In the education division, we strive to help enhance and increase educational attainment and meaningful economic opportunities for the people of Indiana and build the state’s intellectual capital. Additionally, we support on an invitational basis efforts to strengthen higher education access and success for African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans across the United States. We also support youth programs in Indiana that help all young people reach their full potential.
In addition to our regular grantmaking, since March 2020, the Endowment has made special grants to support education and youth-serving organizations that are addressing compelling COVID-19 pandemic-related needs in their communities.LEARN MORE
New Initiative
Indiana Youth Programs on Campus (IYPC) is a 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. Through this initiative, the Endowment is allocating a total of $28.8 million for planning grants and program implementation grants. Indiana public and private colleges and universities that have a physical campus in the state are eligible to participate. LEARN MORE