Articles by Mike Rhodes

Competition winner will receive $100,000 of strategic support and funding to amplify their impact. By Jennifer Erbacher—  INDIANAPOLIS — Nonprofit organizations working in Indiana have an opportunity to reimagine their futures, seize new opportunities and create transformative change through the second-annual Mapt Solutions Transformation Challenge, which launched this week. The winner of the Mapt Transformation Challenge will receive a $75,000 grant for strategic planning services with Mapt Solutions and an additional $25,000 in cash to support the organization in acting…

Buck Creek Fen Preserve protects rare wetland; wildlife corridor in east central Indiana. By Kelley V. Phillips— MUNCIE, IN— Red-tail Land Conservancy, a conservation nonprofit headquartered in Muncie, is proud to announce the successful protection of a vital piece of a historic wetland with the acquisition of Buck Creek Fen Preserve, a 68-acre wetland habitat in the heart of the Big Blue River Valley north of Summit Lake. This announcement comes on World Wetlands Day, a day recognizing the contributions…

By WaTasha Barnes Griffin— MUNCIE, IN—There is a time for independent action and a time for collaboration. There’s a time for singular objectives and a time for the collective good. We’re at that moment in Muncie. You’ve probably heard about the decision by the City of Muncie to close the Muncie Inn, a longtime location for the unhoused, and sometimes for addicts or recovering addicts. It’s a place most don’t want to go near because of what they know to…