The Indianapolis Foundation is excited to announce the Indiana Climate & Democracy Catalyst Fund.
Donor Name: The Indianapolis Foundation
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/20/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Indianapolis Foundation, in collaboration with local and regional funders, has developed the Indiana Climate and Democracy Catalyst Fund to accelerate environmental equity, decarbonization, and an inclusive democracy throughout the state of Indiana. This fund will seek co-investments from other Indiana based environmental and democracy supporting philanthropic organizations and donors with a goal to create collaborative effort to maximize impact in the state. This co-investment will progress environmental equity and inclusive democracy through grants to non-profit organizations leading this work in their communities.
While environmental funders in Indiana have strong relationships, there has not been a formal co-investment strategy to catalyze climate action and inclusive democracy work across the state. To leverage expertise and impact, The Indianapolis Foundation will convene a committee consisting of philanthropic investors to:
- Leverage funding opportunities to attract additional philanthropic investments in Indiana
- Strengthen relationships between environmental, democracy, and climate funders in the state
- Maximize the impact of funding beyond what any one funder could achieve alone
- Strengthen organizing capacity in Indiana toward power-building, climate justice, and democracy
Funding Information
- Award range from $5,000 -$100,000.
- Organizations with annual budgets under $25,000 may request up to $15,000.
- Organizations with annual budgets under $50,000 may request up to $30,000.
- Organizations with budgets above $50,000 may request up to 50% of their annual organizational budget.
Eligible Projects
- The Indiana Climate and Democracy Catalyst Fund provides statewide support for the following:
- Nonprofit staff for current organizational scope of work
- New or existing programs and/or projects
- Pay for services such as consultants, technical assistance, or contractors
- Convening, collaboration, and coalition-building
- Inclusive Democracy: Get Out the Vote activities, voter registration, organizer training, voting access, and voting rights protection.
- Climate: Community convening on an environmental equity solution, consultant to develop a grant proposal, data collection for environmental challenges, citizen science projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Indiana Climate and Democracy Catalyst Fund prioritizes funding for 501c3 non-profits with a focus on frontline communities, place-based organizations, tribal governments, rural communities, and rural governments. This fund aims to support grassroots, newly developing organizations, and/or organizations and places that want to develop relationships with funders in Indiana.
- Organizations must be centered in Indiana, led by Indiana communities and/or center community voice in work, and have measurable community outcomes.
For more information, visit The Indianapolis Foundation.
