“Giving should be

an alignment

of strategy and joy."

Cecilia Boone,

Dallas Women’s Foundation

513.351.1945 1776 Mentor Avenue, #318 Cincinnati, OH 45212

Downloads

• The IGNITE Services & Processes Brochure - PDF [link]
• Ohio Common Grant Application - Word document [link] or pdf file [link]
• Navigating Family Foundations - presentation as PDF [link]
• Key Facts on Family Foundations - PDF [link]

Professional Memberships

• Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council - regional affiliate of PPP [link]
• National Center for Family Philanthropy – a research and educational organization for family foundations around the country [link]
• Ohio Grantmakers Forum – a educational and advocacy network for Ohio grantmakers [link]
• Partnership for Philanthropic Planning – a diverse organization for attorneys, CPA’s, trust officers, planned giving officers and others involved in charitable gift planning (formerly the National Committee on Planned Giving) [link]
• Social Venture Partners Cincinnati - the regional affiliate of SVPI [link]
• Social Venture Partners International – a network of 25 volunteer-driven venture philanthropy organizations around the world, representing 2,400 engaged givers [link]

Online Resources
We encourage you to learn more about philanthropy by doing your own research.

• Board Source – tools and resources for boards of directors [link]
• Charity Navigator - a charity evaluator that analyzes and compares the financial health of over 5,400 of America's largest charities [link]
• Council on Foundations - the national association for all types of foundations [link]
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the biweekly newspaper of the nonprofit world [link]
• Foundation Center - a vast resource for statistics and detail on foundations [link]
• Giving Institute/Giving USA Foundation – a useful source on national annual giving statistics [link]
• Giving USA 2010 – data about charitable giving [link]
• Grantmakers for Effective Organizations – an organization that promotes best practices for grantees [link]
• Guidestar - a national website with the tax returns of nonprofit organizations [link]
• Independent Sector – the voice for volunteers [link]
• Internal Revenue Service – many helpful pages are available at www.irs.gov/charities, including information about Form 990 and Form 990-PF. Follow these links for updates on the new 990: [link] and [link]