Lids Foundation Tip the Hat Award

Mar 19, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS- March 12, 2015- LIDS® Foundation hosted a beautiful evening for all five Tip the Hat Award Finalists. We were surrounded by passionate professionals representing organizations from around the nation. During the ceremony, Fields & Futures was awarded the 2nd Place honor- a recipient of a $75,000 grant!

We are incredibly humbled to have been awarded this grant. Thank you to the entire LIDS® Foundation for giving us this opportunity. And thanks to all that voted and spread the word. It’s an honor to have the community behind our mission and we could not do it without you all!

Congratulations to all other recipients:

1st Place: $125,000 Make-A-Wish® Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana
2nd Place: $75,000 Fields & Futures
3rd Place: $50,000  Special Olympics Indiana
4th Place: $25,000  Little Wish Foundation
5th Place: $25,000  Anthony Munoz Foundation

For more information about the LIDS® Foundation and the Tip the Hat Award, visit lidsfoundation.org.

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