Resources for applicants of the Elevation Grant Program

The Elevation Grant Program (previously the Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program) is investing $45 million in neighborhoods through 2024 to address root causes of violent crime in Indianapolis through neighborhood empowerment and community building. The revitalized initiative was conceived with unprecedented community input, leading to a new name and a commitment to elevating community abundance over challenges.

Learn more about The Elevation Grant Program

The Indianapolis Foundation hosted several grant preparation clinics for the previous round to provide application assistance.

Watch the full recording of a grantmaking clinic

Various handouts were distributed at the clinics, including:

• Elevation Information Session Powerpoint
• Elevation Round 3 Information Session (Video)
• Elevation Grant Clinic Powerpoint
• SmartSimple User Guide 101
• Data Resources Websites Document
• Elevation Grant Clinic Powerpoint
• Active Verbs for Grantwriting Document
• How to Calculate Fringe Benefits
• 2022 Elevation Grant Program Performance Measures

FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION

• Elevation Grant Program – Round 3 Application
• Elevation Grant Program Budget Template
• Elevation Grant Program Budget – EXAMPLE

GRANTEE REPORTING

• Elevation Grant Financial Document- EXAMPLE
• Elevation Financial Report Checklist – EXAMPLE
• Elevation – Evaluation One Pager
• Sample Elevation 3-Month Report

additional Resources

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Glossary of terms
• The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
• Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) and Subpart E

COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION

• Community-Based Violence Prevention partnership toolkit—City of Indianapolis
• No More Red Dots—organization in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Preventing Violence Among High-Risk Youth and Communities with Economic, Policy and Structural Strategies—CDC
• Proven Solutions to Urban Gun Violence—Giffords law Center
• Interventions for Reducing Violence and its Consequences for Young Black Males in America—report from Cities United
• Group Violence Intervention

RISK & PROTECTIVE FACTORS

• Gun Violence and Youth— Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Risk & Protective Factors—youth.gov
• Parental Resilience: Protective & Promotive Factors— Center for the Study of Social Policy
• Protective Factors Against Delinquency— Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

CDC ONLINE TRAINING

• Connecting the Dots: Exploring the overlaps between multiple forms of violence and working towards collaborative prevention
• Principles of Prevention: Learn about effective strategies for preventing violence before it happens
• STRYVE—Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere