About Me

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Arvetta Jideonwo, MHA, CFRE is currently Head of Social Impact for CREA LLC and Executive Director of CREA Foundation. As an affordable housing investment company, CREA’s mission is a belief that opportunity starts with a safe place to call home. Since 2021, Arvetta has been with CREA and serves as the company’s chief philanthropy and social impact leader including establishing the strategy for social impact investments, culture and inclusion work, corporate philanthropy, volunteerism, employee and community engagement, and community engagement efforts. 

Arvetta also sets the strategy for CREA Foundation through establishment of its program model, administration, and strategic investments through grantmaking and scholarship initiatives through university partners nationwide Her efforts have resulted in the establishment of the CREA Scholars Programs at Indiana University Indianapolis and California State University Northridge and the support of 30 student scholars from affordable housing communities nationwide equating to $780K dedicated to scholarship programs with the support of funding partners.

Arvetta has more than 15+ years of executive-level experience within a variety of leadership roles and industries includes serving in a variety of roles at for profit corporations, Central Indiana hospitals and health systems, higher education institutions. She previously served as Executive Director for Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation for eight years where she grew its endowment fund from $2M to $13M during her tenure and facilitated and lead board strategic initiatives and programs. Prior to BVOF, she was Vice President of Development for Project Lead The Way, a leading national organization focused on STEM education, where she made strategic grantmaking investments to schools across the country for implementing of its curriculum.

Arvetta is a Certified Fundraising Executive through CFRE International and has raised $50+ million in philanthropic support and presents on a local, regional, and national basis on strategic philanthropy and building a “Culture of Good”. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Community Health from Indiana State University, a Master of Science degree in Health Administration from Indiana University, and a Non-Profit Executive Leadership Certificate from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Arvetta is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Fund Raising School. Arvetta was recently named to the Class of 2024 Executive Women of Color Leadership Program of The Women's Fund of Central Indiana & Carolene Mays Black Leadership + Legacies, Inc.  

She is actively involved in the community through board member and committee roles with a number of non-profit organizations and trade associations on a local and national basis including Grantmakers for Education, Council on Foundations, Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Society for Diversity, and Diversity Roundtable of Central Indiana.