Strategic Philanthropic Advising (SPA) leverages United Way of Central Indiana’s vast network and understanding of the community in a targeted way to provide strategic philanthropic solutions and programming, maximizing corporate investment in Central Indiana.
Learn MoreOur strategic planning methods translate your company’s ideas and intentions into a community investment plan that provides a clear path to impact. Your company is unique, and we start each engagement with attention to the priorities that matter most to you.
As we shape your philanthropic strategy, our staff can provide research and analysis to inform your decisions. We are experts at synthesizing complex, stubborn issues to make them more comprehensible. We consider our primary role to help your company find the best opportunities for your resources.
As seasoned corporate philanthropists with over 100 years of experience, we understand how to guide group dynamics and create a collaborative, iterative process informed by our findings. No one organization is equipped to research the issues, involve the experts, convene the community, advocate across partisan lines, create an effective strategy, respond in times of crisis, and measure the outcomes like United Way.
The SPA team act as program officers for companies without dedicated staff or in a support position for existing personnel. We can manage individual programs and employee engagement events or act as a grantmaking advisor, developing governance, programmatic and operation strategies, and fiscal due diligence.
An engagement survey offers the opportunity to establish two-way communication and involve employees in the philanthropic planning process by giving them a direct voice to leadership. In turn, this allows companies an understanding of employee motivations and values to better lead philanthropic strategies.
Our SPA team is ready when you are! Fill out the form below, or email Ryan Johnson (ryan.johnson@uwci.org) with specific questions.
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