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Health Disparities Collaborative | Community Collaboration
Learn about two programs tackling complex health issues by prioritizing the collective participation of community residents and multi-sector partners.
Resources for Impact Investing
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This page is dedicated to providing you with current and past resources to learn more about Impact Investing and how you can implement lasting change in your community.
Impact Investing is commonly defined as investing into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Resources shared by speakers at IPA's Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Symposium.
Legal Aspects of Fund Management
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Watch this video to be better informed on legal aspects of fund management.
Rural Resiliency and the New Narrative
Rural sociologist Ben Winchester uses real data and real strategies to help us create even more welcoming and thriving rural communities, especially in light of the new world we’re living in.
Economic Mobility Webinar
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Highlighting best practices of foundations who are already supporting economic mobility work and look at ways in which foundations might partner to engage in this space.
COVID-19 Funds
... County, and Zimmer Biomet Foundation Legacy Foundation (Lake County) LaGrange County Community Foundation Crown Point Community Foundation (Lake County) LaPorte County Community Foundation Community ...
2021 Indiana Youth Philanthropy Program Directory
This directory lists the Indiana Community Foundations whom currently have a youth philanthropy program.
Entry Points #1: Philanthropy’s Response to Opioid Use Disorder Crisis
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Replicable models from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation and Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation for tackling the opioid epidemic.
Youth Participatory Evaluation: An Opportunity to Promote Youth Development and Program Improvement
This webinar explores concepts of youth participatory evaluation (YPE) with evaluation researcher Dr. Lori Palen. You will learn how to help youth evaluate impact throughout the program life cycle with limited resources.
Aligning Your Giving Strategy with Business Goals
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Webinar recording offering grantmaking tips from three very different Indiana-based companies on how to align giving strategies with business goals.
Developing Effective Communications Deep Dive
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Slides and handouts from IPA's program on how to integrate public interest communications that increase brand awareness.
Collaborating to Achieve a Common Goal
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This webinar can help you identify the resources and types of leadership necessary to sustain a collaboration that can achieve a common goal.
Lifting Voices: Increasing Civic Engagement Through Creative Community Convening
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In this webinar you'll hear from foundations who have played an important role in community convening and have used this role to improve civic engagement in their communities.
Investment and Philanthropic Trends for Private and Community Foundations
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This webinar provides an in-depth discussion of investment trends for private and community foundations.
Developing Youth Philanthropists
A guidebook to help foundations create engaging youth council programming that builds life skills of young people.
Indiana Health Coalition List
Listing of Indiana Health Coalitions with contact information as of 9/1/16.
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Foundation Job Descriptions
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See sample documents below containing job descriptions for positions at private foundations and community foundations.
Go here for additional examples.
GIFT Phase VI
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This material is only available to members. Please login to view.