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National Community Foundation Boot Camp

Wed-Fri | November 5-7, 2025
12:00am EST

Regular Rate: $499

Group Rate: $399 *This ticket is for orgs registering 3+ attendees

National Community Foundation Boot Camp connects community foundations across the U.S. 

 

Join foundation staff and boards from across the country and get ready to invest in yourself with a guide to everything your foundation does and can do in the community.

This virtual training provides staff and board members with an overview of the structure and operations of a community foundation, covering nearly every aspect of this unique work.

CF Boot Camp is ideal for both new and seasoned staff and boards.

 

What we cover...

  • History, purpose
  • Board governance
  • Gifts and funds
  • Asset development
  • Grantmaking
  • Community leadership
  • Finance and investments
  • Legal issues
  • Operational sustainability
  • Lifecycles of community foundations
     

 

Schedule

November 5 | 10:30-1pm ET, 2-4pm ET
November 6 | 10:30-12:30pm ET, 2-4pm ET
November 7 | 10:30-12:30pm ET, 2-4pm ET

IPA's Background Hosting CF Boot Camp

Community foundations are complex organizations. For more than 25 years, IPA has housed a dedicated program that offers specialized assistance to over 90 community foundations in Indiana. These foundations have achieved impressive sustainability, play significant leadership roles in communities, and have grown their assets to over $4 billion. IPA now offers its highly regarded Community Foundation Boot Camp curriculum to audiences across the United States.

This training has been presented by IPA to over a thousand participants in recent years in partnership with the United Philanthropy Forum, Southeast Council of Foundations, Iowa Council of Foundations, League of California Community Foundations, Philanthropy Colorado, North Carolina Network of Grantmakers, Florida Philanthropic Network, and more. 

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