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Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2020, released today, reports that individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020. Total charitable giving grew 5.1% measured in current dollars over the revised total of $448.66 billion contributed in 2019. Adjusted for inflation, total giving increased 3.8%.

Melinda French Gates Receives Shaw-Hardy Taylor Award for Advancing Women’s Philanthropy

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 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 Shaw-Hardy Taylor Achievement Award recognizes philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, volunteers, change agents, fundraisers and researchers who have moved women’s philanthropy forward and demonstrated significant impact on the field.

Nearly 90 Percent of Affluent Americans Gave to Charities in 2020, and Nearly Half Gave for Pandemic Relief, Study Finds

Thursday, May 13, 2021

In a year dramatically disrupted by the pandemic, affluent Americans’ generosity didn’t waver, according to preliminary findings from the 2021 Bank of America Study of Philanthropy: Charitable Giving by Affluent Households - Affluent Americans Expand Generosity During the Pandemic. The vast majority of affluent Americans, nearly 90%, gave to charity in 2020. And nearly half (47%) donated to charitable organizations or financially supported individuals or businesses in direct response to the pandemic.

“Learning by Giving” class gives $10,000 grant to local nonprofit Growing Places Indy

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Students selected the local nonprofit for funding following a rigorous application and evaluation process in the hands-on course,.

In Memoriam: Donald Buttrey, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving Co-founder

Friday, April 30, 2021

It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of our good friend and mentor Don Buttrey, a lifetime member of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI's board of visitors and co-founder of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Indiana Nonprofits are Active in Advocacy, but Few are Extensively Engaged, New IU Study Finds

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

More than two-fifths (43%) of Indiana nonprofits engaged in advocacy and/or public education activities in 2017, according to a new report from Indiana University. Indiana Nonprofits: Advocacy and Political Activity – Practices and Challenges uses data from a 2017 survey (the most recent data available) of 1,036 nonprofits that was conducted by the Indiana Nonprofits Project.

Environmental philanthropy is focus of new faculty position

Monday, April 12, 2021

A new faculty position dedicated to examining issues at the intersection of the environment and philanthropy is expanding the expertise of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. Ashley Enrici, Ph.D., will serve as the inaugural McKinney Family Fellow of Environmental Resilience and Philanthropy and assistant professor of philanthropic studies at the school.

New study finds differences between crowdfunding donors and traditional charitable giving donors

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Research released by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI provides new insights into the use of crowdfunding for charitable giving, focusing on donors who give via crowdfunding and how they differ from traditional charitable donors. The new study, Charitable Crowdfunding: Who Gives, to What, and Why? examines who crowdfunding donors are, their motivations for giving this way, how they are different than more traditional charitable donors, and the activities they support.

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving to carry forward the legacy of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center

Monday, April 5, 2021

A longstanding and productive collaboration with Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy results in a new future for the work of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center.

Fewer Couples Making Charitable Giving Decisions Together, WPI Study Shows

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute today released Women Give 2021: How Households Make Giving Decisions, which explores charitable giving decision-making in the general population. The report analyzes the first new data on this topic in 15 years, and finds that 61.5% of couples make giving decisions together — a number that has declined from 73.4% in 2005. When one partner in the household decides, women are more likely to do so.

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