Geographic Areas of Priority
We make grants to youth-focused groups located in Indiana.
Grant Size, Duration and Type
We make grants in the range of $5,000 - $20,000. Our grant making philosophy is such that if grantees have achieved or are achieving the results set forth in their grant applications, we tend to fund groups beyond one year. However -- and this is important -- grantees should not depend on receiving a grant year after year. Current grantees must submit a new application for consideration each year. Decisions to renew grants will be based, in part, upon the results achieved with the prior grant. Finally, as discussed above, we do provide both general operating and project-specific support.
What We Do Not Fund
Pacers Foundation does not provide support for: individuals (outside of our scholarships and Roger Brown Legacy Fund), emergency funds, political candidates or parties, fundraisers , or corporate memberships. Furthermore, we will not consider grant applications that fall outside of the subject areas of our five Grant Funds described above.
Requests to support fundraisers are reviewed by Pacers Sports & Entertainment, not Pacers Foundation. These requests should be directed to Marilynn Wernke, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, 125 S. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Grant Application Deadlines
- Be Healthy & Fit Fund -- Applications due June 30
- Be Educated Fund -- Applications due September 30
- Be Drug-Free Fund -- Applications due December 30
- Be Tolerant Fund -- Applications due March 30
- Indiana Fever's Be YOUnique Fund -- Applications due March 30
Grant Application Process
Step 1: Complete this cover sheet.
Step 2: Prepare a proposal/letter no longer than three pages, on your agency’s letterhead, using 12-point Times New Roman or other legible font and include the following information:
- How your request “fits” within the Fund under which you are applying. (i.e., the focus of our Be Healthy & Fit Fund is childhood obesity – how does your request relate to our focus area? What are you doing about childhood obesity?)
- IF you are applying for project support, include a brief description of your organization AND a description of the project for which you are seeking funding. IF you are applying for general operating support, include a longer description of your organization and why this funding is needed.
- A description of your target population (demographics, etc.) AND why they need what you are offering. (i.e., if you’re applying under our Be Healthy & Fit Fund, the question we would ask is: “Is your target population obese or at risk of obesity? What are their risk factors?”)
- What impact your activities will have on your target population and how you’ll measure that impact. Please provide specific performance targets, (i.e., as a result of our intervention, 70 percent of those who participate will demonstrate knowledge gained, as measured by pre-/post-tests). Keep in mind, the size of our grants are moderate – please take that into consideration when providing us with your performance targets. We don’t expect you to change the world with our $5,000 grant award.
- *Note: For those who are applying for general operating support, we recognize that providing specific performance targets may be challenging. However, we assume that you are trying to effect change in some capacity and are evaluating your effectiveness in doing so. Tell us about it.
Step 3: Please attach the following to your cover sheet and 3-page letter:
- a project budget, only if you’re applying for project support;
- a list of other funders that support your project (if project support) or your organization (if requesting general operating support);
- an unbound copy of your most recent audited financial statements;
- a copy of your 501c3 letter from the IRS; and
- a list of your Board of Directors.
Do not provide us with anything else, such as brochures, newsletters or other documents. Since we will be making copies of your application, please do not bind anything together. Just use paper clips.
Step 4: Please make nine (9) copies of your complete application and bind each one with a binder clip.
Step 5: Submitting Your Application: your applications must be received by the deadlines indicated above. Please do not hand-deliver your applications. Please send your applications to:
Pacers Foundation, Inc.
125 S. Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Attention: Dan Gaines
Our Followup & Notification Process:
We may contact you with follow-up questions before making a decision regarding a grant award. Depending on the complexity of the program/project and/or the amount requested, we may also ask you to submit further information or even a full proposal.
Applicants will be notified of decisions regarding grant awards approximately two months after the grant application deadline. Decisions will be communicated via mailed letters. Please do not call regarding the status of your application. You will be notified, either way, once decisions have been made.
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