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Our Fundraising Mission

The Indianapolis Rowing Center promotes the physical development and well-being of youth and adults from all economic and social backgrounds in the Indianapolis metropolitan community by providing rowing programs that emphasize healthy competition, teamwork, and personal achievement.

Why and How We Solicit Contributions

The Indianapolis Rowing Center runs a variety of programs that serve more than 300 high school students, college students, and residents of all ages.  High school students from seventeen area high schools, as well as masters and collegiate rowers compete in regattas throughout the Midwest.  During the spring and summer, IRC offers Learn-to-Row and sculling classes for youth and adults.  It also hosts several regattas each year that draw contestants from across the United States and Canada.

The City of Indianapolis, through its parks department, provides the IRC boathouse and helps maintain the grounds, the docks, and the IRCs 2,000 meter, internationally sanctioned race course. The Center pays for programs, an executive director, coaching fees, and equipment, including boats that range in cost from $3,500 for a training or recreational single to $30,000 and up for a competitive eight-oared racing shell.  In addition to boats, and related equipment such as riggers, oars, and coxswain speaker systems (cox boxes), IRC provides launches and motors needed for coaching on the water, Concept II ergometers for physical conditioning on land, trailers for transporting boats to regattas, and equipment necessary to run regional and national regattas.  IRC also offers a limited number of scholarships to assist families or individuals of limited means.

To complete its mission, the Indianapolis Rowing Center needs volunteers and contributors, both on the individual and corporate level.  Dues and fees alone are not sufficient to cover the cost of the programs.  Boats have been generously donated or funded by donors within the IRC community or Indianapolis community members.

The IRC is qualified as a not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Contributions to such organizations are generally tax deductible. However, the IRC cannot provide advice about the deductibility of any particular contribution. Please consult a tax professional if you have questions. 

Please contact us if you would like information on bequests or planned giving.