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Total charitable giving is predicted to increase by 3.4 percent in 2019 and by 4.1 percent in 2020, according to The Philanthropy Outlook 2019 + 2020 released today. The report is researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis and presented by Marts + Lundy, a leading strategic management consulting firm.
What role can foundations and donors play in advancing racial equity and substantive social change in our nation and our communities? How are they effecting change within the philanthropic sector? Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO of the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) will discuss these issues in public remarks in Indianapolis on Tues., Jan. 15 at the Indianapolis Central Library’s Clowes Auditorium, 40 East St. Clair Street. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and the conversation begins at 6:00 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public; registration is requested.
Congregations of Catholic sisters will have an opportunity to strengthen their fundraising and development efforts through a comprehensive resource development program for women religious offered by Lake Institute on Faith + Giving.
A new report from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute explores how social norms—behaviors that are common, valued, and accepted by others—influence giving to women’s and girls’ causes, and whether gender differences exist. The report, Encouraging Giving to Women’s & Girls’ Causes: The Role of Social Norms, includes a number of new findings that can help nonprofit organizations apply a social norms approach to inspire more giving.
The Jewish Teen Funders Network and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis are partnering for the first time to further enhance the learning, skills and impact of young philanthropy leaders in Indianapolis. Jewish teenagers participating in Youth Philanthropy Indy (YoPhI), the Jewish teen philanthropy program, will receive a certificate of completion from the school, adding to their future opportunities for higher education and social impact for good.
Indiana University has been awarded three grants totaling more than $500,000 from the McKinney Family Foundation in support of initiatives across multiple campuses that are helping to develop and educate a new generation of leaders and changemakers in environmental resilience and sustainability roles including in philanthropy. The McKinney Family Foundation’s strategic and generous investments will create the McKinney Professor of Environmental Resilience and Philanthropy--believed to be one of the first such professorships in the world. They will reinforce the McKinney Family Philanthropic Fellows program, and bolster the foundation’s support of the Indiana Sustainability Development Program.
The Patterson Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis are announcing a collaboration to strengthen the social sector through opportunities for future nonprofit leaders to learn and share while evolving their careers. The Foundation’s new Fellows Initiative, which is launching through this collaboration, provides graduates of the world’s first school dedicated solely to the study and teaching of philanthropy a year-long career-building opportunity to learn innovative philanthropic principles and share their expertise.
Two new reports from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute and the Collective Giving Research Group explore the dynamics of giving circle members and host organizations.
Changes to the workforce and new attitudes toward work are affecting workplace giving, and philanthropy is increasingly important to employees, employers, and nonprofits, according to a new report released today by Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis.
National and regional leaders will discuss the intersections of faith, philanthropy and race during a panel discussion and public conversation in Indianapolis Nov. 6. “Race Matters: Faith + Philanthropy in the African American Community” event will feature three panelists with significant expertise in these issues.
