Liz Tate

Vice President for Grants

317.634.2423, ext. 175
lizt@cicf.org

Hi! My name is Liz Tate. For the past decade it has been my pleasure to work with an outstanding group of people. I love coming in to see where each new day will take me. Each day is filled with connecting people to other people who are passionate about making central Indiana a better place to work, play, and live. I meet interesting people and learn something new every day. It would be wonderful if we could truly live in the land of OZ.

Liz Tate is Vice President for Grants at Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF). In her role she oversees CICF’s annual grantmaking, which in 2009 awarded grants totaling $35.7 million to 753 not-for-profits serving the central Indiana community and beyond. In addition, her work focuses on aligning the foundation’s grantmaking with its three Community Leadership initiatives: College Readiness, Family Success and Inspiring Places, and the more than 300 families that use CICF as their charitable advisor.

Liz joined Legacy Fund, an affiliate of CICF, in 2000 and became associate vice president in 2007. Her work in Hamilton County included providing technical support to non-profit organizations as they effectively meet the needs of their community while also serving as a resource for donors and their advisors.

She is a veteran of numerous grant review panels and county-wide and state-wide coalitions. Liz is involved in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative Indiana (YPII); A Chance to Serve (ACTS) youth leadership program; serves on the boards of Hamilton County Purdue Extension Office and the Hamilton County Leadership Academy.

She is a graduate of the Hamilton County Leadership Academy, Class of 2002, and she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Stanislaus State College in California.