Website
https://www.cicf.org/
Primary Contact
Brian Payne
President & CEO
Contact via email
Mission statement
The Central Indiana Community Foundation, or CICF, is a public charitable foundation that exists to: award grants to not-for-profits doing good work in our community; help donors change the world through highly effective charitable giving; and provide leadership, finding new ways to make Central Indiana a better place.
Actions
Actions are activities derived from the Plan 2020 planning process that a partner has committed to implement.
Central Indiana Community Foundation is working on the following actions:
Strategy
Leverage philanthropic, grant, tax and development dollars to enhance existing pipeline projects in order to ensure high-quality design and best-practice implementation.
Action
Foster public-private partnerships that can inventory and collaboratively apply for grant dollars, and maximize philanthropic dollars that support catalytic and signature infrastructure projects
Start Date:
April 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2020
Progress
50%
Strategy
Establish an organization or collaborative that advocates for high quality design in Indy.
Action
Explore the creation of a financial incentive for new developments to incorporate high quality design and materials into their projects
Start Date:
April 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2020
Progress
15%
CICF is focused on contributing where they can to encourage high quality design. One example is their sponsorship of the design competition for the City County Building Plaza re-design. While there is no formal incentive program in place, CICF will continue to identify opportunities to promote and support high-quality design.
Strategy
Support and expand existing multimodal transportation efforts through partnerships and coordinated marketing.
Action
Convene and lead a taskforce to bring more resources to bear on the expansion of the greenways and bikeways system and other bicycle infrastructure projects
Start Date:
January 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2020
Progress
50%
CICF has convened the taskforce which has begun meeting regularly. The taskfoce is currently exploring a big vision and plan for the next phase of bicycle and pedestrian connectivity in Marion County. The plan will be rolled out in summer 2017.