We’re sharing our top ten tips for fundraisers for 2020 based on research, practice, thought leadership, and outside expertise. 1) When putting together your fundraising team, consider empathy a necessary skill to have. Maarten Bout, M.A. ’18, and Dr. Sara Konrath studied fundraiser contact reports to determine if fundraiser empathy could be linked to… Read more »
By Connor LaGrange Profiling the day in the life of Connor LaGrange, a first-year master’s student at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Learn about his busy “average” day, and why he chose to study philanthropy. I applied to this school because I saw philanthropy as a way to be a part of conversations with… Read more »
What numbers help describe all that the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy does during one calendar year? We wanted to find out, so we asked staff members to provide some numbers about the activities we do here. Learn more about how busy we stay improving philanthropy to improve the world! Students and alumni 221… Read more »
In an era where philanthropy experts point to the power of funders and donors making bigger gifts over longer time periods to fewer causes, it’s easy to believe that small gifts don’t matter. But in cases of humanitarian aid and disaster relief, where large-scale change means responding quickly to needs across entire cities and… Read more »
Two years ago, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy launched GenerosityForLife.org, a comprehensive website dedicated to inspiring generosity long-term. Using the Give-O-Meter data tool, you can compare your own giving and volunteering to others in a similar age group, income bracket, education level, and U.S. region of residence. You can explore giving in different areas… Read more »