectural centerpiece for the city.
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December 2020
Grants totaling more than $43 million will help cultural institutions...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded 18 grants to museums and other cultural institutions across the United States to develop exhibitions and education programs that fairly and accurately portray the role of religion in the U.S. and around the world.
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December 2020
Lilly Endowment grant to support USO's Combat COVID-19 Initiative
The United Service Organizations, whose mission is to strengthen America's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, has been awarded a $3 million grant to fund the Combat COVID-19 Initiative.
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December 2020
Grant will help Indy Chamber lead regional marketing initiative
A $2.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to the Indy Chamber Foundation will support the five-year Project Amplify initiative, a digital first step for potential residents to “see themselves” in the Indianapolis region.
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December 2020
Lilly Endowment funds large-scale grants to Indiana community foundations
Grants are supporting 11 community foundations as they embark on large-scale leadership efforts. The grants – totaling more than $33 million – are being made through the seventh phase of the Endowment’s Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow, known as GIFT VII.
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November 2020
Grants help youth-serving organizations face COVID-19 challenges
Lilly Endowment is making nearly $25 million in grants to 297 youth-serving organizations working in Indiana to help them face challenges caused by COVID-19 through the Youth Program Resilience Fund.
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November 2020
Endowment grant to fund WW II Memorial addition of FDR D-Day Prayer
Friends of the National World War II Memorial has received a $2 million grant to add President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., restore the “Circle of Remembrance," and develop interpretative programming.
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October 2020
Lilly Endowment names new program director in education
Johnny Pryor is joining Lilly Endowment’s staff as a program director in the education division. Pryor comes to the Endowment from an extensive career in higher education during which he has led multi-faceted programs designed to help students succeed.
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October 2020
Newfields announces plans for first-in-nation approach to art exhibition
The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is inviting guests into a digital world of art with THE LUME Indianapolis. Set to debut in June 2021, the multisensory experience created by Australian-based Grande Experiences will occupy the museum’s entire fourth floor. The Endowment funded the project with a 2019 grant.
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September 2020
Lilly Endowment grants nearly $93 million to help congregations thrive
Lilly Endowment has awarded 92 grants to help congregations strengthen ministries to help people deepen their relationships with God, build strong relationships with each other and contribute to the flourishing of local communities and the world.
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September 2020
Endowment-funded Collaboration Join to Jump-Start Coverage of Nonprofit World
The Associated Press, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and the Conversation announced today that they will work together to significantly bolster coverage of philanthropies and charities and their impact on society.
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September 2020
Lilly Endowment awards $10.65 million to Indiana community foundations...
In the latest round of grantmaking for its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) initiative, Lilly Endowment is awarding $10.65 million to community foundations across Indiana. The grants are designed to help community foundations address a wide variety of local priorities.
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September 2020
Lilly Endowment grants nearly $62 million to colleges and universities across...
Colleges and universities in Indiana are planning new strategies to address the challenges affecting higher education, and Lilly Endowment is making grants to support their efforts through its initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities.
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August 2020
Lilly Endowment Issues 2019 Annual Report
Lilly Endowment’s 2019 annual report reflects a belief in the power and potential of collaboration to address societal challenges and further important causes in its three areas of grantmaking as established by its founders: religion, education and community development.
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July 2020
Grants will help organizations expand access to books and other resources...
Indiana Humanities and the Indianapolis Public Library have received funding from Lilly Endowment to help meet the demand across the state, and funds will be distributed across Indiana to provide books and materials that advance racial equity to circulating collections.
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July 2020
Fund Seeks to Help Youth Serving Organizations in Indiana face COVID-19...
Lilly Endowment is launching a fund of up to $20 million to help youth serving organizations in Indiana address some of the challenges they face because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is part of the more than $156 million the Endowment has dedicated since March 2020 to help organizations respond to the effects of COVID-19.
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June 2020
Lilly Endowment Names New Program Director in Religion
The Rev. Tito Madrazo is joining the staff at Lilly Endowment as a program director in the religion division. An ordained Baptist pastor, Madrazo has served congregations in Texas and North Carolina and comes to the Endowment most recently from teaching and research positions at Duke University’s Divinity School in Durham, NC.
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June 2020
Lilly Endowment Helps Support Central Indiana Racial Equity Fund
A coalition of local stakeholders has established the Central Indiana Racial Equity Fund with an initial investment of more than $2.2 million to advance effective solutions to racial inequality in Indianapolis and its surrounding counties.
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June 2020
$10.2 million Endowment Grant to Arts Council of Indianapolis Helps Create...
