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PACE, Inc. (Public Advocates in Community re-Entry), will receive a $10,000 grant today from students in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s Learning by Giving class. The IU Indianapolis students selected the local nonprofit for funding following a rigorous application and evaluation process.
“Latinx Philanthropy: Engaging a Culture of Generosity and Collective Good,” will be the focus of an April 24 speech in Indianapolis by Sandra Vargas, Senior Executive Leadership Fellow, Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and Former President + CEO, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Nonprofit leaders and development professionals will be prepared to propel fundraising success as a result of the Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis. The new endowed chair is a gift from Donald A. Campbell, Jr., CFRE, a long-time advisor to the school.
Lynne Twist, best-selling author of The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Life and Money, will explain how your own financial story and beliefs limit your relationship with money. Speaking at a free, public event in Indianapolis on April 11, she will show how you can realign that relationship, discover your own sufficiency and inner wealth, and build a relationship with money that aligns with your core values and purpose.
Philanthropy is an integral part of every community. But giving and volunteering within, by and for traditionally under-represented communities is often overlooked, marginalized or misunderstood. Noted scholar Dr. Noah D. Drezner will shed new light on philanthropy in the LGBTQ communities during a public conversation in Indianapolis March 27. He will discuss how and why people in the LGBTQ communities engage in philanthropic behaviors, specifically within the context of giving to higher education, and how straight Americans might choose to support queer communities with their giving.
First-year students entering the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis in fall 2019 will have the opportunity to earn four-year scholarships because of a generous gift from the Thomasson Family.
A new report from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), Women Give 2019: Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color, offers insights on the intersection of race, giving, and gender. The study finds that generosity is a value shared by all communities, and that women across races and ethnicities are leading through philanthropy.
Association executive and philanthropy scholar Shariq Siddiqui, Ph.D., will serve as the inaugural director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis. The initiative will focus on understanding and helping further enhance Muslim philanthropy in all its facets. It will convene scholars and philanthropy professionals to explore issues in the field, host symposiums and seminars, and conduct research and training on contemporary and traditional aspects of Muslim philanthropy.
The Patterson Foundation, through a collaboration with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis, has selected Hannah Saeger Karnei as the first emerging nonprofit leader to participate in its Fellows Initiative, which provides graduates of the world’s first school dedicated solely to the study and teaching of philanthropy a year-long opportunity to learn innovative philanthropic principles and share their expertise.
The Indiana University Black Philanthropy Circle has announced a $150,000 gift to the Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy, a part of the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis. Allocated over a period of three years, the gift will further the strong relationship between the Mays Family Institute and the Black Philanthropy Circle in understanding, supporting and advocating for philanthropic giving in historically underserved communities.
