Ball State University 's Midwest Entrepreneurial Educational Center http://www.bsu.edu/web/entrepreneurship/index.shtml
Midwest Economic Entrepreneurial Educational Center is a training and development facility for entrepreneurs. It helps emerging entrepreneurs learn how to grow their businesses, share their experiences, and contribute to the Midwest 's entrepreneurial environment.

Black Chamber of Commerce
http://www.indianapolisbcc.org/
The Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce develops, educates, advocates and enhances the status of the Greater Indianapolis Community by strengthening black businesses and creating an environment that produces more black entrepreneurs.

Central Indiana Small Business Development Center
www.isbdc.org
The Central Indiana Small Business Development Center is a comprehensive resource designed to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners in Indianapolis by providing FREE business consulting. They provide training workshops and seminars, act as a clearing house of resources, and make referrals to other organizations when necessary.

CDPN -The Community Development Partnership Network
www.cdpn.org
Since 1998, the Community Development Partnership Network has been helping its members build healthy communities -- quality places that strike the right balance between opportunity and equity. The Community Development Partnership Network is a membership organization of local community development intermediaries.

COLAP-Community Development Law Center
http://www.cdlawcenter.org/
The Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project, Inc. ("COLAP"), doing business as the Community Development Law Center ("CDLC"), is the only legal services organization in Indianapolis specifically formed to provide free or low-cost legal services to community organizations.

The Enterprise Foundation
www.enterprisefoundation.org
The Enterprise Foundation helps America 's low-income families with their struggle out of poverty by providing decent homes, access to steady employment, quality child care and safer streets. It works with a network of 2,500 community organizations nationwide and has 15 local offices.

Fannie Mae Foundation
http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership and housing opportunities through innovative partnerships and initiatives that build healthy, vibrant communities across the United States .

Freddie Mac
http://www.freddiemac.com/
Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1970 to keep money flowing to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac purchases single-family and multifamily residential mortgages and mortgage-related securities, which it finances primarily by issuing mortgage pass through securities and debt instruments in the capital markets.

The GEO Foundation
http://www.geofoundation.org/
The Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation believes that all children should have access to a quality education. The GEO Foundation directly operates four charter schools and offers technical assistance to other charter schools throughout the country.  The Foundation also helps parents locate tutoring and other resources necessary to ensuring their children have the best educational opportunities available.

Government Information Exchange
http://www.info.gov/
Have a question about Federal programs, benefits, or services? We handle millions of inquiries from citizens trying to find that elusive answer to their question. Pick your favorite way to get out of the government maze! For over 35 years, Americans have been contacting the Federal Information Center , now known as the FCIC's National Contact Center (NCC), to get answers to their questions about their government. 

Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
www.indychamber.com
Founded in 1890 by Colonel Eli Lilly and a group of Indianapolis business leaders, the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has been the voice of the central Indiana business community and provides many valuable resources and benefits to help grow businesses.

HUD - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
http://www.hud.gov/
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD embraces high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forges new partnerships that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.

IACED - Indiana Association for Community Economic Development
www.iaced.org
IACED is the statewide nonprofit association for organizations who re-build distressed communities in Indiana through: housing rehabilitation and construction, employment generating activities, real estate development, and social services.

ICHHI - Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention
www.ichhi.org
Organized in 1989, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention seeks to share information, enhance the impact of efforts through organized advocacy, and increase public education regarding the provision of safe, decent, and affordable housing and necessary support services.

IEDC - International Economic Development Council
http://www.iedconline.org/
IEDC's mission is to provide leadership and excellence in economic development for our communities, members and partners to build economically strong, sustainable communities. IEDC has established strong programs that analyze and disseminate information, provide educational and professional training opportunities, and improve decision-makers' responsiveness to economic development needs.

IHFA - Indiana Housing Finance Authority
http://www.in.gov/ihfa/
Through homeownership, rental housing and community development programs, IHFA administers financial vehicles and incentives to create affordable housing for rent or purchase as well as supportive facilities. IHFA was created in 1978 by the Indiana General Assembly and is a quasi-autonomous, financially self-sufficient statewide government agency that operates without state tax revenues.

IMCPL - Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
http://www.imcpl.org/  
The Public Library, the information place for Indianapolis . The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library is an essential community information service providing materials and programs in support of the lifelong learning, recreational and economic interests of all citizens of Marion County .

INHP - Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership
www.inhp.org
The Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP), a not for profit, was created in 1988 to develop and promote strategies to address the housing needs of low- and moderate-income citizens. INHP identifies gaps along the housing continuum, and through research and the development of pilot programs seek to identify solutions, to the housing challenges facing the community.

INRC - Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center
www.inrc.org
The Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center (INRC) is a private non-profit organization established in 1994 to provide the information and assistance to neighborhood organizations so they can set their own priorities and effectively address the issues affecting the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

Indiana Department of Commerce
www.in.gov/doc
The Indiana Department of Commerce delivers economic and community development services (both financial and technical) through a regional office system. With our partners, we empower companies, communities, and citizens to act locally in order to compete globally.

Indianapolis Economic Development Plan
www6.indygov.org/dmdplan/ed/ed.html
FOCUS is a city-wide collaboration led by Mayor Peterson and the City of Indianapolis , the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Coalition for Neighborhood Development, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.  This collaboration is an attempt to make systematic change in the planning, advocacy, and delivery of economic development projects and aims to build long-lasting relationships that connect neighborhoods and their community development corporations (CDCs) with businesses to rebuild and revitalize urban markets.

Indianapolis Economic Development Portal
http://www6.indygov.org/dmdplan/ed/ed.html
This web site is designed to help you find available property, demographics, business data, maps and information about Indianapolis .

LISC - Local Initiatives Support Corporation Indianapolis
http://www.lisc.org/indianapolis/
The Indianapolis arm of the National LISC office provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. Indianapolis LISC  helps communities as they improve the physical and economic condition of their neighborhoods. LISC's efforts are based on the proven principle that sustainable revitalization is supported best when redevelopment directly engages community residents and stakeholders. 

SBA - Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov
Maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters.

UWCI - United Way of Central Indianapolis
http://www.uwci.org/
United Way of Central Indiana's mission is to mobilize people in our community to care for one another. This website provides information on programs and services, the information referral hotline, community campaign information and opportunities for volunteering in the local community.