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Directory
President
Frank Giammarino
675-1940
Community Development
Grants:
Lori Tragesser
675-1941
Education
Scholarships:
Megan Zanto
675-1943
Bookkeeping:
Valerie Stapleton
675-1942
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Through philanthropic donor services, strategic grantmaking, and constructive leadership, the Tipton County Foundation, your hometown community foundation, unites the gifts of many to sustain the causes that matter to all— now, and for all generations to come.

Founded and guided by Volunteers since 1986, the Foundation is a trustworthy enterprise to assist donors with any charitable purpose, whether your resources are great or small. TCF manages dozens of scholarship and other targeted funds, promotes the United Community Fund to sustain a network of social service agencies, coordinates Ducky Day in Tipton Park, and encourages higher education, volunteer involvement, and a host of other community benefits. You can select the fund you wish to support— or start one of your own.

Contributions to the Tipton County Foundation are tax-deductible under section 501(c)(3) and the public charity provisions of sections 509 and 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. The IRS recognized TCF in July 1986 as exempt from federal income tax. You can read and/or print a copy of our determination letter. (Federal ID 31-1175045) Confirmed in compliance with national standards for U.S. community foundations. Member of the Indiana Association of United Ways. Our 2010 federal income tax return Form 990 is available as a pdf file to view or print. Click here to open it.

Donor Privacy Policy

The Tipton County Foundation does not sell, loan, or trade their donors' personal or contact information with anyone else, nor send mailings on behalf of individuals, causes, or organizations that do not have a fund established in the Foundation.

Staff Directory

Please contact us to ask questions, make suggestions, seek help with grant or scholarship applications, offer volunteer assistance, or to discuss how to finance your charitable intentions. TCF staff have direct numbers for you to talk or leave a voice mail:

• Frank Giammarino 675-1940, president, for information about funds, investments, events, and volunteering
• Lori Tragesser 675-1941, community development officer, for grants, the Women's Fund, and other community benefits
• Megan Zanto 675-1943, education program officer, for scholarships, Ducky Day in Tipton Park, and youth philanthropy
• Valerie Stapleton 675-1942, bookkeeper/ administrator, for meeting room reservations, donor receipts and payments to vendors

The main number (765) 675-8480 works as a "call director" menu and to leave a general voice mail. Fax:675-8488

Calendar

To help promote activities and avoid conflicting dates, the Tipton County Chamber of Commerce has a page on its website where you can learn about, and add, public events such as meetings and fund-raisers, as soon as dates and locations are set. Please visit... http://www.tiptonchamber.org/calendar-date

The Foundation's own meeting and event schedule is here.

Tipton County’s YouTube Channel is available to any group for charitable promotions.

People who organize events and activities open to the public are lucky that the Tipton County Tribune and TiptonArgus.com are ready to publish announcements, photos, and news. Now we are pleased to add a YouTube Channel being moderated by the Tipton County Foundation for this purpose. Projects of benefit to the community may be promoted by short “first person” appearances on www.youtube.com/intiptoncounty.

TCF volunteers will conduct and record a “talking head” interview that briefly tells Who is doing What, When, Where, Why, and for How Much. TCF will also compile videos when the event takes place and post them for everyone to see. Just send an inquiry email to networker@tiptoncf.org to arrange for your promotion video.

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Last modified: Friday, April 13, 2012