Ways to support our neighbors on Giving Tuesday and beyond

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world. While the annual celebration of Giving Tuesday takes place on December 2, it has grown into a year-round movement of giving, collaboration, and celebration. Keep scrolling for a list of nonprofit organizations to consider supporting with your time, talent, or treasure based on your area of interest.

If you feel passionate about connecting people to art...

The arts are essential for personal and community development. With art budgets consistently on the chopping block in schools, philanthropy plays an essential role in ensuring opportunities for creative expression continue to be accessible to everyone.

Arts for Learning

Arts for Learning empowers Indiana youth through arts education programming with deeply embedded resident artists at their partner schools.

Summit Performance Indianapolis

Summit Performance Indianapolis is a professional, women-focused theatre that is by women, about women, and for everyone.

If you want to help people access basic needs...

Every person should have the opportunity to meet their basic needs. Right now, despite being employed, nearly 40% of Hoosier households cannot afford enough food, keep up with basic housing costs, find reliable transportation, and pay for adequate health services, according to United Way of Central Indiana.

Feeding America

Feeding America is a nationwide network of thousands of food banks, food pantries, and local meal programs. Their common goal is simple: help people get the food and resources they need to thrive. Click here to find your local food bank to support.

Indiana Diaper Bank

Indiana Diaper Bank works to eliminate diaper need in our community by providing a reliable and adequate source of basic baby diapering essentials.

IYG

IYG (formerly Indiana Youth Group) creates safer spaces to foster community and provides programming that empowers LGBTQ+ young people and magnifies their voices.

If you want to help people reach their full potential...

Every person should have the opportunity to reach their full potential. When – and only when – basic needs are met, opportunities for economic mobility become possible. Unfortunately, many barriers to achieving economic mobility exist, such as systemic injustice, access to education, financial resources, and geography.

Indy Reads

Indy Reads builds literacy, English language, and job readiness skills to empower adults and their families to reach their full potential.

TeenWorks

TeenWorks empowers teens to achieve excellence in community, college, and career. Their flagship summer program engages teens in Anderson, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and Muncie with 6-weeks of community-based work and weekly professional development.

Trusted Mentors

Trusted Mentors empowers adults in Indianapolis who are re-entering society, facing homelessness, or aging out of foster care by connecting them with caring mentors.

If you want to help children have a quality education...

The path out of poverty begins with a high-quality education for every child. Thousands of Indiana 4-year-olds from low-income families lack access to high-quality pre-K. We support efforts along the education continuum – including postsecondary education and workforce development initiatives – that build a community’s talent pool.

Brightlane Learning

Brightlane Learning empowers children experiencing homelessness and housing instability in Indianapolis to succeed in school and break the cycle of poverty through personalized tutoring and academic support.

Child Care Answers

Since 1985, Child Care Answers has been a go-to resource for all things child care: an advisor, a collaborator, a guide, and—most importantly—a hand to hold. They provide resources to families, child care professionals, employers, and community organizations focused on sustaining a system of quality early care and education.

La Plaza

La Plaza provides educational programs, workforce development support, and access to healthcare and human services for Latino children and families in central Indiana.

If you want to advocate for a functioning democracy that works for everyone...

Everything we care about relies on a functioning democracy. Protected civil rights & liberties for everyone, strong local journalism, and accessible, free, and fair elections are key pillars of a healthy democracy.

 

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Established in 1953, the ACLU of Indiana is the nation’s foremost guardian of liberty, defending individual rights and enhancing and preserving liberties that are guaranteed in the U.S. and Indiana Constitutions and civil rights laws. They are nonprofit, nonpartisan, and dedicated to defending and protecting the individual rights and personal freedoms of all.

If you’d like to support ACLU in another state or nationally, visit www.aclu.org.

Common Cause

Common Cause Indiana is a nonpartisan organization that works to promote open, ethical, and accountable government for every Hoosier. Using research, public education, citizen engagement, policy development, and litigation, they aim to make the promises of the Constitution real for every American.

If you’d like to support Common Cause in another state or nationally, visit www.commoncause.org.

Indiana Humanities

Indiana Humanities sparks curiosity, connects people, and explores the human experience through programs, grants, and storytelling.

America is celebrating its semiquincentennial in 2026. As we look forward to this anniversary, Indiana Humanities has gathered resources to support conversations in your community, including a Smithsonian traveling exhibition called Voices & Votes, a Civics & Democracy Speakers Bureau, and more. Learn more about America at 250.

League of Women Voters Indianapolis

League of Women Voters of Indianapolis makes democracy work in our community every day through advocacy, education, and voter engagement efforts. One way they do this is by empowering high school students to become civically engaged through nonpartisan peer-to-peer education.

If you’d like to support the League of Women Voters in another community or nationally, visit www.lwv.org.

WFYI

WFYI is a nonprofit organization providing trusted news and information for over 50 years – educating and engaging the community. WFYI is committed to representing the rich diversity of our community and amplifying stories that represent the experiences of all.

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Meet the Spring 2025 Grant Recipients

Glick Philanthropies is directing more than $3.16 million in grants to 52 nonprofit organizations as the sector faces funding cuts, uncertainty, and threats to their missions.
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