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 2025 grants to these 88 Central Indiana organizations totaled more than $300,000.

 

  • American Lives Theatre

  • American Piano Awards (formerly American Pianists Association)

  • Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

  • ArtMix

  • Arts for Learning Indiana

  • Arts With A Purpose

  • Ballet Theatre of Carmel Academy Ltd (dba Metropolitan Youth Ballet)

  • Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

  • Big Car Collaborative

  • Broad Ripple Village Association

  • Butler Arts & Events Center

  • Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

  • Castlewood Singers

  • Central Indiana Dance Ensemble

  • Central Indiana Folk Music & Mountain Dulcimer Society

  • Classical Music Indy

  • Conner Prairie Museum

  • Dance Kaleidoscope

  • Echoing Air, Inc.

  • Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

  • Eskenazi Health Foundation

  • Festival Music Society

  • Fishers Arts Council

  • Fonseca Theatre Company

  • Footlite Musicals

  • Freetown Village Inc

  • Garfield Park Arts Center

  • Harrison Center

  • Heartland Film

  • Hendricks Live, Inc.

  • Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Inc., dba Indiana Landmarks

  • Horizon League Horizons at St. Richard's

  • IF Theatre

  • Impact Academy

  • Indiana Black Expo Indiana Entertainment Foundation/Indiana Music History Project

  • Indiana Historical Society

  • Indiana Humanities

  • 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 Jazz Foundation

  • Indianapolis Men's Chorus

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

  • Indianapolis Opera

  • Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, Inc.

  • Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

  • Indianapolis Women's Chorus

  • Indy Dance Council

  • International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

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

  • Jameson Camp

  • John Boner Neighborhood Centers

  • Joseph Maley Foundation

  • Kids Dance Outreach (KDO)

  • KIPP Indianapolis, Inc. (d.b.a. KIPP Indy Public Schools)

  • Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

  • Marian University

  • New Harmony Project

  • Newfields

  • Noble, Inc.

  • Noblesville Creates

  • Percussive Arts Society

  • Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, Inc.

  • Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre

  • Propylaeum Historic Foundation, Inc.

  • Providence Cristo Rey High School

  • React (Young Actors Theatre)

  • Second Presbyterian Church

  • St. Mary's Early Childhood Center

  • Storytelling Arts of Indiana

  • Summer Stock Stage

  • The Cabaret

  • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

  • The District Theatre

  • The Indy Learning Team

  • The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis

  • Tindley Academy

  • White River Sound Chorus