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Today the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis released three new components of research in its The Giving Environment series. This second body of research within the series includes results of donor focus groups, a donor communication experiment and a donor survey, providing new insights about demonstrating donor impact, fostering empathy and the relative strength of competing donor communications channels.

Dianne Chipps Bailey

Dianne Chipps Bailey, Managing Director and National Philanthropic Strategy Executive for Philanthropic Solutions at Bank of America, has been selected as the new chair of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) Council. The WPI Council comprises individuals committed to advancing the vision and mission of WPI, serving as ambassadors and strengthening the institute’s impact globally. WPI is a program of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis.

Undergraduate and graduate students of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis were recently awarded scholarships as part of the school’s annual student competition, Mission Possible, which recognizes students whose presentations demonstrate passion for a cause and a commitment to pursuing a future in philanthropy.

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute today released a report that examines household giving during the first year of the global pandemic. It finds that while giving by all household types increased between May 2020 and May 2021, both single women and married/partnered couples gave less to charity compared to before the pandemic and compared to single men. This trend differs from previous research from WPI and others, which has consistently shown that single women and couples are more likely to give than similarly situated single men.

Education, religious, and public-society benefit organizations—which include United Ways and many organizations focusing on community development and civil rights—attracted the most donor-advised fund (DAF) grant dollars from 2014 to 2018, according to a new study released today by the Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis. There has been little quantitative research on where DAF grant dollars go. The new study, one of the largest of its kind, answers that question and looks at how granting patterns differ by type of DAF.

New research from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy examines the ways in which individuals and corporations responded philanthropically to the COVID-19 pandemic and offers lessons that can help inform giving and fundraising practices. The study also provides insights into how businesses can empower their employees’ giving, volunteering and social activism.

Muslim Americans give more to charity, on average, than non-Muslim Americans, according to a new report released today by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis. The study, Muslim American Giving 2021, asked about faith customs; views, motivations, decision making and practices related to charitable giving; volunteering, financial well-being; and discrimination.