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 2026 grants to over 90 Central Indiana organizations totaled more than $315,000:

 

  • American Piano Awards

  • Arte Mexicano en Indiana

  • Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

  • ArtMix

  • Arts for Learning Indiana

  • Arts With A Purpose

  • Ballet INitiative

  • Behavior Buffet

  • Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

  • Big Car Collaborative

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

  • Brightlane Learning

  • Butler Arts & Events Center

  • Carmel Symphony Orchestra

  • Central Indiana Folk Music & Mountain Dulcimer Society

  • Classical Music Indy

  • Crossroads Comedy Theater

  • Dance Kaleidoscope

  • DLT Temple Of Praise & Worship

  • Earth Day Indiana

  • Echoing Air

  • Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

  • El Sistema Indianapolis

  • Eskenazi Health Foundation

  • Festival Music Society

  • Fishers Arts Council

  • Fonseca Theatre Company

  • Free Press Indiana / Mirror Indy

  • Freetown Village

  • Friends Of Garfield Park/ Garfield Park Arts Center

  • Grassroot Projects

  • Hamilton County Artists' Association

  • Hancock County Children's Choir

  • Harrison Center

  • Heartland Film

  • Hendricks Live

  • Hoosier Art Salon

  • Horizon League

  • Horizons at St. Richard’s Episcopal School

  • IF Theatre, home of the IndyFringe Festival

  • Impact Academy/Indianapolis Public Schools

  • Indiana Artisan

  • Indiana Black Expo

  • Indiana Humanities

  • Indiana Repertory Theatre

  • Indiana Wind Symphony

  • Indianapolis Art Center

  • Indianapolis Ballet

  • Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Brass Choir

  • Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Children's Choir

  • Indianapolis Cultural Trail

  • Indianapolis Jazz Foundation

  • Indianapolis Liederkranz German Band

  • Indianapolis Men's Chorus

  • Indianapolis Shakespeare Company

  • Indianapolis Suzuki Academy

  • Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Women's Chorus

  • Indy Dance Council

  • International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

  • Jameson Camp

  • John Boner Neighborhood Centers

  • Joseph Maley Foundation

  • Kids Dance Outreach

  • KIPP Indy Public Schools

  • Kokomo Art Association

  • Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

  • Love Broad Ripple Corporation

  • Metropolitan Youth Ballet of Indiana

  • Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

  • Near East Area Renewal

  • Noble

  • Noblesville Creates

  • Percussive Arts Society

  • Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis

  • Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre

  • Providence Cristo Rey High School

  • React (Young Actors Theatre)

  • Riley Children's Foundation

  • Second Presbyterian Church

  • St. Mary's Early Childhood Center

  • Storytelling Arts of Indiana

  • Summer Stock Stage

  • The Indianapolis Propylaeum

  • The New Harmony Project

  • The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis

  • The Point Theater

  • The Sapphire Theatre Company

  • Tindley Accelerated Schools

  • White River Sound Chorus