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Robert F. Hartsook

Nonprofits will be better able to improve their fundraising by integrating the latest research into their efforts as a result of gifts from national fundraising executive Robert F. Hartsook, JD, EdD, founder and chairman of the Hartsook Companies, Inc., to the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, school officials are announcing today. Hartsook and the school are creating the Hartsook Institute for Applied Fundraising Research to advance research by assessing the results of new fundraising ideas, translating research into practice, and applying research in real-life situations.

Maureen O'Gara Hackett

Philanthropist Maureen O'Gara Hackett of Houston today received the Shaw-Hardy Taylor Achievement Award from the Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The award recognizes philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, volunteers, change agents, fundraisers and researchers who have moved women's philanthropy forward and have demonstrated significant impact on the field.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proclaiming March 31 to April 4 Women's Philanthropy Week in Chicago. The mayor's proclamation recognizes the visionary women who commit to the important work that strengthens our greater society and the partnership of the Women's Philanthropy Institute, the Women's Funding Network and Women Moving Millions in convening the #WomenLeading Philanthropy national symposium April 2-3 in Chicago.

What if someone gave you $10,000 to give away? That's the challenge students fulfill December 13 when they give three Indianapolis charities grants for programs that prepare underprivileged students for college, including through mentoring and college tours, and help less-fortunate children participate in summer camp. In the hands-on "Learning by Giving" course, students learn the process of giving wisely and making grants, from deciding what community issues to address and writing requests for proposals to conducting site visits, evaluating applications and deciding where to give grant award money.

The length of a university president's time in office, national college rankings and the board's leadership in giving are among the factors that help colleges and universities attract more and larger million-dollar-plus gifts, a new study finds. Million-Dollar-Ready: Assessing the Institutional Factors that Lead to Major Gifts, was conducted by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Johnson Grossnickle and Associates. It examines the characteristics of higher education institutions that consistently attract publicly reported gifts of $1 million or more.

A new Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy is being established at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Founding Dean Gene Tempel announced today. Dwight F. Burlingame, Ph.D., a pioneer of philanthropy as a field of study, will be the first professor to hold the chair, which is being created through the generosity of The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation.

Women's leadership in philanthropy today is more visible and widespread than ever before, building on a long history of women as philanthropic leaders and activists for social and philanthropic causes. Understanding the roles and the impact of women in philanthropy and elevating conversation about their leadership is the focus of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's 2014 national symposium, titled #WomenLeading Philanthropy. The event will be held April 2-3, 2014, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, 301 East North Water St., Chicago.