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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.

At least 1,831 gifts of $1 million or more, totaling $24.5 billion, were given to charity across eight international regions in 2014, and higher education remained the top priority for those gifts, according to the international Million Dollar Donors Report released today by Coutts in association with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

The sex of the first-born child affects the likelihood that the parents will give to charity, the amount they give, and the types of causes and organizations they support, a new report from the Women's Philanthropy Institute finds. Additionally, parents of first-born sons and only-child daughters give more to charity.

Kenneth Prewitt

America's 86,192 charitable foundations frequently receive both praise and criticism for their efforts to create change. Are they really making a difference? Former Rockefeller Foundation executive, former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, foundation scholar and Columbia University Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs Kenneth Prewitt will explore the question "Can Foundations Know If They Are Making a Difference? Navigating between Ivory Towers and Performance Metrics" in an Indianapolis talk Nov. 10.