Fundholders

Thank you for trusting CICF with your giving. We’re glad to be on this journey with you.

Our goal is to help you get the most out of the services available to you and to ensure your giving feels both meaningful and effective.

$30m granted by CICF fundholders in 2024

Manage Your Fund

Current fundholders can view their fund information on CICF Connect—CICF’s online portal for fundholders and fund advisors. There you can view:

  • your fund balances
  • gifts to the fund
  • grants made
  • grants pending

Donor-advised fund advisors can also recommend grants online. Grant request forms and procedures for donor-advised grant-making can also be downloaded from CICF Connect.

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Contribute to Your Fund

Fundholders have several options for contributing to their funds including a check, wire transfer, online, and more.

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Need Help Logging In?

If you are a current fundholder at CICF or another entity within the CICF Collaborative and need assistance accessing your account, would like to reset your password or would like to register for access to CICF Connect, email your effective philanthropy team at EffectivePhilanthropy@cicf.org or call us at 317.634.2423.

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Explore Giving Options

Visit our giving library to learn about a variety of local nonprofits across a variety of giving areas.

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Fundholder Services

As a fundholder, you have access to various services from our dedicated staff. Below are the services available to you. If you have not used the resources listed below, please contact your philanthropic advisor to learn more.

Grantee Research and Recommendations

As grantmakers ourselves, our teams are uniquely familiar with the local landscape of nonprofits. We can provide information on specific organizations you are interested in, make recommendations within a category you are looking to impact, and vet organizations.

Values, Interests, and Purpose Exercise

This unique exercise, facilitated by our philanthropic advisors, is designed to help you identify and narrow a purpose for your fund. By exploring the alignment of your family’s values and the causes you care about, we can help outline key areas of impact for your fund, complete with a custom mission/purpose statement to help guide your grantmaking.

Succession Planning

There are various options for maintaining your fund’s legacy after your lifetime, from passing to future generations to being allocated to specific organizations or general impact areas. Working closely with in-house legal counsel, our philanthropy teams can help you explore and establish a plan for your fund.

Site Visits

Want to see an organization in action or get behind-the-scenes access? Let us coordinate an opportunity to see the work, meet the team, and learn more!

Family Philanthropy

Engaging your family in your philanthropic work makes it more meaningful for them, you, and even the organizations you support. We would love to advise you on strategies involving your young or adult children, or even your grandchildren.

Fund Growth Support

We offer assistance with a variety of complicated assets at no additional charge and can support strategies that are a win-win for you and for the community as you grow your fund.

Featured Donor Stories

Information & Resources for Donors

May 27, 2025
With public education funding in decline, the CICF Collaborative hosted a May 14 bus tour to show fundholders how philanthropy can help fill critical gaps. Attendees heard from education leaders and visited two schools, Providence Cristo Rey and Brookside Elementary, to see innovative solutions in action. The day highlighted both urgent needs and long-term opportunities, encouraging donors to support education in ways that align with their values.

Your Philanthropy Team

We help people invest in the causes that matter most to them.
Our dedicated team will work closely with you to evaluate the values, interests and causes that stir your passion and guide the process of identifying organizations and programs that match those concerns. Our priority is to make philanthropy both simple and enjoyable.

Janeen Butler
Director of Scholarship Programs
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Clark Collier
Director of Giving Strategies
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Reiya Davis
Philanthropic Advisor
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Clayton De Fur
Executive Director, Herbert Simon Family Foundation; Sr. Director, Philanthropic Advising
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Nora Dietz-Kilen
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
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Julian Edwards
Philanthropic Advisor
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Robin Elmerick
Senior Director of Effective Philanthropy
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Josie Frey
Philanthropic Advisor
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Allissa Impink
Director of Family Philanthropy, Sr. Advisor, Glick Philanthropies, Central Indiana Senior Fund
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Morgan Meyer
Scholarships Officer
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Mina Moussa
Philanthropic & Non-Profit Services Associate
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Leah Nahmias
Program Director, Herbert Simon Family Foundation
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Joanna Nixon
Manager, Efroymson Family Fund
Guadalupe Pimentel Solano
Program Director, Herbert Simon Family Foundation
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Leann Saul
Philanthropy Intern
Brandon Stover
Giving Strategies Associate
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Jennifer Turner
Vice President of Philanthropy
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