Indiana Policy Center

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Policy center

A Heartland Think Tank.

At Sagamore, we value innovative ideas that are put into action with lasting results. To that end, this program is dedicated to highlighting our fellows and partners who have enriched Indiana communities through their innovation, investment, and hard work. By sharing their stories, we aim to encourage all people of Indiana to put their gifts and talents into action as we consider how we can make not only our local communities, but also our state, better.

IDEAS
INNOVATIONS
INVESTMENTS

As a think tank, ideas are our business. Sagamore built on this foundation by forming an expert network of fellows providing independent and innovative research and analysis to public and private sector leaders.

Center for Talent & Opportunity

The Center for Talent and Opportunity is a community resource at Sagamore Institute for closing the wealth gap of the New Majority by accelerating entrepreneurship and impact investing.

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Measuring Indiana's Wellbeing

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Paid Family Leave in Indiana

Despite being one of the most advanced economies in the world, the United States remains the only high-income nation, and one of only eight countries globally, without a federal policy mandating paid leave for mothers.

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Indiana Conference on Citizenship

Our nation was founded on the idea that citizens would be at the center of the American Experiment. That means citizens need to be informed and engaged for our democracy to survive and thrive. Indiana is a place where citizenship is done well. Sagamore hosts the annual Indiana Conference on Citizenship to build even better citizens.

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Innopower Minority Business Conference

This conference convenes community and corporate leaders to identify frameworks and action guidelines on how innovation initiatives can accelerate economic development and wealth generation for minority communities.

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We engage in applied research—working alongside innovative practitioners, learning from them, and measuring the impact of ideas and theories put into practice.

Enhancing Opportunity in Indianapolis

This year, Lilly Endowment took bold action to catalyze good jobs for the 2 in 10 Indianapolis residents struggling in poverty: a $93.6 million initiative to defeat poverty through enterprise. Included in the list of grantees is Sagamore’s operating partnership with Purposeful Design.

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MEI Fellowship at Cohatch

The MEI Fellowship at COhatch is a two-year fellowship designed to help minority founders access critical resources and support networks to help scale their businesses.

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Lt. Governor's Mental Health Roundtable

Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch launched the Roundtable in 2021 to address one of the state’s biggest challenges—1 in 5 Hoosiers struggle with mental health issues yet many do not feel safe to seek help.

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One America Pathways

In 2017, a Bookings Institution report showed that only 35% of central Indiana workers without bachelor’s degrees held good or promising jobs. Through Pathways, we’re taking steps to reverse that trend by building and strengthening our local workforce.

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We believe good business creates a better society. Sagamore operates an impact investing platform called Commonwealth to offer financial services to expand economic opportunity.

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Sagamore’s 2016 Indiana Conference on Citizenship was led by former congressman Lee Hamilton and then-Lt Gov Sue Ellspermann who marked the state’s bicentennial with a look to its next 100 years. Then COVID hit. Now, the state is facing the dual task of helping all its citizens recover from the pandemic while also taking full advantage of all the opportunities available in today’s turbo charged global economy.