The Central Indiana Senior Fund supports programs and opportunities for low-to-moderate-income older adults in central Indiana, focusing on under-served or isolated populations.
Donor Name: Central Indiana Community Foundation
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Since its inception in 2005, Central Indiana Senior Fund has awarded more than $12.3 million to senior-focused not-for-profits and programs in Central Indiana. The fund not only provides responsive grantmaking support but also endeavors to be strategic and proactive in their funding by identifying and addressing the unique needs—and opportunities—of the aging population in the community.
Central Indiana Senior Fund continues a passion to assure that the community’s seniors have equitable access to basic needs and the ability to live with a sense of dignity and worth.
The Foundation is open to all requests for funding of senior services. They are deliberately interested in racial equity as it pertains to the following areas of need (which are in no priority order):
- Helping seniors age in place by funding housing maintenance/accessibility
- Decreasing hunger by funding food access and affordability
- Mitigating isolation and loneliness
- Supporting caregivers
- Decreasing senior homelessness
- Supporting programs that serve immigrant and undocumented seniors.
Giving Areas
The fund has identified four main impact areas for their giving:
- Basic needs
- Health & wellness
- Living environment of choice
- Life-affirming opportunities.
Funding Information
Central Indiana Senior Fund accepts applications for operating and program support. Only organizations with a mission to exclusively serve seniors may submit a request for operating support. Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000, with an average of $20,000-$30,000. Organizations that received a grant in 2023 are eligible to apply in 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) organizations that serve seniors
- Organizations that have not yet received their 501(c)(3) status may use an approved fiscal agent.
Ineligibility
- Organizations or projects that discriminate based upon race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation
- Grants to individuals
- Political campaigns or activities intended to influence public officials
- Projects aimed at promoting a particular religion
- Construction projects of schools, churches or other religious institutions
- Special events or fundraising activities
- Post-event or after-the-fact situations or debt retirement
- Basic medical, scientific or academic research.
For more information, visit CICF.