Foundation Incubator Digital Records

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.