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Box and Davis will review the key areas addressed at the Statehouse this past session and look ahead to important offseason activities.
Join us as we conclude the 2022 conference with a lunch keynote and closing remarks.
Join us as we lift up the incredible generosity and value of youth philanthropy.
Dinner tickets can be added to your conference registration during checkout ($75 for members; $150 for non-members), or purchased separately here.
5:30 pm DOORS OPEN
6:00 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION
7-9:00 pm DINNER & PROGRAM
Settle in with an appetizing lunch as we celebrate the 2022 Legislator of the Year and Hazelett Award for Leadership in Grantmaking.
Rich Haddad will emcee the event.
The Hazelett Award is proudly presented by Ekstrom Alley Clontz & Associates.
Numerous philanthropic reform proposals are currently being promoted at the national level. But more fundamentally, three major social trends promise to reshape the context and practice of American giving. Rising wealth disparity is creating both massive new buckets of money and a shrinking middle class. Fewer and fewer individuals live in supportive communities that promote human flourishing. And the dramatic rise of the religiously unaffiliated is likely to depress how much Americans give and volunteer.
Foundations and philanthropists across the country are coming to realize a health community and functional democracy depend heavily on local news and civic information. Whether you want to improve community safety, raise awareness about clean water, increase civic participation, or any number of other initiatives, quality local news can help. Do you have a role to play in its future? Learn how philanthropy can support local news in Indiana from the Knight Foundation’s in-house journalism guru.
Looking for something enlightening and engaging to do the morning of the conference? We've got you covered. Take the plunge and join us for one of the following pre-conference 'Mini Dive" sessions.
Through the lens of a notable example of community development and cross-sector collaboration, you will learn about the creation of River Valley Resources (RVR) by the Community Foundation of Madison & Jefferson County and their community partners.
Rural demographer Emily Wornell Seregow of the Indiana Communities Institute at Ball State University will lead an interactive morning session centered on the latest research, trends, and drivers of sustained rural prosperity. Despite popular economic development wisdom of the last century, research is increasingly showing that quality of life, not being “business friendly,” is the linchpin of sustainable, successful communities.