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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.
Colombians and others now have greater access and insight into the nation’s flourishing nonprofit sector as a result of a groundbreaking website, database and research study. The new resource will help funders, nonprofits and government officials engage Colombians and their communities.
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.
According to a just-released update of the Human Needs Index (HNI), the level of American need rose in 2015 by 15 percent and reversed the trend in improvements seen from 2012 until 2014.
Irene Lilly McCutchen and William McCutchen Jr. will be honored by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy during the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis) Spirit of Philanthropy Awards ceremony April 13 in Indianapolis.
Helmut K. Anheier, president and dean of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a leading global civil society expert, will present “Trends in International Civil Society – What are the issues?” during an April 6 event in Indianapolis hosted by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The program is presented under the auspices of the Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy at the school.
