Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Foundation Incubator was established with the goal of providing a community for philanthropists to interact, discuss, and innovate new solutions in the field, through shared office space for smaller foundations to utilize as well as articles, coaching, workshops, and presentations for the wider community. Established in Palo Alto, TFI had a special focus on applying the verve of Silicon Valley from that period to philanthropy, and members of the Foundation Incubator primarily consisted of California-based ventures. Confronted with an economic downturn and a consensus to slow growth, TFI merged with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy in July 2005.
- Extent:
- .25 Cubic Feet (1 slim letter-size Hollinger box.)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
The Foundation Incubator Records, 2000-2005, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis.
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection consists of records created by and for the Foundation Incubator as a standalone entitty, from its formation starting in 2000 to just before its acquisition by Indiana University in 2005. The collection includes promotional ephemera, update newsletters from 2002 to 2005, and articles written by TFI, followed by articles that accompanied presentation programs and their other ephemera, and ending with strategy documents and two business plans. Each subject is otherwise arranged chronologically.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred from by President Elizabeth Bremner of the Foundation Incubator to Todd Daniels-Howell at the Payton Philanthropic Studies Library on September 7, 2005.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Dimensions:
- 12 1/4" by 10 1/4" by 2 1/2"
Indexed Terms
Online content
Access
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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The Foundation Incubator Records, 2000-2005, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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University Library 0133755 West Michigan StreetIndianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- CONTACT:
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speccoll@iu.edu