Peer Event

Community and Economic Development for Community Foundations

Community development improves lives and builds prosperity by maximizing the potential of a place. Combine this with the role of catalyzing and raising resources from a community on behalf of a community, a Community Foundation can capitalize on its unique role as a convener, grantmaker, and endowment builder for greater community prosperity with simple practices taken from community and economic development strategies.

Date & Time

Eastern to
Eastern

Location

Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University
IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, Indiana

Campus Center, RM 305
IUPUI Campus
 420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(Corner of Michigan Street and University Blvd.)

Directions and Parking

Hotel Information

Hampton Inn Indianapolis Downtown
105 S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46225

Room rates are $125/night for a standard room or $154/night for a suite (does not include taxes and fees). To make reservations, call 317-261-1200 and mention the IUPUI discounted rate (cannot be booked online).

Rooms are limited due to a major conference in the city, so please book early as we cannot guarantee the rate.

Cost

Members = $299
Nonmembers = $399

This event is sold out.

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Co-hosted by the Council on Foundations and the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.  Speakers and participants will include experts from the Council on Foundations, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Indiana philanthropic and economic development institutions.

Taking Community Leadership to the next level for Community Foundations

Community development improves lives and builds prosperity by maximizing the potential of a place.  Combine this with the role of catalyzing and raising resources from a community on behalf of a community, a Community Foundation can capitalize on its unique role as a convener, grantmaker, and endowment builder for greater community prosperity with simple practices taken from community and economic development strategies.

Do you see complexity in your work and seek strategies to adapt yourself, organization and community for the difficult work of social change?

Making financial capital available is important; exercising leadership is fundamental. Community philanthropy’s focus, skill, and experience matter more than money. 

The workshop will include themes of grantmaking in economic development, community engaged collective impact, adaptive leadership, and a basic impact investing models. Do you aspire to exercise leadership in pursuit of the opportunities and challenges at hand? Attend this session to voice your assumptions, create energy for the work from your colleagues, and explore practical tools for mobilizing people, clarifying what matters most, and creating impact.

Attendees will explore, analyze, and discover new ways to strengthen their understanding of this work with peers, network with professionals in this space, and hear promising community development strategies to lead to greater opportunities for foundation growth and impact in your community.

Speakers

  • John Cochrane, independent consultant on social innovation and impact investing
  • Andy Fraizer, Executive Director of Prosperity Indiana and member, National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations
  • Lara Kalwinski, JD, Senior Counsel, Compliance & Policy, Council on Foundations, and Executive Director, U.S. Community Foundation National Standards
  • Mark Sidel, JD, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Visiting Chair in Community Foundations at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Member, Council on Foundations Community Foundations National Standards Board
  • Brad Ward, Director, Community Philanthropy, Council on Foundations

The workshop will be moderated by Mark Sidel, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Visiting Chair in Community Foundations, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at , and Brad Ward, Director, Community Philanthropy, Council on Foundations.

Agenda

8:00–9:00 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00–9:10 am — Opening Remarks

  • Patrick Rooney, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
  • Brad Ward, Council on Foundations
  • Mark Sidel, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

9:15–10:25 am — Community Engaged Collective Impact and Economic Development

  • Andy Fraizer, Prosperity Indiana
  • Michael Eggleston, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
  • Moderator: Brad Ward, Council on Foundations

10:25–10:40 am — Break

10:40–11:50 am — The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Grantmaking for Economic Development

  • Lara Kalwinski, Council on Foundations
  • Toby Rittner, Council of Development Finance Agencies
  • Moderator: Mark Sidel, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

12:00–1:00 pm — Lunch

1:00–2:10 pm — Community Foundation Impact Investing

  • John Cochrane, independent consultant
  • Katie Kramer, Council of Development Finance Agencies
  • Moderator: Brad Ward, Council on Foundations

2:10–2:25 pm — Break

2:25–3:45 pm — Adaptive Leadership: Comprehensive Community Approach

  • Andy Fraizer, Prosperity Indiana
  • Terri Johnson, Indiana Philanthropy Alliance
  • Moderator: Mark Sidel, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

3:45 – 4:15 pm — Wrapping Up and Moving Forward!

  • Moderator: Tony Macklin, Impact Finance Center

Event Resources

Community and Economic Development is part of a broader framework of community leadership by a community foundation. To ensure a readiness to have a conversation specific to community and economic development, it is recommended to pre-read Framework for Community Leadership by a Community Foundation in advance of the workshop.

A sample of resources for economic development by community foundations:

Questions?

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Daniela Rodriguez Ranf

Director, Leadership Development and Training

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