INDIANAPOLIS AFRICAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE (IAAQLI) ANNOUNCES THIRD ROUND OF GRANTS

Grants will fund programs and initiatives to improve the quality of life for African American Residents The National Urban League has selected 38 Indianapolis/Marion County not-for-profit organizations as the second recipients of grants from the Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative (IAAQLI). The organizations represent 41 grants awarded with funding totaling more than $12.3M. The initiative is a partnership between the National Urban League, the Indianapolis Urban League, and the African American Coalition of Indianapolis.  IAAQLI was created in 2020 through a $100M grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. to the National Urban League. The third round of funding comes after the two distribution of awards to organizations that have created and implemented programs designed to address the most critical issues impacting the quality of life for African Americans within Indianapolis/Marion County. The funding will continue to help non-profit organizations implement IAAQLI’s goal to support effective programs, policies, and ventures that will make measurable improvements in the daily lives of African Americans in the local community. As with the previous funding rounds, the National Urban League is awarding grants to organizations whose programs, services, and advocacy will address historic inequities within Indianapolis’ Black communities. “Indianapolis continues to shed new...