The Arts Council of Indianapolis announced a new program designed to help Marion County nonprofit arts and cultural organizations reopen and reimagine
their mission delivery in a world informed by the new realities of COVID-19.
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June 2020
A Statement from the Endowment's President, Chairman and CEO
Lilly Endowment is deeply saddened by the tragic events of last week and the long history of profound racial inequities that has led to protests over the past few days in downtown Indianapolis and across the country.
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May 2020
$15.7 million Lilly Endowment Grant to Early Learning Indiana Helps Create...
Early Learning Indiana announced a $15.7 million grant from Lilly Endowment to create the Come Back Stronger Fund. The fund is designed to reinforce Indiana’s high-quality early learning opportunities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 2020
$15 million Endowment Grant to Support The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army announced grants totaling $15 million from Lilly Endowment in support of efforts to address the needs of vulnerable Americans and those whose livelihoods are being impacted by COVID-19.
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April 2020
Updates on Lilly Endowment Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
As the challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic evolve, Lilly Endowment will post updates about our grantmaking.
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April 2020
New Endowment Grants Help Indiana Communities Respond to Pandemic
Lilly Endowment has approved $33.5 million in grants to help Indiana communities respond to the COVID-19 crisis. A $30 million grant to Indiana United Ways (IUW) and a $3.5 million grant to United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI).
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March 2020
Lilly Endowment Extends Deadline for Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis...
Recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lilly Endowment is giving more time for organizations to prepare proposals for Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis, a $50 million initiative that seeks to help people make progress toward economic self-sufficiency.
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March 2020
Lilly Endowment Extends Deadlines for Charting the Future Initiative
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lilly Endowment is giving Indiana's colleges and universities participating in this initiative more time to prepare submissions.
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March 2020
Lilly Endowment Extends Letter of Intent Deadline for Thriving Congregations
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lilly Endowment is giving organizations that support Christian congregations that are interested in participating in this national initiative more time to submit letters of intent.
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February 2020
$5 million Endowment grant supports National World War I Memorial
A $5 million Lilly Endowment grant to the United States World War I Centennial Commission will support the campaign to build the first-ever National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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February 2020
Please Touch! The Sculptures of Michael Naranjo open now at The Eiteljorg
Visitors to The Eiteljorg Museum are able to explore touchable bronze sculptures by artist Michael Naranjo. This multi-sensory experience is part of an Endowment-funded collaboration with the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and its No Limits project.
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January 2020
Exhibit Honoring Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor Will Open in Downtown...
On January 27, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the Indiana Historical Society announced that it will build the first major exhibition devoted to Eva Kor in Indianapolis.
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January 2020
Lilly Endowment honors 100 Indiana K-12 Educators
Each Teacher Creativity Fellow will receive a grant of up to $12,000 to fund personally and professionally meaningful activities. These educators work in a variety of schools - both public and private - located across Indiana.
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January 2020
Lilly Endowment Launches National Initiative to Help Congregations Thrive
Lilly Endowment Inc. is inviting organizations that support Christian congregations to participate in a national initiative to strengthen churches by helping them adapt to rapid changes affecting their ministries.
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January 2020
Grants to Strengthen Sustainability of Agencies that Serve Children and Youth...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $54.7 million in grants to 13 Indianapolis-based organizations that serve children and youth to help them strengthen their long-term financial sustainability plans.
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December 2019
Initiative Seeks to Strengthen the Future of Indiana Colleges and...
Lilly Endowment Inc. has launched Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities, a new initiative to help Indiana’s 38 higher education institutions further develop strategies to strengthen their effectiveness and sustainability.
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November 2019
New Initiative to Focus on Economic Self-Sufficiency in Indianapolis
Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching a new grant initiative, Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis, to encourage the creation and expansion of promising, collaborative strategies to help people in Indianapolis living in or near poverty make progress toward lasting economic self-sufficiency.
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November 2019
$11.6 million Lilly Endowment grant to support Center for Leadership...
The $11.6 million Lilly Endowment grant to the Center for Leadership Development (CLD) will help the organization reach many more youth with expanded program offerings providing learning and developmental experiences.
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November 2019
Details and Applications Available for Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal...
Details and application materials are available for the 2020 Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program and the 2020 Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations.
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October 2019
Lilly Endowment Announces New Program Directors
Lilly Endowment Inc. has announced two new program directors for its community development and education divisions.
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October 2019
Endowment Grant Supports First Global Center for Species Survival at...
With support from a $4 million Lilly Endowment grant, the Indianapolis Zoo will open the first Global Center for Species Survival in 2020, and serve as an international hub for species conservation efforts.
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September 2019
Grants Will Help IU and Purdue Incorporate Ethics into Digital Technology...
