Angela Stanley joined the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne in November 2023. As Senior Impact Advisor, Angela manages grants administration and relationship building with grantees, grant seekers, other partners in the community, and foundations. She is also working with Jaren Harmon on the Youth Empowered Philanthropy (YEP) program, an initiative that started in 2020 to connect youth to philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

She attended Purdue University in West Lafayette and majored in political science. She has a graduate degree from Ohio State University in American politics. She worked for a racial justice and public policy research institute at Ohio State for seven years. During that time, she worked primarily as a researcher and a writer. She also worked on projects helping community groups and grassroots organizations use grant dollars to develop plans to help transform their communities. Through that part of her work, she realized that by working for a foundation, she could focus her career on helping organizations get access to resources to serve their communities better. Before coming to the Community Foundation, Angela worked as the Vulnerable Populations Program Officer for the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation for two and a half years. 

Angela was born and raised in Fort Wayne. She lived in Columbus, Ohio, for about 13 years before returning to Fort Wayne. She loves seeing how much Fort Wayne has grown and changed. Downtown is much more vibrant, the arts and live music are flourishing, the festivals and markets are fun attractions, and there’s so much more to do now. Angela spends time with family and friends during her free time and loves being outside. Festivals, hiking, or exploring a new neighborhood, she is up for it!