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A new study, "The Impact of Diversity: Understanding How Nonprofit Board Diversity Affects Philanthropy, Leadership and Board Engagement," can help board members and nonprofits strengthen their boards through diversity. The research was conducted by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in partnership with Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates and BoardSource.
A list of “Forty Under 40â€Â young professionals to watch includes faculty and alumni of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. David King, Ph.D., Karen Lake Buttrey Director of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, Derrick Feldmann, president of Achieve, and Angela Carr Klitzsch, president and CEO of EmployIndy, are being honored for professional success and philanthropic leadership.
With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and recent trends in stock market performance over time, Americans can expect major changes in the landscape of charitable giving in the coming years, The Philanthropy Outlook 2018 + 2019 indicates. It shows that the strength of the U.S. economy and recent changes to federal tax policy will be the key forces to watch as the 2018 philanthropy picture unfolds.
High-net-worth women who give $1 million or larger gifts to causes that benefit women and girls share certain key characteristics when it comes to their giving, a new study released today by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute reports. The women: • Engage in significant education and research before making their gifts; • Make strategic funding decisions focused on driving systemic change; and • Are willing to take risks with their philanthropy.
Expert advice on how to raise support from national donor advised funds and the Philanthropy Outlook for giving in 2018 and 2019 are among the knowledge designed to help nonprofits raise more money in the New Year that will be presented at The Fund Raising School’s Leadership Roundtable, Jan. 25-26, 2018, in Miami. Nonprofit leaders, fundraisers and foundation executives will hear and discuss projections about charitable giving, the newest research on philanthropy and fundraising, and insights on leading-edge issues from national philanthropy experts during this interactive seminar.
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Indianapolis have been selected as the inaugural hosts of the Ford Foundation–funded ARNOVA-AROCSA NGO Leadership Transition Fellowship Program (LTFP) in Africa. The fellowship will allow 10 senior NGO leaders from Southern and West Africa to spend the spring 2018 semester in Indianapolis engaged with faculty in philanthropic studies and nonprofit management as well as civically engaged Hoosiers.
Women make up the majority of donors on #GivingTuesday, according to new research by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute released today. In an analysis of charitable giving records over 20 months, researchers found that while women represented 51 percent of overall donations made during that period, they contributed 63 percent of the total number of donations on #GivingTuesday 2016.
At a December 8 event, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy students will award $10,000 grant to Edna Martin Christian Center to address generational poverty issues for families living in Indianapolis’ North East and Near East neighborhoods.
Dr. Laurie Paarlberg, a nationally recognized philanthropy scholar, has been appointed the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chair on Community Foundations at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis.
Collective giving groups, often known as giving circles, have tripled in number since 2007, becoming an increasingly popular way for donors from a diverse array of backgrounds to support charitable organizations or projects of mutual interest, according to new research released today.
