Peer Communities

Peer Communities

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IPA Peer Communities offer members ongoing opportunities to connect and learn with their peers who share similar job responsibilities either regionally or statewide. Members are connected through listserv discussions, virtual meet-ups, and in-person convenings.

Each Peer Community has one or two volunteer member chairs. Working with IPA staff, chairs gather input from their group to determine discussion topics. They also identify resources and advocate for participation from members of the Peer Community.

Eligibility

IPA Peer Communities are open to IPA members within grantmaking organizations.

Ready to join a Peer Community? Contact jmarkland@inphilanthropy.org.

The Communications Peer Community is a network for those with a communications role looking to build networks and share knowledge. This community is open to members looking to connect and explore topics such newsletter, social media strategy, website and other content curation, writing op-eds, and more. 

Email the Listserv - for group members only

Chairs:

  • Alaina Burton, Director of Communication, Wabash Valley Community Foundation
  • Kathleen Alter, Director of Community Engagement & Leadership, Community Foundation of Dekalb County

The Development Peer Community is a statewide network for IPA members who serve in development and donor relations roles.  This group is open to grantmaking members that want to connect and explore topics such as donor relations, planned gifts, stewardship, developing a planned giving program, and more.

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Chairs:

  • Alison Gerardot, CFRM, Vice President of Philanthropic Services, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne
  • Meagan Niese, CFRE, Development Director, Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County

The Finance Peer Community is a statewide network for IPA members who serve in finance and/or administration roles. This community is open to grantmaking members that want to connect and explore topics such as financial policies and procedures, accounting software, and more. Register to attend this first virtual meeting.

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Chair:

  • Sherry Hayes, Chief Financial Officer, Community Foundation Serving Howard, Clinton, Carroll Counties

IPA provides administrative support for Indiana Black in Philanthropy (IBIP), which seeks to educate, empower, strengthen, and support the development of Blacks in Indiana's communities through philanthropy. 

President:

  • Erica Fizer, Director of Communications and Marketing at Legacy Foundation, Inc.

This group represents a network of program officers across the state of Indiana who are looking to build networks and share knowledge. This community is open to all members looking to connect and explore topics such as but not limited to grants management, scholarship funds, donor advised funds, funder programming, and more.

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Co-Chairs:

  • Sidney Hardgrave, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact, Community Foundation Alliance (Representing South Region)
  • Dawn Martz, Director of Programs, Foellinger Foundation (Representing North Region)
  • Amanda Jamison, Senior Program Officer at Community Foundation of Elkhart County (Representing North Region)

The Program Officer NORTH Peer Community is a network of program officers and staff working within northern Indiana and looking to build networks and share knowledge. This community is open to all members looking to connect and explore topics such as but not limited to grants management, scholarship funds, donor advised funds, funder programming, and more.

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Co-Chairs:

  • Dawn Martz, Director of Programs, Foellinger Foundation 
  • Amanda Jamison, Senior Program Officer at Community Foundation of Elkhart County

Southern Indiana Network of Grantmakers (SING) is a network of staff and trustees working for organizations with a funding focus in Southeast Indiana. This group is closed to grantmaking members who are not already part of the SING network. For more information about the group, please contact info@inphilanthropy.org.

Young Leaders is a group of emerging leaders in the philanthropic sector age 20-40 (give or take a few years!). Members meet virtually four times per year to network and discuss a variety of topics pertinent to the field of philanthropy as it relates to being a young leader.

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Chair:

  • Emerald Blankenship, Vice President of Programs, Community Foundation serving Howard, Clinton, and Carroll Counties

The Youth Philanthropy Peer Community is a network of staff such as youth council facilitators and other interested members looking to build networks and share knowledge around youth philanthropy. This community is open to all members looking to connect and explore topics such as but not limited to youth leadership and development, philanthropic opportunities for youth, youth grantmaking, and more.

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Chair:

  • Destany Pingle, Program Associate/Facilitator of Orange County Community Foundation Youth Council, Orange County Community Foundation