2018 Indianapolis Pitch Competition Review
The New Corporate Responsibility: Social Impact
On November 8, 2018, Sagamore Institute hosted the 4th Annual Indiana Conference on Citizenship and inaugural Pitch Competition at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.
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The Finalists
The five companies selected to compete on the Pacers court for the pitch competition are fighting some of the most daunting statistics in America:
31% of nation’s homeless population is age 50 or older
African American home ownership is 41.7% (50 year low)
In one of the world’s highest food producing states, 15% of Indiana’s population is food insecure (urban and rural)
64,070 Americans died of addiction overdose last year – 21% increase
US has 4% of world’s population but 22% of its prisoners – 4 in 10 return to prison
Click an image below to learn more about three of the finalist companies.
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