Indiana University and Purdue University have received planning grants to explore how their students and faculty can become more aware of and better prepared to address the ethical challenges presented by fast-evolving digital technologies, especially in the context of artificial intelligence and Big Data management.
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September 2019
Grants help IU, Purdue incorporate ethics into digital technology curricula
Indiana University and Purdue University have received planning grants to explore how their students and faculty can become more aware of and better prepared to address the ethical challenges presented by fast-evolving digital technologies, especially in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data management.
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September 2019
Grant to Help Lilly Endowment Community Scholars Serve and Lead in Indiana...
A $1.05 million Endowment grant to Independent Colleges of Indiana will help Lilly scholars alumni and those Lilly scholars currently in college enhance their ability and commitment to help improve the quality of life in Indiana communities through the Lilly Scholar Network.
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September 2019
$40 Million Lilly Endowment Grant to Impact STEM Students and Jobs
A $40 million Lilly Endowment grant to Purdue Research Foundation will help create Purdue’s Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex, designed to meet the growing demand for STEM graduates ready to contribute to what is being called the fourth industrial revolution.
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September 2019
Groundbreaking on Riverside Park Project
The Taggart Memorial Restoration & Amphitheater Groundbreaking Ceremony took place Monday, September 9 at Riverside Park as part of Lilly Endowment's Strengthening Indianapolis Through Arts and Cultural Innovation initiative.
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August 2019
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program
Deadlines to apply vary for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program, with some application periods closing soon. Find details with your home county’s community foundation.
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August 2019
Lilly Endowment Makes New Grants to Save Historic Churches
August 7, 2019 - Lilly Endowment furthers its commitment to supporting congregations and preserving significant portions of America’s religious and cultural landscape, awarding nearly $15 million in grants to extend the National Fund for Sacred Places.
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August 2019
Endowment Helps Wheeler Mission Expand Center for Women & Children
Wheeler Mission in Indianapolis has announced that a $3 million Lilly Endowment grant is helping Wheeler get closer to it $12 million capital campaign goal, which will fund expansion of the Center for Women & Children on the city’s eastside.
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July 2019
Endowment Supports INHP Efforts to Provide Affordable Housing Near New...
With support from a 2015 $26.6 million Lilly Endowment grant, Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP) is increasing efforts to strengthen affordable housing options along IndyGo’s new transit line.
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July 2019
Welcoming Urban League to Indianapolis
Lilly Endowment is pleased to help support the 2019 National Urban League's annual conference, held this year in Indianapolis from July 24-27. This year's theme is "Getting 2 Equal: United Not Divided."
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July 2019
Lilly Endowment Grant Supports Eiteljorg Museum's Acquisition of Native Art...
With support from a $2.83M Lilly Endowment grant, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has acquired a major collection of historical Native American art from the Great Lakes region that will figure significantly into an extensive renovation of its Native galleries.
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July 2019
Lilly Endowment Names New Program Director in Religion
The Rev. Verity A. Jones has joined Lilly Endowment as program director in the religion division.
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June 2019
Lilly Endowment Names New Vice Presidents
Lilly Endowment announced today that new officers have been elected who will help guide various aspects of its grantmaking. It also announced the retirement of Sara B. Cobb, the Endowment’s long-tenured vice president for education.
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June 2019
Lilly Endowment Issues 2018 Annual Report
Lilly Endowment’s 2018 annual report highlights some of the imaginative approaches its grantees are taking to address societal challenges and further important causes in its three areas of grantmaking: religion, education and community development.
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May 2019
Celebrating 20 years of Lilly Endowment’s Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship...
Since 1999, the Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Program (CRAF) has awarded more than $4 million to support local artists and art administrators. CRAF is a $10,000 grant providing time for professional and personal renewal.
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May 2019
Lilly Endowment Launches 2020 Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program
Lilly Endowment announced its 33rd Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program (TCFP). This renewal program supports Indiana educators to take intentional time to explore new areas of interest and pursue their dreams and passions. Up to 100 grants, each totaling $12,000, will be awarded in 2020.
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April 2019
Lilly Endowment grant to further advance South Bend-Elkhart regional...
The University of Notre Dame announced the award of a $42.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment to form the Labs for Industry Futures and Transformation (LIFT) Network, which aims to further advance the region as an economic leader in next-generation manufacturing, entrepreneurship, applied analytics and technology.
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April 2019
$4.9 million Lilly Endowment grant to fund Global Religion Journalism...
Religion News Foundation (RNF), Religion News Service (RNS), The Associated Press (AP) and The Conversation announced the creation of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative, a joint effort to expand religion news reporting in the U.S. and around the world.
