‘Be sure to give back’

For Indrika Arnold, giving is a given.

She is a senior wealth advisor and principal at the Colony Group, where charitable giving is woven into each conversation with clients. She helps people give with purpose, and works with extended families — bringing generations together around the shared purpose of charitable giving.

Indrika studied computer science at Keene State, having left Sri Lanka to study and create a new home in the United States. A college advisor steered her to work in wealth management, where she excelled. She has been with the Colony Group for 11 years and became a principal in 2022.

She has served on board of the Keene Endowment Association and boards of other nonprofits. She volunteers to pick up and deliver bakery items to a local food pantry, and with family and friends to cook at the local soup kitchen. (“I have been hungry,” she says.)

Advisors like Indrika were at the heart of the creation of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation — which was founded in 1962 by three attorneys who were trustees of a large trust.

The through line to people in Indrika’s position today is clear: “If you are in a position of privilege,” Indrika says, “be sure to give back.”