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Name: Giving For Impact – Level 1, Day 1
Start: 2026-03-05T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2026-03-05T12:30:00-06:00
Location: Welborn Community Room

January 2026
HOLA Professional Development Series

August 1, 2025 @ 8:00 am - March 6, 2026 @ 3:00 pm

Ivy Tech Community College 3501 N First Ave, Evansville, IN, United States

Since its foundation in 2002 as a nonprofit organization, HOLA has been dedicated to fostering appreciation for cultural diversity and promoting the successful inclusion of Latinos in the community. In collaboration with Ivy Tech Community College, the University of Evansville, the University of Southern Indiana and the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP), we developed a comprehensive leadership series aimed at achieving the following outcome: To equip participants with advanced professional development training that enhances their skills, expands their knowledge, and sharpens their strategic thinking. This training empowers participants to navigate complex challenges, make meaningful contributions, and foster a culture of innovation, belonging, and continuous growth within their workplaces, communities, and organizations. The Fourth Cohort will start at Ivy Tech Community College on August 1st, 2025. Note: These six one-day sessions will be held over a year, rotating between Ivy Tech Community College, University of Evansville, and University of Southern Indiana. Light breakfast, lunch and materials included. Registration Deadline: 7/15/2025

$2000
Data Centers and Community Primer

January 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Midwestern communities are powering the future of artificial intelligence and cloud computing through the exponential growth of data center operations breaking ground in our region. These infrastructure investments have impacts on economic and environmental resources that are not always well-understood or anticipated. Through this fact-based primer on data centers, foundation leaders can be informed partners working to drive effective decision-making and strategy development within their own communities. What you’ll take away: Fact-based insights on the topic of data center operations and implications on communities. Questions to ask to understand the benefits and drawbacks of data centers for your region. IPA Member Price: $0 Nonmember Price: $50

$50
February 2026
Community Foundation Brown Bag Lunch: Leading as a Board Chair

February 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Community foundation leaders come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, and inevitably face new challenges leading this unique type of nonprofit. Join this series of casual lunchtime calls about leadership, featuring conversations with longtime community foundation CEOs and GIFT experts in the field. Each virtual session will highlight scenarios you may encounter and tips for building a team of leaders you can consult when faced with new challenges. More details will be available soon. View the full series here. Who May Join The CF Brown Bag Lunch series is open to Indiana community foundation CEOs and their board chair. 👥 Registering Others: Community foundation staff can register board members by selecting their names from the Colleague drop-down menu above. To add new board members or contacts to your account, visit My Dashboard, select Manage My Organizations, and select edit to update your contact list.
Relationships and Power: Listening Well

February 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join us to explore how intentional practices of listening can help shift power between philanthropic families and their partners, within grantmaking relationships, and among communities that funders serve; deepen relationships; and support equitable outcomes. Participants will reflect on how families can engage authentically with grantees and communities, ask effective questions, interpret what they hear, and respond in ways that strengthen mutual trust, co-creation, and agency. You’ll leave with actionable takeaways for how your philanthropic practice can be more relational, equitable, and grounded in the voices of those you aim to serve.
Census for Funders 101

February 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Online

Census participation gaps, particularly among historically undercounted populations, can have lasting consequences for states, local governments, and the nonprofits and systems philanthropy supports. This webinar will explore practical ways grantmakers can engage individually and collectively to strengthen outreach, trust, and participation. An accurate census is essential to ensuring communities receive their fair share of public funding and resources, especially as we look ahead to Census 2030. Census participation gaps, particularly among historically undercounted populations, can have lasting consequences for states, local governments, and the nonprofits and systems philanthropy supports. Census for Funders 101 will outline how philanthropy and its partners can play a critical role in supporting a fair and accurate Census 2030. This webinar will explore why the census matters for securing government dollars, how census data is used in funding and policy decisions, and practical ways grantmakers can engage individually and collectively to strengthen outreach, trust, and participation. Designed for funders at all levels of experience, this session will equip participants with foundational knowledge, real-world examples, and actionable strategies to help ensure an accurate count that benefits Indiana’s communities for the next decade. What You'll Learn Why Census 2030 matters for equitable funding and representation How census data […]
March 2026
Giving For Impact – Level 1, Day 1

March 5 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Welborn Community Room 20 NW Third St., Suite 1500, Evansville, United States

As a donor, do you ever question whether your donations are having the impact you expect? Do you often feel like you are just writing checks to organizations because they asked or because it makes you feel good?

Over the past eight years, our program, Giving for Impact, has made a tremendous difference in how people donate and partner with nonprofits.

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Donor-Funder

January 2026

HOLA Professional Development Series

Data Centers and Community Primer

February 2026

Community Foundation Brown Bag Lunch: Leading as a Board Chair

Relationships and Power: Listening Well

Census for Funders 101

March 2026

Giving For Impact – Level 1, Day 1

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