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April 2019
"Eva: A-7063" An Auschwitz Survivor's Journey to Forgiveness and Healing
"Eva: A-7063" is a documentary that presents for the first time the full life of Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor. The film is by Ted Green and Mika Brown in partnership with WFYI, Indianapolis' PBS affiliate. PBS broadcasts began in April and nearly 1,000 are already scheduled.
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April 2019
IU Receives $10.9 million grant from Lilly Endowment to Renovate...
Consistently regarded as one of the nation's top libraries for books and manuscripts of great importance, the Lilly Library was established in 1960 to house the extensive private library of Josiah K. Lilly Jr., one of Lilly Endowment's founders.
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March 2019
Lilly Endowment Helps Support The Children's Museum's Mission Jurassic
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis announced their project Mission Jurassic, partially funded by a $9 million Lilly Endowment grant. The project supports a paleontological excavation of the "Jurassic Mile" in northern Wyoming and a museum expansion formed from specimens from the site.
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March 2019
Lilly Endowment Grant to Create Hispanic Career Pathways Initiative
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) announced today the award of a $30.7 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for the creation of the Hispanic Career Pathways Initiative (HCPI), a comprehensive program to help Hispanic students navigate each step of their path from college to career.
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February 2019
2019 Materials for Clergy Renewal Programs are Now Available.
In the 2019 National and Indiana Clergy Renewal Programs, eligible congregations will be able to apply for grants of up to $50,000 each to support a renewal program for their pastor. Up to $15,000 of the grant may be used for congregational expenses associated with the renewal program.
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February 2019
IPB News to Expand Statewide Coverage
IPB News will soon be expanding their statewide news coverage. More than $1.7 million in grant funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will support the independent, nonprofit newsroom to grow and sustain its coverage for years to come.
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January 2019
Indiana Educators Honored With Renewal Grants
Lilly Endowment is honoring 100 Indiana educators through 2019 Teacher Creativity Fellowships. The grants are designed to encourage renewal for K-12 teachers, principals, school counselors and media specialists.
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January 2019
Financial Sustainability Grants Help Human Services Agencies
Lilly Endowment is making grants to help 10 central Indiana human services organizations strengthen their long-term financial sustainability.
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December 2018
Lilly Endowment Reveals Arts and Cultural Initiative Grants
Lilly Endowment will grant nearly $49 million to 17 projects, undertaken by 18 grantees, in the hopes to energize our community and unleash its full creative potential.
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October 2018
Lilly Endowment Elects John Lechleiter to Board
John Lechleiter, former chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, has been elected to Lilly Endowment's Board of Directors. He joins the board effective December 1, 2018
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October 2018
GIFT Initiative to Strengthen Indiana Community Foundations
Lilly Endowment is launching the seventh phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow initiative (GIFT VII), allocating $125 million to help Indiana community foundations strengthen the towns, cities and counties they serve.
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October 2018
Thriving in Ministry Grants to Help Pastors in Congregational Ministry
Through Thriving in Ministry, the Endowment has approved nearly $70 million in grants to 78 organizations across the United States to help support pastors in congregational ministry.
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June 2018
Endowment Makes Second Round of Indiana K-12 School Counseling Grants
Lilly Endowment makes grants to strengthen counseling efforts for Indiana K-12 students. Schools in 49 of Indiana's 92 counties are now part of the Endowment's initiative to help improve school counseling.
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June 2018
Endowment Issues 2017 Annual Report - Toward a Meaningful Future
June 25, 2018: Lilly Endowment's annual report highlights its founders’ belief that philanthropy at its best helps individuals live lives of meaning, encourages self-reliance, and nurtures their capacity to care for others and serve their communities.
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May 2018
Fellowship Program Asks Indiana Educators to Dream Big
May 10, 2018: Lilly Endowment invites Indiana K-12 teachers, principals, school counselors and media specialists to explore the Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program.
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March 2018
Endowment Elects Robert L. Smith as Vice President for Community Development
Mar. 28, 2018: Lilly Endowment announces that Robert L. Smith has been elected the Endowment’s vice president for community development. Smith succeeds Wallace “Ace” Yakey, Jr., retiring from the Endowment on June 30.
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March 2018
16 Tech Announces Grant to Support Indianapolis Innovation District
March 22, 2018: The 16 Tech Community Corporation announced today a $38 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. that will help fund the initial development phase of the 16 Tech Innovation Community on the near northwest side of Indianapolis.
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February 2018
Endowment Names New Program Director
February 12, 2018: Lilly Endowment has named Brent Lee a new program director in community development.
