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Follow our blogBy Hannah Kristine Vos (She/Her/Hers) This article originally appeared on Alliance Magazine on Thursday, August 24th. On September 18th and 19th leaders from around the world will participate in the SDG Summit which will be ‘critical in setting the tone’ for the remainder of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Unfortunately,... Read more about 'All Hands on Deck: Philanthropy’s Role in Achieving the SDGs' »
Written by The Patterson Foundation The Patterson Foundation is excited to welcome Alexa Carr, Avery Crews Prado de Lima and Andrew Spector of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI as the newest members of its Fellows Program. The incoming fifth cohort of TPF Fellows will apply their learnings from the school’s... Read more about 'Unveiling The Patterson Foundation’s Newest Fellows' »
Findings from the Digital for Good: A Global Study on Emerging Ways of Giving research series By Kinga Horvath China and India account for more than a third of the global population and are still growing, accompanied by a strong digital climb and a dynamically growing middle class. Both China and India are among the... Read more about 'India and China see growth in online giving' »
Government and philanthropic organizations increased virtual support and coordination to provide pandemic relief, and diaspora and local communities continued to support the giving environment in South Africa and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic Philanthropic organizations in Kenya and South Africa have similar philanthropic environments. In Kenya, a moderate philanthropic environment (at an overall score of... Read more about 'Digital for Good: A Global Study on Emerging Ways of Giving' »
Written by Leslie Lenkowsky, Professor Emeritus, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. In the second of the two 1889 essays known as “The Gospel of Wealth,” Andrew Carnegie tries to identify the “best uses” for philanthropic giving. At the top of his list, “standing apart by itself,” is founding a university, as exemplified by Leland... Read more about 'Did Philanthropy Kill Jane Stanford?' »
