GIFT
In 1990 Lilly Endowment announced the GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) initiative. It was launched on the premise that local citizens are the best judges of their own philanthropic needs and priorities. Through five GIFT phases and two programs - - “Taking Stock” and “Sustaining Resource Development” - - community foundations now serve every one of Indiana’s 92 counties in a variety of ways.
Asset-building, operating-support and special-project grants have encouraged public support and engaged the interest of local citizens in improving the lives around them. Besides being grantmakers, community foundations play important leadership roles in their communities - - identifying community needs and convening community dialogues to formulate strategies and marshal resources to address them.
A critical resource common to all GIFT phases and programs and available to the foundations and their communities is technical assistance. This technical assistance component is housed with the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance.
In This Area
- GIFT Technical Assistance
Available only to board members, staff and volunteers from community foundations participating in the GIFT initiative. - Indiana Community Foundation Committee (CFC)
An advisory committee to GIFT and the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance and exists to promote, strengthen and advance the work of Indiana community foundations. - Information for Community Foundations
See a list of resources for community foundations. - Community Foundation Internships Program
This program will enable eligible community foundations over a two-year period to hire Indiana college students as interns. See resources available to community foundations.
Events
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Creating a Strategy for Planned Giving: How to Build, Tweak or Perfect your Planned Giving Program
September 29, 2010
Renaissance Indianapolis North
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