Pulliam Charitable Trust Announces $3.4M in Grants

The John H. Boner Community Center on the east side of Indianapolis received funding from Lilly Endowment.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust in Indianapolis has announced 27 grants for Indiana nonprofits. The organization’s most recent round of funding totals nearly $3.4 million. The biggest recipients include a low-cost animal welfare clinic, the Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc. and a program for foster families to care for abused and neglected children.

The trust also supports charities in Arizona. Its mission involves helping people in need, "especially women, children and families; to protect animals and nature; and to enrich community life in the metropolitan areas of Indianapolis and Phoenix."

The most recent recipients are:

Beacon of Hope Center For Women, Inc. – $55,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, Inc. – $125,000
Big Car Media Inc. – $125,000
Child Advocates, Inc. – $100,000
Children’s Bureau, Inc. – $125,000
Dress for Success Indianapolis – $100,000
Early Learning Indiana – $200,000
FACE – Foundation Against Companion – $500,000
Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis, Inc. – $75,000
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. – $250,000
Horizon House, Inc. – $125,000
Indiana Humanities Council, Inc. – $33,000
Indiana State Museum Foundation, Inc. – $500,000
Indianapolis Urban League – $150,000
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation – $70,000
Indy Reads – $100,000
IU School of Informatics and Computing – $120,000
John H. Boner Community Center – $225,000
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc. – $50,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation – $100,000
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, Inc. – $125,000
Operation Job Ready Veterans – $100,000
Peace Learning Center, Inc. – $125,000
Shepherd Community, Inc. – $125,000
The Conservation Law Center – $250,000
The daVinci Pursuit, Inc. – $60,000
The Villages of Indiana, Inc. – $300,000