The National Society of Fund Raisers was organized in New
York City in 1960 to serve as the professional association for fund raisers in
America. The organization changed its
name to the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE) in the
mid-1970s, and at about the same time hired its first executive director. In 1993 NSFRE had 15,903 individual members
in 131 chapters, and maintained a national office in Alexandria, Virginia. Its name was again changed January 1, 2001,
to the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
The Indiana FFA Association, formed in 1929, was the 19th
state association chartered by the National FFA Organization, an agricultural
education organization consisting of 52 chartered state associations including
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Each state association is governed by its own
constitution approved by the National FFA Organization and is comprised of
chapters within secondary schools throughout the state. In 1968 the Indiana FFA Leadership Center was established in Trafalgar, Indiana, to house leadership activities, the State
FFA Officers, and state staff. By 2004, the Indiana FFA Association included 9,000 members in 188 chapters statewide.
The New Farmers of America (NFA) began as a
national organization for African-American farm youth in 1935 to promote
agricultural leadership, character, thrift, scholarship, cooperation, and
citizenship. This organization served
its members for 30 years providing experience in leadership and education in
the agricultural field. Programs and
contests designed for the organization awarded youth for achievement within the
NFA and their community. In 1965 the NFA
merged with the National FFA Organization.
At the time of the merger, the NFA consisted of 1,004 chapters in 12
states and over 50,000 members.
ACCESS
Historical Images Onlines -- All NFA Images and a small portion of the FFA images are available for searching and online viewing.
If you wish to discuss the donation of materials, please contact:
Brenda L. Burk, Philanthropic Studies Archivist IUPUI University
Library Special Collections and Archives 755 West Michigan
Street Indianapolis, IN 46202
The Philanthropy Collections include the historical records of the following:
organizations and individuals that have worked as advocates for the nonprofit
sector, fund raising firms that help nonprofit organizations raise money,
foundations and individual philanthropists, and nonprofit organizations that
provide social services, particularly in central Indiana. These collections also
provide a wide scope of research materials dealing with social, historical,
political, educational, and ethnic developments and changes in the United States
during the twentieth century.
