Fishers City Council Nonprofit Committee Chair Cecilia Coble welcomed 2 new members of the panel at its first meeting of 2024 Wednesday morning – Councilors Bill Stuart and Tiffany Ditlevson.

The panel is sorting through the applications received for support from local nonprofit organizations.  Councilor Coble indicated many church food pantries have asked for support, but cited “inefficiencies” among the many entities offering food to those in need.  A local group is working to bring the various food bank operations together to work more closely and become more efficient in helping those locally with food insecurity.

The committee plans to invite local nonprofits that applied online for the city grants to appear before the committee in a future meeting.  The city projects $250,000 total would be available in the next city budget cycle in nonprofit grants for calendar year 2025.

Two representatives of the Conner Prairie leadership, Andrew Bradford and Emily Sigler, provided background on what is happening with the Fishers organization, including major renovations underway.  They both asked the city to continue its recent Conner Prairie support of $80,000 a year into 2025.