The following organizations began as Community Foundation leadership initiatives. While each is a nonprofit organization today, the Community Foundation continues to provide support in different ways, including advocacy, board leadership, shared staffing, and/or administrative and operational office support.
Regional Opportunity Initiatives
ROI is a regional intermediary organization leading efforts in the 11 counties of the Indiana Uplands (Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen, and Washington). ROI is growing potential and possibility through a focus on advanced industry sectors, regionalism, transformative school and workforce redesign, and placemaking strategies.
CDFI Friendly Bloomington
CDFI Friendly Bloomington connects small businesses, child care providers, housing developers, and nonprofits in the Indiana Uplands with mission-driven lenders known as community development financial institutions (CDFIs), which offer flexible, affordable financing. CFB also helps borrowers navigate their options and connect with the right lenders, especially when traditional bank loans are not available.
Heading Home of South Central Indiana
Heading Home is a community-wide collaborative
program focused on short-term and long-term systemic changes to strengthen housing security and decrease homelessness in Greene, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Lawrence, and Owen Counties.
Uplands Science and Technology
Foundation
USTF supports the growth and physical development of the WestGate@Crane Technology Park. Spanning Daviess, Greene, and Martin Counties, WestGate is located outside of Naval Support Activity Crane, the third-largest naval installation in the world. A 750-acre technology destination, WestGate@Crane is home to 50+ tenants and Indiana’s top research institutions in the national security and defense sector.