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Local government officials in Indiana trust local charities and nonprofits to “do the right thing” more than they trust other units of government or local businesses, according to new Indiana University research.
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.
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.
Alumna and veteran fundraising executive Ann Boyd-Stewart has been named assistant dean for development and alumni relations at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Mark Sidel, an internationally recognized expert on philanthropy and the law, has been appointed the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Visiting Chair on Community Foundations at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in 2016.
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.
Nonprofit leaders, fundraisers and foundation executives will hear projections about charitable giving in 2016, the newest research on philanthropy and fundraising and insights on leading-edge issues from national experts during The Fund Raising School’s Leadership Roundtable, Jan. 25-26, 2016, in Indianapolis.
Research about men’s and women’s giving will be accelerated as a result of a new $2.1 million research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Children with autism in Marion County will soon be able to play and learn in a new, state-of-the-art, multisensory activity gym designed to meet their needs, in part as a result of a $10,000 grant from the Learning by Giving class at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis to Easter Seals Crossroads.
