Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2012

About Citizens Energy Group

In 1887, Indianapolis civic leaders came up with the idea of operating a natural gas company as a Public Charitable Trust, solely for the benefit of customers and the community. Today, this Trust lives on as Citizens Energy Group, a broad-based utility service company, providing natural gas, thermal energy, and water services to about 800,000 people and thousands of businesses in the Indianapolis area.

Citizens has long been engaged with the IUPUI Center for Earth and Environmental Science in a longstanding public-private research partnership exploring the science of algal blooms in local watersheds. By supporting research that can improve the quality of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers, Citizens Energy Group's investment in science at IUPUI provides real impact affecting the health and attractiveness of central Indiana's water supply.

In addition to substantive research support, Citizens Energy Group has taken additional steps to ensure that scientific exploration at the Center for the Earth and Environmental Science benefits current IUPUI students. To that end, the Group has supported student learning experiences in the local Indianapolis community as well as directly suported K-12 science outreach programs that have the potential to reach thousands of students annually.