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January 2018
Lilly Endowment Names 2018 Teacher Creativity Fellows
Now in its 31st year, Teacher Creativity Fellowships in 2018 are honoring 100 Indiana teachers, principals, school counselors, media specialists and librarians.
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January 2018
Grants to Strengthen Agencies' Financial Sustainability
Jan. 8, 2018: Lilly Endowment has approved $80 million in grants for seven human services agencies that help individuals with disabilities and three agencies that help vulnerable children and youth – all based in central Indiana – to enhance their long-term sustainability.
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January 2018
Initiative to Strengthen Indianapolis Through Arts and Cultural Innovation
Jan. 4, 2018: Through a new initiative, Strengthening Indianapolis Through Arts and Cultural Innovation, the Endowment is encouraging ideas that uplift the unique and important role that arts and cultural organizations play in building strong communities.
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December 2017
Initiative to Help Pastors Thrive in Congregational Ministry
Jan. 19, 2018: Lilly Endowment Inc. has launched a new national initiative to help clergy working in congregations thrive in their roles as pastoral leaders. Through Thriving In Ministry, the Endowment is inviting organizations that support clergy to participate in a national competitive initiative.
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November 2017
Grants to Aid Hurricane Harvey, Irma Recovery Efforts
Sept. 20, 2017: Continuing its long-standing practice of supporting disaster relief and recovery efforts, Lilly Endowment has approved $30 million in grants in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
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October 2017
Support for Marion County Neighborhood Renewal
Oct. 27, 2017: The Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership has announced plans to invest $5 million to rehab abandoned houses and build new homes in three Marion County neighborhoods.
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October 2017
Endowment Names New Vice President
Oct. 27, 2017: Lilly Endowment has named Julie Siegler its new vice president for administration.
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October 2017
Endowment Approves School Counseling Grants
Oct. 26, 2017: Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants to 52 Indiana public school corporations and five Indiana charter schools to help them implement promising strategies to strengthen school counseling programs for their students.
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August 2017
Opening Up Theology: Wabash College Engages High School Students
Aug. 2, 2017: This fall, as they return to high school, students are reflecting on their participation in High School Youth Theology Institutes offered this summer at colleges and universities across the nation, including Wabash College.
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August 2017
Lilly Endowment Announces New Program Directors
Aug. 1, 2017: Lilly Endowment has named two new program directors. Ted Maple, president and CEO of Early Learning Indiana, and Susan Haber, an attorney with employment and consulting experience in the youth and child-welfare arenas, will work primarily with the Endowment’s programs in education.
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July 2017
Lilly Endowment Names New Vice Presidents
July 20, 2017: Lilly Endowment has named two new vice presidents. Ben W. Blanton, a partner with Faegre Baker Daniels law firm in Indianapolis, will become vice president and general counsel. Peter A. Buck, the Endowment’s director of diversified investments, is now vice president for investments.
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May 2017
Lilly Endowment Grant Supports Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Feb. 21, 2017: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has received a $10 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for the campaign to build the Education Center at The Wall. VVMF is the nonprofit organization that built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) in 1982
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January 2017
100 Indiana Educators Honored With Teacher Creativity Fellowships
Dec. 12, 2016: They spend the school year inspiring their students to inquire, discover and grow. Next summer 100 of Indiana’s K-12 educators will have the chance to nurture their own curiosity and development through Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowships.
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December 2016
Grants to Strengthen Sustainability of Human Service Agencies
Jan. 13, 2017: Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved $100 million in grants to 15 human service organizations in Indiana to help them strengthen their long-term impact by building stronger financial futures.
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December 2016
Planning Grants to Help Strengthen School Counseling Efforts
Jan. 20, 2017: Public school corporations and charter schools in Indiana are receiving planning grants through the Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 Students, a five-year effort to strengthen how schools help students prepare for academic, career and personal success.
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December 2016
Counseling Initiative Aims to Strengthen K-12 Student Success
Sept. 30, 2016: Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching the Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 Students, a five-year effort that includes encouraging public school corporations and charter schools to explore how they help students prepare for academic, career and personal success.
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December 2016
Initiative to Help Congregations Engage and Support Young Adults
Dec. 9, 2016: Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching a $19.4 million initiative to engage congregations to work with young adults in designing ministries that support and enrich their religious lives. The initiative will support creation of 12 networks for congregations around the country.
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November 2016
November 2016
Pew Research Center Article
About half of U.S. adults have looked for a new religious congregation at some point in their lives and when they do, they look first for a place with strong preaching and true hospitality. These are some of the findings from Pew Research Center’s U.S. Religious Landscape Study, which received support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
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