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TERRE HAUTE (April 4, 2025) – The Indiana Pacers Foundation, through its State of Play initiative, recently awarded Terre Haute’s Herz-Rose Park a $100,000 grant to renovate its community basketball court.   The park is the second State of Play grant recipient since the foundation launched the program late last year. The initiative is part of the Pacers […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Over the next decade, the Pacers Foundation will revitalize basketball courts at parks and community centers across Indiana through State of Play, an effort tipped off Wednesday at Frederick Douglass Park in Indianapolis. Pacers Foundation leaders joined local officials, Indy Parks executives, and Pacers players for a community celebration and ribbon-cutting to launch […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Executives from the Pacers Foundation, Gleaners, Catholic Charities Terre Haute, and Mayor Brandon Sakbun held a press conference on Friday, Sept. 27, to announce the expansion of the Drive & Dish program to Terre Haute. This is the first expansion for this program outside of Marion County, and through 2025 it will bring nearly11,000 boxes of […]

“There are no words that would do justice to how consequential Jim’s life truly was. To his very last day, he was hard at work bringing people together to help those most in need and make our city and our state stronger, more civil, and more united. No one loved Indiana and Indianapolis more than […]

INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers Foundation and the Lilly Foundation will continue their commitment to building fundamental math and social-emotional skills in K-12 students this summer. Thanks to strategic partnerships with non-profit partners, NBA Math Hoops will now be offered year-round to youth enrolled in summer programs once the school year ends.     Learn Fresh will play […]

KEY POINTS: · The Pacers Foundation and the Lilly Foundation tip off the second year of the successful NBA Math Hoops program today at IPS William McKinley School 39 part of Eli Lilly and Company’s Global Day of Service. · Beginning this year, schools across the state of Indiana can participate in NBA Math Hoops […]

NBA Math Hoops Tips Off on Lilly’s 15th Annual Global Day of Service The Pacers Foundation and the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation today announced a collaboration to reinforce STEM education in Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) through the NBA Math Hoops program. The initiative, a basketball board and digital game to help elementary and middle school students improve […]

KEY POINTS A Night In Vegas will honor Shari Simon Greenberg, former Simon Property Group Senior Vice President who helped organize the Masquerade since its inception as a way to support programs improving the lives of at-risk youthThe Masquerade has raised more than $15 million over the last 19 yearsThe annual event, which was paused last […]

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