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Organizations

The groups that have shaped Indianapolis.

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Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation

In 2009, established the Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation to raise philanthropic support for its programs. A separate 501(c) (3), the… Read More »Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

Three Hartford, Connecticut women in 1860 invited boys into their homes for cake and kindness. They named their efforts the… Read More »Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

Business and Professional Women’s Club

The Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Club was organized on May 1, 1935, as an offshoot of the , a… Read More »Business and Professional Women’s Club

Camp Fire Inc.
Camp Fire Inc.

Though not officially incorporated until 1912, the Camp Fire Girls (later Camp Fire, Inc.) first began in 1910 under the… Read More »Camp Fire Inc.

Catholic Charities

Founded in 1919 and opened on February 6, 1920, Fr. Maurice O’Connor (St. Joan of Arc Church) served as the… Read More »Catholic Charities

Central Indiana Community Foundation 

and the Legacy Fund, now the Hamilton County Community Fund, established the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) in 1997. The… Read More »Central Indiana Community Foundation 

Central Indiana Senior Fund
Central Indiana Senior Fund

A philanthropy established in 2003 with a mission to address issues of concern to senior citizens, the Central Indiana Senior… Read More »Central Indiana Senior Fund

Christamore House Family and Community Center
Christamore House Family and Community Center

In 1905, Butler University alumnae and urban missionaries Anna C. Stover (1870-1944) and Edith D. Surbey (ca. 1872-1972) began settlement… Read More »Christamore House Family and Community Center

Christel DeHaan Family Foundation
Christel DeHaan Family Foundation

Christel DeHaan Family Foundation (CDFF) was founded by , an accomplished businesswoman, community leader, and philanthropist who emigrated from Germany… Read More »Christel DeHaan Family Foundation

Church Women United
Church Women United

In 1898 a group of church women headed by Mrs. J. D. Forest and Mrs. W. H. H. Shank issued… Read More »Church Women United

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