Central Indiana giving

The Penrod Society is an all-volunteer, Indianapolis-based not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support arts, cultural, and educational activities and institutions in Central Indiana.

Each year, The Penrod Society grants funds to support Central Indiana arts organizations, schools, hospitals, and other not-for-profit organizations whose missions and programming include arts, cultural, and educational activities. The Penrod Society's 2023 grants to these 86 Central Indiana organizations totaled more than $250,000.

 

  • Actors Theatre of Indiana, Inc.

  • American Lives Theatre

  • ArtMix Inc.

  • Arts for Learning Indiana

  • Ballet INitiative

  • Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

  • Big Car Collaborative

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

  • Brightlane Learning

  • Buck Creek Players, Inc.

  • Butler Arts & Events Center

  • Carmel Symphony Orchestra

  • Central Indiana Dance Ensemble Inc.

  • Central Indiana Folk Music and Mountain Dulcimer Society

  • Classical Music Indy

  • Conner Prairie

  • Dance Kaleidoscope

  • Echoing Air, Inc.

  • Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

  • Eskenazi Health Foundation

  • Festival Music Society

  • Fishers Arts Council, Inc

  • Fonseca Theatre Company 

  • Footlite Musicals, Inc.

  • Freetown Village, Inc.

  • Garfield Park Arts Center

  • Harrison Center

  • Hawthorne Community Center

  • Heartland Film, Inc.

  • Heritage Place of Indianapolis

  • Herron Classical Schools - Herron High School Treble Choir

  • Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana

  • Indiana Black Expo, Inc.

  • Indiana Historical Society

  • Indiana Repertory Theatre

  • Indiana Wind Symphony

  • Indianapolis Art Center

  • Indianapolis Arts Chorale

  • Indianapolis Ballet, Inc. Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Children's Choir

  • Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc.

  • Indianapolis Men's Chorus, Inc.

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

  • Indianapolis Opera Company

  • Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, Inc.

  • Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Women's Chorus, Inc.

  • Indy Jazz Fest

  • International Violin Competition of Indpls.

  • IU Health Foundation + IU Health Complete Life Program

  • James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association, DBA Riley Children's Foundation

  • Jameson Camp

  • Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis

  • Joseph Maley Foundation

  • KIPP Indy Public Schools

  • Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

  • Martin Luther King Community Center

  • Newfields

  • Nickel Plate Arts

  • Noble, Inc.

  • Pheonix Theatre

  • Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, Inc.

  • Providence Cristo Rey High School

  • Second Presbyterian Church

  • Storytelling Arts Of Indiana, Inc.

  • Summer Stock Stage

  • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

  • The John H. Boner Community Center

  • The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis (TPA)

  • The Sapphire Theatre Company, Inc.

  • Tindley Accelerated Schools

  • Trustees of Indiana University, on behalf of Spirit & Place

  • Wheeler Mission

  • White River Sound Chorus (WRS)

  • Young Actors Theatre, dba React