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Jonathan Walton

One of America’s foremost experts on the prosperity gospel, Jonathan Walton, will present Lake Institute on Faith + Giving’s 2016 Thomas H. Lake Lecture on March 31 in Indianapolis. Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, and Professor of Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School. In his remarks, “Jesus, Chief Executive: The Gospel of Health + Wealth at the Core of American Religion,” Walton will explain how its popularity makes sense in light of both the ascent of the mega-wealthy in a new Gilded Age and of the slow economic recovery experienced by many Americans in the post-recession era.

Diana Aviv

One of the most well-known and influential national leaders in the nonprofit sector will share her expertise with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the central Indiana nonprofit community. Diana Aviv, chief executive officer of Feeding America and former president and CEO of Independent Sector, will serve as Distinguished Visiting Practitioner and Visiting Fellow at the school through mid-2018.

Elizabeth Dale

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (WPI) is offering a $5,000 one-year fellowship to support research and dissertation writing that contributes to understanding of women’s philanthropy or gender differences in philanthropic behavior. The deadline to apply for the 2016 WPI Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is April 30.

David King

Lake Institute on Faith + Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has received a resourcing grant of $750,000 as part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. The initiative supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they address the financial and economic struggles that can impair the ability of pastors to lead congregations effectively.

Part of the Indiana Bicentennial Celebration, the IU Hoosier Philanthropy Conference will be a two-day event celebrating 200 years of Hoosier philanthropy and examining the state’s future philanthropic trajectory. “Understanding the Past, Planning the Future” will explore the role philanthropy has played in the development of Indiana’s public life and envision ways in which philanthropic action can continue to advance the public good.

Charitable giving in the United States is expected to grow by 4.1 percent in 2016 and by an additional 4.3 percent in 2017, according to The Philanthropy Outlook 2016 & 2017, a new report researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The report is presented by Marts & Lundy, a leading fundraising and philanthropy consulting firm. Projected rates of change are in 2014 inflation-adjusted dollars.