Fundraising support

The emerald ash borer first reached the United States in the 1990s, stowing away in wooden shipping crates bound for Michigan from China. In the emerald ash borer’s native habitat, many trees display natural immunity to it. Not so in the U.S., where thousands fall prey to the insect’s devastating effects every year. At historic … More…

The Indianapolis Senior Center served residents aged 50 and older with an extensive menu of services focused on independent living, good health and well being, intellectual and cultural enrichment, and travel and tourism. Its quest for a better alternative to its long-standing facility ended with the determination that buying and renovating its current facility offered … More…

In Indiana’s Decatur County, the Greensburg area serves as a focus of travel and tourism. The 501(c)(6) non-profit Decatur County Visitors and Recreation Commission needed a headquarters location with enough programming space, parking, and public amenities to provide space for its own functions and as a home for other, smaller non-profits. A $1.5 million capital … More…

This 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving persons with disabilities needed a headquarters building that could bring all its staff together within the community they serve. To assist with fundraising efforts targeting the costs of designing and building the facility, B Plus C Communications created a brochure that told the organization’s unique story through the eyes and … More…

Founded in 1863 as a not-for-profit institution, the third-largest non-governmental cemetery in the United States occupies 555 acres in the heart of Indianapolis, Indiana. Crown Hill Cemetery relies on its not-for-profit Heritage Foundation to fund the preservation and restoration of the historic treasures on its grounds. The Heritage Foundation calls on B Plus C Communications … More…

The City of Indianapolis committed $19.6 million to a project targeting one of its major east/west arteries, 38th Street, originally dubbed Maple Road. Once a residential corridor, later also a site for small commercial districts that served burgeoning northern suburbs, 38th Street evolved into a conduit across the city rather than a destination in itself. … More…

On Your Level Youth Project uses broadcast media, online resources, and face-to-face interactions to encourage teens to explore and accept diversity, communicate honestly and openly, and seek out productive life paths as they forge their way into adulthood. The project is the brainchild of a teacher, media personality, and spoken word artist named Blair Karsch, … More…

Many new college graduates migrate to other parts of the country in search of job prospects that they either know or believe they cannot find elsewhere. Fewer college students opt for teaching careers. The resulting combination of trends, along with the aging teacher population and other factors, leaves many schools scrambling to fill their teaching … More…

Indiana/World Skating Academy offers a place to learn and have fun, and provides elite coaching for world-class ice-skating competitors from around the work and family togetherness for local residents. Since it opened its doors in 1987, I/WSA has nurtured talent, added ongoing revenue to the City of Indianapolis, and donated ice time to other community … More…

Madam C. J. Walker became America’s first self-made female millionaire. This dynamic entrepreneur built a cosmetics empire on a hair-care product that she created to treat her own hair loss. She built her company in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with an architectural gem of a facility that combined a theatre with spaces devoted to community use. … More…