INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment, Inc. is giving $11 million in grants to help human services organizations in central Indiana.
The grants will be used to help strengthen the organizations ability to serve immigrants from low-income households. The goal is to help them acclimate to life in central Indiana and work toward self-sufficiency.
The 19 grants range from $250,000 to $1 million.
The Endowment has also made a $1 million grant to the Immigrant Welcome Center.
The foreign-born population of Indianapolis has grown by 30 percent in the last decade, according to the most recent U.S. Census data.
“A growing number of immigrants seek to make Indianapolis their home,” said Ronni Kloth, the endowment’s vice president for community development. “We are pleased to support these organizations as they build their capacity to help our city continue to be a place that is welcoming and livable for all its residents.”
Organizations receiving the grants include:
- Burmese American Community Institute | $500,000
- Catholic Charities of Indianapolis | $1 million
- Christamore House | $250,000
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside (CAFE) | $500,000
- Concord Neighborhood Center | $250,000
- Eskenazi Health Foundation | $1 million
- Exodus Refugee Immigration | $1 million
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek | $500,000
- Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana | $500,000
- Hawthorne Community Center | $500,000
- Healthnet | $750,000
- Immigrant Welcome Center | $1 million
- Indiana Legal Services | $600,000
- La Plaza | $1 million
- Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (National Immigrant Justice Center) | $300,000
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic | $600,000
- Raphael Health Center | $250,000
- Shepherd Community Center | $250,000
- Southeast Community Services | $250,000