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Human services nonprofits� ability to meet their clients� needs will be strengthened by new research to be conducted by emerging scholars nationwide. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University has awarded grants of $25,000 to 10 young scholars at universities around the U.S. who are studying human services philanthropy and nonprofit organizations.

Buoyed by gains in the health services and education sectors, employment and wages paid by Indiana nonprofit organizations increased steadily in recent years, according to a new report by Indiana University researchers.

CHICAGO, Ill. (June 20, 2011) – Giving USA Foundationâ„¢ and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, today announced that total charitable contributions from American individuals, corporations and foundations were an estimated $290.89 billion in 2010, up from a revised estimate of $280.30 billion for 2009. The 2010 estimate represents growth of 3.8 percent in current dollars and 2.1 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars.

Robert L. Payton, an early leader in the movement to develop research about philanthropy and establish philanthropy as an academic field worthy of serious intellectual study, is being remembered for his pioneering leadership in the philanthropic sector.