Pleasant Run Children’s Homes Pleasant Run Children’s Home (PRCH) began in 1867 as the German General Protestant Orphan Association. The Germania Lodge Number 3… Read More »Pleasant Run Children’s Homes
Beulah Wright Porter Price (Jan. 2, 1869-Nov. 2, 1928). Beulah Wright Porter Price was an educator, physician, and active participant in the African American… Read More »Beulah Wright Porter Price
Nina Mason Pulliam (Sept. 19, 1906-Mar. 26, 1997). Journalist, newspaper executive, civic leader, and philanthropist, Nina Mason Pulliam was born in rural ,… Read More »Nina Mason Pulliam
Purposeful Design Since 2013, Purposeful Design has worked to rebuild the lives of those people in Indianapolis struggling with addiction or homelessness… Read More »Purposeful Design
Freeman Briley Ransom (July 7, 1884-Aug. 6, 1947). Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Ransom graduated from the law department of Walden University in Nashville,… Read More »Freeman Briley Ransom
James M. Ray (1800-Feb. 22, 1881). Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, James Ray studied at Columbia University before migrating in 1818 to Lawrenceburg,… Read More »James M. Ray
Religion And Social Services From the earliest churches in Indianapolis religion and social services have existed in a complex and evolving relationship. As congregations… Read More »Religion And Social Services
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, a private charitable foundation, has made over $150 million dollars in grants to a variety… Read More »Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Mary Rigg (Oct. 1, 1887-June 19, 1971). Mary Rigg was born on a farm in Grinnell, Kansas. She and her family moved… Read More »Mary Rigg
Riley Children’s Foundation Previously known as the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association (RMA), the foundation was established in 1921 to honor the memory… Read More »Riley Children’s Foundation