INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), announced that 10 Marion County not-for-profit organizations have received phase I Community Crime Prevention grants. The foundation manages the grant program on behalf of the Indianapolis City-County Council, which voted in March to approve a new, expedited, $400,000 grant round supporting organizations that fight crime through street mediation, crisis intervention and other “front line” tactics. The 29 grant requests that were received totaled nearly $1.6 million.
Phase I grant recipients include:
• Indiana Black Expo Inc. — $40,000 will support an anti-violence public awareness campaign and trained mediators during Indy Black Expo Summer Celebration.
• Indianapolis Congregation Action Network — $50,000 to train youth leaders to connect youth at high risk for becoming victims or perpetrators of crime with services, and to deliver anti-violence messages through 300 home visits.
• Ten Point Coalition — $50,000 to support street outreach work expansion. In April, Ten Point received the Director’s Community Leadership Award from former FBI director, James Comey.