Alumni Engagement Grant

Alumni Communities (including unified regions, geographic alumni communities, affinity, and affiliate groups) and individual volunteers have access to an IUAA grant. If you work with an IU staff member, please coordinate any grant requests with them before applying. The grant is available during the current fiscal year or until all funds are completely utilized. The IUAA fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

Alumni Communities should plan and budget for their yearly calendar of events based on the annual allocation funding received from the IUAA. Grant funds are available for additional financial support above the annual allocation.

Individual volunteers may also apply for grant funds to support their alumni engagement efforts.

Grants are awarded on a case-by-case basis. Alumni communities and individual volunteers may submit as many grant proposals as they wish; however, there is a cap on the total dollar amount awarded per alumni community or individual per fiscal year.

Criteria for all Alumni Engagement Grant requests

The IUAA activates and supports the global alumni network – encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with Indiana University and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and IU. Our work supporting and engaging alumni embraces the core values of the IUAA:

  • Collaboration: We work together to achieve common goals.
  • Commitment: We serve each other, our alumni, and the university with professionalism and integrity.
  • Inclusion: We work to create an inclusive culture that is committed to diversity, belonging, and equity.
  • Pride: We share and celebrate the best of the past, present, and future of IU.

In addition to supporting our core values as listed, we encourage units to embrace the following IUAA priorities when developing successful alumni engagement programming:

  • Cultivate belonging. To ensure a welcoming, equitable, diverse, and inclusive community, we will challenge discrimination and our inherent biases.
  • Deepen alumni loyalty. To build the alumni community, we will learn how alumni identify with IU and each other, and then offer relevant experiences that encourage stronger commitment.
  • Strengthen alumni relations across IU. We will collaborate with IU stakeholders and support efforts to engage more deeply with their alumni audiences.

Reporting

Within 30 days following the event, alumni communities or individual volunteers should report on the event that was funded by the grant.

Submit an Alumni Engagement Grant report

Questions?

If you have any questions or need additional information, email alumcomm@iu.edu.