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Undergraduate and graduate students of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI were recently awarded scholarships as part of the school’s annual student competition, Mission Possible, which recognizes students whose presentations demonstrate passion for a cause and a commitment to pursuing a future in philanthropy.
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI recently awarded its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award to George Suttles, a 2013 graduate who received his Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies degree from the school. Suttles is the executive director of Commonfund Institute.
The Women’s Philanthropy Institute today released a report that examines household giving during the first year of the global pandemic. It finds that while giving by all household types increased between May 2020 and May 2021, both single women and married/partnered couples gave less to charity compared to before the pandemic and compared to single men. This trend differs from previous research from WPI and others, which has consistently shown that single women and couples are more likely to give than similarly situated single men.
Education, religious, and public-society benefit organizations—which include United Ways and many organizations focusing on community development and civil rights—attracted the most donor-advised fund (DAF) grant dollars from 2014 to 2018, according to a new study released today by the Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. There has been little quantitative research on where DAF grant dollars go. The new study, one of the largest of its kind, answers that question and looks at how granting patterns differ by type of DAF.
New research from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy examines the ways in which individuals and corporations responded philanthropically to the COVID-19 pandemic and offers lessons that can help inform giving and fundraising practices. The study also provides insights into how businesses can empower their employees’ giving, volunteering and social activism.
The Women’s Philanthropy Institute today released its third annual Women & Girls Index (WGI), the only comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to women’s and girls’ organizations in the United States.
Muslim Americans give more to charity, on average, than non-Muslim Americans, according to a new report released today by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. The study, Muslim American Giving 2021, asked about faith customs; views, motivations, decision making and practices related to charitable giving; volunteering, financial well-being; and discrimination.
Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., executive associate dean for academic programs for the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, has been named the Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy at the school.
Average giving to charities by affluent Americans increased by 48 percent last year compared to 2017 ($43,195 vs. $29,269), according to the 2021 Bank of America Study of Philanthropy: Charitable Giving by Affluent Households.
Genevieve G. Shaker, associate professor of philanthropic studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is one of three IUPUI alumnae honored with the Maynard K. Hine Medal at a ceremony on Sept. 23 in Indianapolis. The award recognizes alumni and volunteer leaders for their contributions in support of the campus and its alumni programs.
