Benefits

• Connect with other new leaders under forty who work in philanthropy in your community

• Take a leadership role in planning unique, creative programs tailored to the needs of your peers

• Have fun meeting like-minded people in a social environment

• Network with EPIP peers across the country - wherever EPIP has a chapter or member

• Find resources to make your workplace more supportive and educational

• Learn about job opportunities in philanthropy and other nonprofits

• Learn the critical issues in the foundation world, through EPIP’s Philanthropology TM education programs

• Strategize & collaborate to move social justice agendas through foundations and grantmaking

• Become an ally to emerging activists in fundraising and the nonprofit sector

Eligibility

Most EPIP members are under forty years of age, new to philanthropy work, or in junior positions. All EPIP members are one of the following:

• Staff person at a philanthropic foundation (public, private, family, independent, or corporate foundation or corporate giving program)

• Donor affiliated with a giving institution, or a foundation trustee

• Staff person at a philanthropic support organization (such as a regional association of grantmakers, affinity group, research center, or advisory firm)

• Graduate student studying philanthropy