2022 Annual Report: Planning helps organizations identify financial needs of pastors and congregations.   The Rev. Matthew Baker can’t remember the exact date that he was awarded the $10,000 that would change his family’s finances and…

2022 Annual Report: Community foundations bolster leadership by listening, learning, planning   For Greg Aaron, Kokomo is truly home. He has lived in the city of nearly 60,000 residents his entire life. He graduated from Kokomo…

2022 Annual Report: St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Goshen, Ind., is thriving. Nearly a century old, St. Mark’s hulking brick building is located on a busy street in Goshen, a northern Indiana town with an…

2022 Annual Report: As CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Danielle Shockey regularly checks data related to the well-being of youth—especially girls. Much of the research reveals troubling trends; among them are an increase in…

Summer camp often signifies canoeing, horseback riding and campfires. These days the concept can encompass a lot more: enrichment programs focused on activities as varied as STEM labs, media arts, emotional resiliency, equity and entrepreneurship all…

2021 Annual Report: During a four-decade career working in museums across the United States, Lonnie G. Bunch III has perceived an interesting gap in how museums have traditionally captured the history of the United States in…

2021 Annual Report: Five of the most influential theologians of the 20th century are featured in a series of documentaries produced by Journey Films with support from Lilly Endowment. Based in Alexandria, VA., the non-profit film…

August 2021: When his alarm buzzes at 3 a.m., Daniel Sanchez prepares for a day in the fields alongside migrants who pick cherries and apples in Yakima, Washington, a central valley community known as the nation’s…

February 2021: 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.

“I thought I was going to come back full of ideas. Instead, I came back empty, my mind cleared of the clutter and ready for God to fill me back up.”

The Summer Youth Program Fund (SYPF) is a collaborative effort that supports summer programs serving primarily Marion County (Indianapolis) youth. In 2019, the Endowment joined nine other funders in awarding nearly $3 million in grants to…

Religious leaders want to reach young people to help them find meaningful work, enduring friendships, and clarity about core values and commitments.

The 2016 Endowment grant for the new facility follows more than a decade of support to help leaders at Outreach continue to understand homelessness among young people in Indianapolis and assess strategies to alleviate the problem.

Navigating the road to adulthood can be rough, but it is especially challenging for girls experiencing bullying, depression, and more.