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Huntingburg Foundation hosts second internship through Lilly Endowment program with selection of Ben Pinkstaff 
The Huntingburg Foundation announced the hire of Ben Pinkstaff as Development Intern for the second in the series of Lilly’s pilot internship program for Indiana Community Foundations.
As the Development Intern, Pinkstaff will oversee efforts to communicate and meet with professional advisors in order to evaluate and expand the Foundation’s development opportunities. As a vehicle for donor’s perpetual giving, the Community Foundation is an excellent partner for financial advisers, attorneys, and accountants when helping clients with philanthropic giving and estate plans.
Pinkstaff has been an active member of his community by volunteering time to his church, through various service trips. He has worked with under privileged individuals in the Appalachian Mountains and volunteering his time at soup kitchens. Pinkstaff feels his time with the Community Foundation will be an excellent way to channel his personal passions for community service in a professional manner.
The Community Foundation Internship is a new pilot program for Indiana Community Foundations funded by a Lilly Endowment grant under the Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) Initiative. The Endowment’s program aims to address two key objectives: to help build healthy Indiana community foundations and to provide Indiana college students with real-life work experiences.
The goal of the internship is to reflect the mission of the Foundation by connecting donors with charities and community projects. The Huntingburg Foundation serves to organize leaders, resources, and philanthropists in an effort to preserve the community’s heritage and charitable giving for future generations.
As the Development Intern, Pinkstaff will identify, contact, and meet with donors, professional advisors, and select constituents to share the opportunities of philanthropy and giving through the Foundation. He will also help develop a strategy to market the Foundation, educate the public, and maximize the development of endowments through nonprofit and community partnerships. Pinkstaff will be on staff with the Foundation through his fall semester of this year.
