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The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy will launch its yearlong 30th anniversary celebration with a Sept. 8 kickoff event in Indianapolis exploring the future of philanthropy.
The author of a new book about how women philanthropists helped women gain the right to vote will speak at a free, public event in Indianapolis on Oct. 3. A panel of three Indianapolis women leaders will discuss how women today can leverage their voices, giving and volunteering to make a difference. They are Christina Hale, President and CEO of Leadership Indianapolis, Hope Hampton, Founder of Indescribable Gift Giving Circle; and Ruth Morales, Mayor’s Neighborhood Advocate for the City of Indianapolis.
New faculty members and visiting scholars, as well as faculty promotions, are expanding learning and research opportunities for students at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI as it enters its fifth academic year as a school and its 30th year since the founding of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. “As we continue to grow, we are attracting to our faculty some of the brightest scholars in philanthropy today,” said Amir Pasic, Ph.D., the Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the school. “Several other distinguished philanthropy leaders also are joining us as visiting scholars and practitioners, helping our students extend both their understanding of philanthropy and their career horizons.”
Students with financial need will be able to earn degrees in philanthropic studies and pursue the careers of their choice because of a $5 million gift to the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy from anonymous donors.Among the largest gifts ever made to the world’s first school of philanthropy, it will help prepare new leaders to serve in philanthropic and nonprofit roles by providing undergraduate and graduate scholarships at the school.
Lauren Dula, a doctoral candidate in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, is the recipient of the 2017 Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, WPI officials announced today. The award will help Dula complete her dissertation on how the gender composition of grant-making nonprofit boards of directors and executive leadership shape the organization’s performance.
Rebecca Lilly Brooks will serve as the next chair of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s Board of Visitors, Amir Pasic, Ph.D., the Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the school, announced. The school also announced the names of board members who will serve during the 2017-18 fiscal year.
Two expert fundraisers who have significantly advanced the fundraising profession nationwide will be honored with the Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fund Raising by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Janice Gow Pettey, Ed.D., principal and founder of J.G. Pettey & Associates, and Ted Grossnickle, CFRE, senior consultant and founder of Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates, Inc., (JGA) are being recognized for lifelong dedication to emphasizing philanthropy's ethics and values, acting as a mentor to perpetuate and invigorate philanthropic traditions, and noted leadership in a long, productive career of distinction.
American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations contributed an estimated $390.05 billion to U.S. charities in 2016, according to Giving USA 2017: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2016, released today. Total giving rose 2.7 percent in current dollars (1.4 percent adjusted for inflation) from the revised estimate of $379.89 billion for total giving in 2015. Giving USA, the longest-running and most comprehensive report of its kind in America, is published by Giving USA Foundation, a public service initiative of The Giving Institute. It is researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, a part of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has awarded its 2017-2018 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in the amount of $22,000 to Andrew Jungclaus, a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University. Jungclaus’ research offers a new approach to understanding ongoing discussions regarding the relationship between private wealth and public power. His dissertation, “True Philanthropy”: A Religion History of the Modern Non-Profit Foundation examines the role of religious belief in shaping early twentieth-century American market structures and conceptions of the public good.
The most recent update of the Human Needs Index (HNI), a joint project between The Salvation Army and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, reveals that the level of American need in 2016 (1.239) remained fairly stable compared with 2015 (1.245). In the past decade, the HNI reached its highest level in 2012 (1.331). Several states, however, continue to struggle at levels of need that are above the national average.
