Indianapolis is a great city with even greater potential. Working with our grantees and other key partners, we focus on addressing some of the city’s biggest challenges, with an aim toward fostering system-wide changes that positively impact the people of Indianapolis.
Through grantmaking, research, communications and collaboration focused on three core areas, we aim to maximize our impact on Indianapolis.
We have committed more than $13 million to help Marion County schools identify, implement and sustain proven substance use prevention programs.
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Updated Community Data Snapshot Provides Comprehensive Education Information on Marion County Schools
New updates to the Education section of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation’s free data dashboard – which we call the Community Data Snapshot – allow users to view and compare data for individual schools and school corporations in Marion County, Indiana, and to view student outcomes by school type.
To guide our work, the Foundation commissions research projects focused on issues affecting education, health and the vitality of Indianapolis.