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Among them was the first glimpse of a handful of the series of 135 bronze medallions marking a French “meridian” line, once rivaling the Greenwich timeline. I snapped a picture on my phone of one of the 12 centimeters Arago coins amongst the cobblestones and brought it back to Indianapolis for further research. 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A visit by Colleen Willoughby sponsored by Ball State University Foundation in 2002 inspired Donna Oklak’s innovation to co-found Impact 100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624242580732-73D9EAG9GSWHMKGM72XB/wpi.png Resources WPI increases understanding of women’s philanthropy through rigorous research, education, and interpretation. The institute uses these findings and shares insights broadly to improve philanthropy. https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/steering-committee daily 0.75 2023-02-23 https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/faqs daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/our-mission daily 0.75 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624420815132-B908L8Z55NH2BSOEVNT5/image-asset.jpeg Our Mission - Our Mission To promote the culture of philanthropy in Central Indiana by highlighting nonprofit innovation in programs, support the nonprofit sector and encourage matching gift opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624414713801-B3YD78FETGLGQER8HS5U/Smith_Jamal_portrait_01_0923_md_200929_140414.jpeg Our Mission - Jamal Smith Jamal Smith, The Change Project https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/innovation daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/process-requirements daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/examples daily 0.75 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624417292658-Z7UZ4RSZXTFUY9PJO74C/image-asset.jpeg Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - Fresh Start Recovery Center In 2017 Volunteer of America’s (VOA) Fresh Start Recovery Center received an Impact 100 grant to expand its residential addictions treatment program for pregnant women and mothers of young children to combat the exploding opioid addiction epidemic. The Impact grant remodeled Theodora House, adding 45 more beds (to the current 15) to quadruple the families served. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624417527467-YJQVFH20FCCWQ1X570WT/image-asset.jpeg Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - Rock Steady Boxing In 2010 Rock Steady Boxing received an Impact 100 grant for a physical therapy program using boxing-inspired non-contact routines to help patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) fight its debilitating symptoms. The program initially began through the friendship of two Indianapolis residents when a Golden Glove boxer designed the first program in the country to attack Parkinson’s at its vulnerable neurological points. An increasing body of medical research has proven his intuitive insight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624417934525-YUU8FOUHMG3R37WO6PW4/image-asset.jpeg Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that empowers first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies. This program began in central Indiana in 2011 with federal funding. The national program is locally implemented by Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana, Healthier Moms and Babies, and IU Health’s Nurse-Family Partnership works by having specially trained nurses regularly visit young, first-time moms-to-be, starting early in the pregnancy and continuing through the child’s second birthday. The expectant moms benefit by getting the care and support they need to have a healthy pregnancy. At the same time, new mothers develop a close relationship with a nurse who becomes a trusted resource they can rely on for advice on everything from safely caring for their child to taking steps to provide a stable, secure future for them both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1625744551896-Q70T66CQ53DU9QSE8OZ7/mfgn.jpeg Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - The Music Foundation of Greater Naples One of six outreach programs at the Music Foundation, MusicScores!, is the second -act of Judy Evans after she completed her 38- year career as an orchestra teacher in Ohio and Florida. In 2008 she became intrigued with studies that showed left and right brain activity in pre-school children becomes better connected if a child plays the violin or piano. Judy created the curriculum for Head Start children in Naples, Florida to help youngsters develop language, listening, social development and motor skills, while dramatically improving kindergarten readiness –just by putting petite violins in their hands twice a week. In an initial cohort of 67 preschoolers in Osceola county Florida, the young children’s measures for getting ready- to- read jumped from a range of 22 percent to 75 percent to a range of 94 percent to 100 percent in one school year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624421794009-C4L3DMRHU3SDKFY07OMZ/image-asset.jpeg Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - Goodwill Keystone Area Recognized with a nonprofit program innovation award in 2019 by the Pennsylvania Business Journal, the Goodwill Keystone Area (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) created a Logistics Apprenticeship program for individuals with disabilities. The curriculum allows students to develop job skills they will need in entry level positions. The program leverages Goodwill logistic facilities that move donated goods through 22 counties. High school student apprentices start working part-time for six weeks at a Goodwill logistics facility that moves them into full time positions with community college credit after 18 months of training, Graduates of the program receive a job offer as a warehouse operator, paying an hourly wage of $15.75 an hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624421995256-LOC4TZBX8TCRJ1DXBKE7/image-asset.png Examples of Nonprofit Innovation - Trusted World Founded by Michael Garrett, who specializes in efficiencies and process control and is trained in Six Sigma, and lean manufacturing, this Garland, Texas nonprofit is committed to providing the best resources at no cost. They have created a more effective donation process by creating a nationally built distribution system of first responders, social work case managers, crime victims, school counselors, etc. With Trusted World these groups no longer need a donation closet. Trusted World provides clothing, food and personal care items within 48 hours so first responders can focus on their mission and not spend valuable time trying to find much needed items. Trusted World has built an inventory control system to efficiently locate items and support its 515 network partners to change how nonprofits work. Trusted World was a member of the United Way of Dallas-Fort Worth Social Innovation Accelerator program in 2020. https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/about-1 daily 0.75 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624420278574-U1WZ4VKAUJBRZT369ZMY/ALA+Gala-016+%281%29.jpg About - About Our Founder By Donna Oklak Innovation and the discovery of how nonprofits solve complex community challenges have been at the heart of my philanthropic passion. By measuring public value, nonprofits demonstrate how their programs make a difference in our community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624419570860-0NNDMCJ9XHDI13EDKR05/image-asset.png About - Philanthropic Act I Indiana Achievement Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624419870235-7FEMOPZLWTM7JUO5MJWL/image-asset.jpeg About - Philanthropic Act II Impact 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff70cf385e8047c01a6bdbb/1624420364387-Y4DYFRTIDD3QDKKOYLAN/image-asset.jpeg About - Philanthropic Act III Arago Honors by the Meridian Foundation https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/basicconcepts daily 0.75 2025-05-20