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Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Alliance (NINA)


Enriching the Local Community by Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector

The Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Alliance (NINA) is a membership organization for area nonprofit organizations. NINA's mission is to strengthen nonprofits through leadership and organizational development.

Members of the Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Alliance benefit from a network of resources and support for their organization, including:

NINA annually offers a program for middle management employees of nonprofit organizations who have been employed with their organization for three years or more. This program, called Emerging Leaders Development Program, provides leadership and management information and training to develop individuals for potential executive positions.

History of NINA

NINA is an outgrowth of the former Institute for Organizational Effectiveness (iOE) at Taylor University which was established in 2000. iOE was funded by the Foellinger Foundation to provide training resources to leaders of Allen County nonprofit organizations. When the program ended, the need for these resources and training continued in the nonprofit community. To answer the need, a group of nonprofit executives banded together to develop the alliance and to find its home within the Leadership Fort Wayne mission.

2009 Members

Allen County Education Partnership
Ambassador Family Enterprises, LLC
American Red Cross
Arts United
Better Business Bureau
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne, LLC
Blue Jacket
Candace Schuler Writes!
Caring About People
Carriage House
Catholic Charities
Center for Extraordinary Execution
CANI Community Action of Northeast Indiana
Community Transportation Network
Dekko Foundation
Early Childhood Alliance
Embassy Theatre
Erin's House
Euell A. Wilson Center
FAME
Family & Children's Services
Fort Wayne Center for Learning
Fort Wayne Urban League
Fort Wayne Women's Bureau
Friends of the Third World
Goodwill
Healthier Moms and Babies
Homebound Meals
Hope House
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
Leadership Fort Wayne
League for the Blind & Disabled
Lifeline Youth and Family Services
Literacy Alliance
Lutheran Homes
Lutheran Social Services of Indiana
Mad Anthony's Children's Hope House
McMillen Center
Mission Enablers
MLK Montessori School
Mustard Seed
NeighborLink Fort Wayne
Park Center
Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center
Rescue Ministries
SCAN, Inc.
Super Shot
Thirteen Step House, Inc.
Three Rivers Institute of African Art & Culture, Inc.
Turnstone Center for Disabled
United Way of Allen County
Vincent Village
Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home
WFWA PBS 39
YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne
YWCA of Northeast Indiana