100% of our annual budget is raised through community contributions and without the support of our community, we would not be able to bring Central Indiana people-centered year-round programming and a one-of-a-kind festival. Sparking community transformation is no small feat. Help support our work by making a gift today and have your donation doubled. Thanks to the generous support of the Lilly Endowment, every gift will be matched up to $400,000.

Please contact Liz Goodfellow at lgoodfel@iupui.edu for more information.

Volunteer for the Spirit & Place Festival!

What do festival volunteer do?

• Take an online volunteer orientation tutorial
• Sign up for a volunteer shift(s)
• Arrive 30 minutes prior to the event start time
• Greet guests on behalf of Spirit & Place
• Invite guests to sign up for the Spirit & Place enewsletter
• Distribute Event Guides and evaluations
• Remain until the end of the event to collect evaluations (plan to stay 15 – 30 minutes after the scheduled event end time)

Sign up to volunteer here!

*COVID-19.
Volunteers will be required to wear masks at all events and will be supplied with hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, extra masks, and a plexi-tabletop shield. At this time, Spirit & Place is asking that only vaccinated individuals sign-up to volunteer.

Support our work by donating to our wish list!

As a small, yet mighty team, we have several in-kind needs to continue our work.

• Office supplies – large easels, sharpies, dorm-size refrigerator
• Coffee/Tea Shop gift cards for all those meeting that help us strengthen relationships – Calvin Fletcher’s, Quills, Coat Check, Teas Me, Cleo’s Bodega, and others
• Gift cards for simple catering solutions for groups. Availability of food increases turn-out and meets people’s needs – Bakeries, pizza, sandwiches, etc.
• Gift cards for our hard-working staff – massages, mani-pedi, and more!

Please contact Liz Goodfellow at lgoodfel@iupui.edu for more information.

We need friends of Spirit & Place to help spread the word and to encourage others to participate. If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, please start! You can also sign up for our enewsletter.

From there, please share! Encourage friends and family to attend events with you and then connect and talk about what you discovered.

Upcoming Events.

As our programming and dialogues have evolved, so too must our practices. Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) is a new and emerging movement within the nonprofit sector that is grounded in equity and social justice, while centering around community. While this movement is emergent, many of the values and principles of CCF are in alignment with values Spirit & Place has held for the past two decades.

Learn more about Community Centric Fundraising here.

Thank you to all who support our work! Because of our collaborators, donors, volunteers, and friends, we can continue to create space for difficult dialogues, present unique experiences, and build civic capacity.

Learn more about our 25+year history, impacts, supporters, and more here.