Last year, the Fishers City Council decided to do a reset on how local nonprofit organizations would be financially supported.  Before last year’s budget process, only a few groups received cash support from the city.

Previously, most of the funds went to The Fishers Freedom Festival and Conner Prairie, but the city began providing money to more organizations and even, at one point, considered using an independent, outside group to make these decisions, but decided in the end to keep everything in-house.

In 2017, the City Council formed a 3-person committee of council members and established an application process for consideration of financial support.  As a result of that process, the city decided to continue support for Conner Prairie, along with a number of other local groups.  One organization that did not receive funding or in-kind support from the city in the 2018 budget was the Fishers Freedom Festival.  The city is now organizing the Spark!Fishers Festival in its place.

Here is a list of groups that received funding from the city as part of the 2018 budget:

     –Advocates for Children and Families, dba Cherish

      –Ascent 121

      –Conner Prairie Museum, Inc.

      –Geist Half Marathon

      –Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.

      –Hamilton County Leadership Academy

      –Hamilton County Youth Assistance

      –Hamilton Southeastern School Foundation

      –Hope Academy

      –Janus Developmental Services

      –Nickel Plate Arts

      –Spaceport Exploration

      –YMI

The applications for 2019 funds will start from scratch as the city budget process begins for calendar year 2019.  The City Council members that served on last year’s Nonprofit Committee will serve again in this year’s budget cycle consideration of the applications…they are Brad DeReamer, Cecilia Coble and Pete Peterson.  All three will evaluate each application.

The deadline to submit an application is June 14th.  For more information, use this link.