Senior Services From its beginning, Indianapolis has provided a range of governmental and nonprofit services for senior citizens, especially low-income residents. Before… Read More »Senior Services
Shepherd Community Center Shepherd Community Center is a faith-based nonprofit organization working to combat the multi-generational cycle of poverty on the near eastside… Read More »Shepherd Community Center
St. Elizabeth Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services The organization that eventually became St. Elizabeth Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services began in 1894 as a home for unwed… Read More »St. Elizabeth Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services
Stand for Children Stand for Children Indiana (Stand Indiana) is the Indianapolis-based affiliate of Stand for Children. It is an education advocacy non-profit… Read More »Stand for Children
Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series The Stanley K. Lacy (SKL) Series is a leadership development program that educates and motivates participants for community service. It… Read More »Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series
Syrian American Brotherhood Hall The Syrian American Brotherhood Hall was one of the city’s several ethnic clubs. It nurtured patrons’ forms of ethnic solidarity… Read More »Syrian American Brotherhood Hall
United Christmas Service During the of the 1930s, local newspapers began aiding families asking for help at Christmas. The Christmas program formalized in… Read More »United Christmas Service
United Way of Central Indiana Nationally and locally, the United Way traces its origins to World War I, when “war chests” developed across the country… Read More »United Way of Central Indiana
The Villages The idea for The Villages came from Karl Menninger, a leading 20th -century American psychiatrist. Menninger emphasized the importance of… Read More »The Villages
Voluntarism Volunteering is central to our understanding of the nonprofit sector. Volunteers not only perform much of the work of the… Read More »Voluntarism
