Mission

To Empower Those We Serve To Become Self-Reliant & Self-Sufficient.

Overview

CAGI’s We CANN program utilizes Trauma Informed & Asset Based Community Building to support the development of African-American Males (ages 16-30), families & Resident Leaders residing in communities adversely affected by trauma & systems of racial inequities. We CANN targets services to residents of neighborhoods that have been challenged by poverty and violence and provides youth with case management, leadership development, and education/employment services that lead to meaningful opportunities in school, career, and life.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Core Operations/Unrestricted funding
• 2020: Program support for We CANN

Mission

DREAM Alive helps break the cycle of poverty by helping vulnerable youth in 7th-12th grade discover career paths and mentoring them from 7th grade until high school graduation.

Overview

DREAM Alive (DA) is helping vulnerable youth break the cycle of poverty by developing career paths and mentoring them over 6 continual years. With the help and collaboration of strong community partners, volunteers, schools, families and corporations, DA has comprehensive long-term programming that increases employment, education and wealth opportunities for marginalized populations.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Program support for middle school expansion efforts

Mission

Through the power of community involvement and self-expression, VOICES empowers youth to change their lives.

Overview

Through culturally sustaining education, healing-centered engagement, and workforce development, VOICES provides the relationships, resources, and opportunities for youth to heal, grow, and further their path towards economic self-sufficiency and civically engaged lives. VOICES programs and services are grounded by our Four Pillars of Wellness:

• Healed- Systemic oppression forces us to acknowledge that healing must be core for communities to transform and thrive
• Educated- Equitable educational opportunities are essential for economically stable and thriving communities
• Creative- A collective and neutral platform for trauma and social justice issues to be explored without judgement is essential
• Disciplined- Communities need tools to create new personal habits and pathways for self-sufficiency

VOICES programming includes community-based services, DCS contracted services, and the Arts as Healing & Activism program.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Program support for the Family Liberation program which works with youth and their families on establishing economic self-sufficiency

Mission

To foster the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the environment by developing community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic & social well-being.

Overview

Groundwork Indy (GWI) is changing places and changing lives by employing Indianapolis youth to work on community-based projects that equitably enhance environmental, economic, and social well-being. Groundwork’s youth programs, which primarily engage low-income Black youth, are committed to engaging all youth as whole people with incredible potential and to providing a structured and caring work environment that involves youth in meaningful work that builds resilience and a sense of agency and hope.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Core Operating/Unrestricted Funding
• 2020: Program support for Green Team and Groundcorp youth programs

Mission

The Harrison Center seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the City of Indianapolis by fostering awareness, appreciation and community for arts and culture.

Overview

The Harrison Center is a force for cultural development in Indianapolis and a model for community arts, education, and urban revitalization programs across America. The Harrison Center addresses community problems with cultural solutions: art, music, education, and grassroots activism. They cultivate emerging art patrons by redefining the boundaries of artist and audience: everyone is part of the art.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Program support for the Cultural Entrepreneur Internship Program, a tailored experience in which youth build marketable skills while leveraging their talent, energy and expertise to lend value to the culture of Indianapolis

Mission

To empower teens to achieve excellence in community, college, and career.

Overview

In 1981, Indiana philanthropist Gene Glick founded what was then called the Pro 100 program with a simple idea – to provide teens with a summer job that would teach them the importance of self-discipline, a hard day’s work, and giving back to the community. After operating for 33 years under the administration of the Children’s Bureau, TeenWorks was established in 2013 as an independent IRS 501(c)3 organization with a new brand and the intention of increasing the organization’s capacity to serve a greater number of teens. Today, TeenWorks continues this founding vision through our Summer, Pro, and Alumni Services programs.

Arthur Dean Family Foundation Funding

• 2021: Teenworks Pro Program, providing teens with work experience, mentorships, training and opportunities for career exploration.