Tara Noland | President, Co-Owner
(She/Her)

Tara brings more than a decade of fundraising and non-profit strategy and management to her role as President. Since joining Ignite in 2020 to oversee the company’s fundraising services, Tara has seen the company through significant growth, taken on the role of President, and become a co-owner alongside Scott Provancher and Teresa Hoelle. Her projects have raised more than $250 million over the last four years.

Prior to joining the Ignite Philanthropy team, Tara served as the founding Executive Director for the GreenLight Fund in Cincinnati, where she led the organization’s investment in three non-profit initiatives as well as the successful raising of a second fund. She also served as Director of Development at 4C for Children, where she helped to build their development function, tripling the annual fundraising revenue.

Tara holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Kentucky. She was a member of C-Change, Class 4, WeLead, Class 10, and Leadership Cincinnati Class 48. She was named one of Cincinnati’s Forty Under 40 by the Business Courier and a YWCA Rising Star in 2012 and she is a Past President and board member of the Junior League of Cincinnati.

Currently, Tara serves on the board of Main Street Ventures. She lives in Anderson Township with her husband and two daughters.