INDIANAPOLIS — A local nonprofit organization announced it is awarding almost $1 million in grants to thirteen community organizations throughout central Indiana.
United Way of Central Indiana is awarding $950,000 from its Social Innovation Fund to support meeting the community's needs through creative solutions.
The organization estimates that more than 10,000 people will be served through this funding.
The grants will be used to provide opportunities for workforce development, address food insecurity, and help people access health care, transportation, housing, education and social capital.
Over 80 organizations submitted letters of interested in the grants, according to United Way.
“It is important that we are not only investing in communities and specific populations, but that we are also investing in leaders and organizations that reflect their communities culturally and demographically to ensure we can collectively serve our neighbors effectively and equitably,” said Jonathan Jones, impact senior director for United Way.
The grantees serve people in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion and Morgan counties.
“With community, philanthropy and innovation at the core of this investment, we could not be more excited to come alongside these organizations and their initiatives as they work toward better outcomes for our neighbors,” Jones said. “We hope that these investments create new opportunities for the future of our Central Indiana neighbors and go a long way toward spotlighting leaders and organizations working to focus their impact on often under-resourced populations."
Latinas Welding Guild Inc. is receiving the biggest grant of $100,000.
