The Indianapolis Press Club Foundation is an organization created by the Indianapolis Press Club in 1990 to support journalism education in Indiana. Each year, the Foundation awards scholarship grants to undergraduate and graduate college students and provides support to college journalism programs.
This website contains details about each of our scholarship and support programs.
The Foundation raises funds through two major events:
The Last Row Party, a venerable tradition of the Month of May in Indianapolis. The Lat Row Party "honors" the 11th-row qualifiers for the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race with a traditional Hoosier trackside dinner, a roast of the three drivers and silent and live auctions of racing memorabilia and hospitality packages. The event, held the Friday night before the race, attracts racing fans from across the nation.
Indianapolis 500 drivers Nelson Philippe, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alex Tagliani at the May 22, 2009 Last Row Party. A great time was had by all!
The Keating Feature Writing Competition,
a contest held in the memory of Tom Keating, the late, legendary
columnist of The Indianapolis Star. The competition brings top college
students to Indianapolis to report and write feature stories on
deadlne. The contest weekend is capped by an awards dinner that honors
the best writers as well as the winners from the other Foundation
scholarship programs.
Indianapolis 500 drivers Nelson Philippe, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alex Tagliani at the May 22, 2009 Last Row Party. 
