At the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, our students are grounded in the liberal arts, fusing integrity with critical thinking to address humanity’s most challenging problems—poverty, homelessness, chronic illness, and environmental injustice. Scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships bring the best and brightest students to the Lilly Family School.

For many students, financial support is essential to succeeding academically and becoming philanthropic leaders. They’re students like Arielle Adams, B.A. ’15, who worked for the nonprofit Growing Places Indy, an organization that promotes urban agriculture and healthy lifestyles in the local community.

Angela Seaworth, Ph.D. ’16 (shown in banner image above) combined a decade of corporate grant writing and nonprofit fundraising experience with her graduate coursework at the Lilly Family School. Seaworth also served as a subject matter expert for Certified Fund Raising Executive International (CFREI) and prepared questions for the certification exam.

Her doctoral dissertation examined diversity among the board members of Houston nonprofit organizations. She served as the inaugural director of the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rice University and is currently the Vice President of Development at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston, TX.

With continued funding, the school will attract and retain many more future leaders like Adams and Seaworth and we’ll begin to close the shortage of philanthropic leadership.