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This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
Definition, roles, history
National Standards
IRS Code; tax exempt orgs
Legal concepts & documents
GOVERNANCE
Key legal concepts
Governance vs. management
Unique challenges of boards
Board leadership
Board orientation/education
Board & executive roles
Strategic planning
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
Grab your breakfast and join a screening of "The Working Hungry," a documentary that reveals the often-overlooked challenges of food insecurity faced by almost 1 million Hoosiers, many of whom are working full-time jobs. You will also be the first to get a sneak peek of the new film, “Food, Insecurity.” After the screening, a panel will share the film’s impact, including over 65 screenings across Indiana that have sparked conversations about solutions.
Unwind, share nuggets of wisdom, and exchange contact info with your IPA Peer Community before heading home.
ROOM ASSIGNMENTS
The Indianapolis Foundation invites you to their office's Social Hub for refreshments at this conference welcome event. Continuous transportation from The Westin to the event and back will be provided.
LOCATION
The Indianapolis Foundation
615 N. Alabama St. #300
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317.634.2423 ext. 145
Thanks to The Indianapolis Foundation for sponsoring this event!
Location: Indiana Roof Ballroom, 140 W Washington Street
Dinner tickets can be added to your conference registration during checkout ($100 for members; $150 for non-members), or purchased separately here.
Cocktail Reception: 5:30 pm | Dinner Program: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Americans interact with foundations and nonprofits on a daily basis, but research shows that most people don’t know what philanthropy actually does. How do you reach the communities you work with and communicate the work you do? Enter personas.
Persona building is an essential tool for grantmakers as they try to form meaningful connections with grantees and communities. Attend this session to learn how to use research to understand the values, worldviews, and identities of your audiences, and craft messages that actually resonate with the people you’re trying to reach.
Join our guided e-bike tour to explore the world-class Indianapolis Cultural Trail—all without breaking a sweat!
Access to affordable housing is a national issue. Where has Indiana seen success?
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
Explore concepts in “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High” by Joseph Grenny, as well as how to resolve conflicts with Board and donors around mission alignment.
Learn about a unique initiative in Flint, Michigan that brought residents to the table to voice their needs, share their concerns and craft a path beyond the city’s water crisis. Focus on Flint offers an intriguing study of community engagement and place-based philanthropy. Hear from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation about lessons learned and their ongoing efforts to improve quality of life in Flint.
Moderated by Hanna Love of the Brookings Institution, this panel includes one representative from each Ind. community participating in the Community-Centered Economic Inclusion program:
Before community voice can be centered, it must be heard, understood, and viewed as important. As such, this opening conversation will set the tone for the rest of the day to come.
We will gather at The Season's Lodge in LOCUST 4 to commence the 2023 Leadership Retreat
While capacity building is a critical part of our work, traditional models of capacity building do not always account for culture, systems, and power in their design, failing to keep equity centered in their approach. GEO’s latest publication, Reimagining Capacity Building, explores principles for centering equity in our capacity-building efforts, explores the way inequities can show up, and offers steps we can take to address and mitigate those inequities.
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
In between talking with exhibitors at the Idea Exchange, make time for one or more Quick Hits. These 45-minute sessions cover a variety of funding areas: arts & culture, early childhood education, environment, equity & inclusion, grantee perspective, housing, public health, and workforce.
