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The American landscape is crowded with examples of women’s entrepreneurial spirit in building a strong civil society through philanthropy. Examples of women-founded and women-led organizations frame the backdrop for the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's 2017 national symposium, titled DREAM. DARE. DO: Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society, which is organized by the school’s Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI). The event will be held March 14-15, 2017, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Tuskegee University President Brian L. Johnson

The Tuskegee University Fall 2016 Convening of Partners, “Tradition and Trajectory: Entwined in Mission and Vision,” will take place on September 15-16 in Indianapolis. Tuskegee University coordinated this inaugural convening to dialogue with key organizations, foundations and corporate partners to improve persistence, achievement and access to education and experiential opportunities among students from diverse backgrounds.

Amanda Koch

Amanda Koch, a doctoral candidate in history at Indiana University, is the recipient of the $5,000 2016 Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The award will help Koch complete her dissertation on the history of gospel rescue missions, the efforts of the women who created them and their connection to the hybrid social welfare system in the United States today.

More than 40 high school students from California’s “Team Kids Servathon" in which they travel to cities across the nation participating in a service project in each city are joining forces with students from the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to make art kits for young patients at Riley Children’s Hospital and engage in a Town Hall conversation during which the students will share their respective experiences and advice on how young people can make a difference.

New research released today from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute shows for the first time that women are motivated to give to women’s and girls’ causes based on personal experiences, whether positive experiences such as the birth of a child or participation in a job training program for women, or negative, such as discrimination, as well as the belief that giving to women is a powerful way to effect large-scale societal change. The report, Giving to Women and Girls: Who gives, and why, sheds light on the growing visibility of women’s and girls’ causes and is the first to explore the methods and motivations of donors to women’s and girls’ issues, including important findings for funders, advocates, fundraisers, and wealth managers.

The charitable giving and volunteering behaviors of younger members of a family are influenced by their elders, according to research released today by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Vanguard Charitable. Since individual giving is the largest source of charitable donations in the United States*, understanding the intra-family generational dynamics that lead to charitable giving decisions can help families, charitable organizations, and advisors to better plan for the future.

Social justice, access to education, diversity, healthcare, sharing the joy of art and preserving the environment are among the causes that animate the 2016 graduates of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The 66 women and men earning Ph.D., Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts degrees or graduate certificates in Philanthropic Studies represent the largest number of graduates in the history of the school and its predecessor, as well as the largest number of B.A. recipients (18) to date.