On October 3, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, along with the IUPUI Office for Women and the IUPUI Office of Community Engagement, sponsored an event featuring historian and author Dr. Joan Johnson about her newly-published book Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement: 1870-1967. I sat down with Dr. Johnson to talk about her… Read more »
On September 23, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy ‘Water Lillies’ took to the Indiana Central Canal as part of the 9th annual IUPUI Regatta, a half-mile canoe relay competition involving teams of up to six IUPUI students, faculty/staff, and alumni. Leading that team as captain was Kinga Horvath, a master’s student from Hungary who… Read more »
Since its launch, the Human Needs Index (HNI) has served as a powerful tool to track human need with different indicators and less lag time than conventional government data. The partnership between the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and The Salvation Army produces and analyzes data that is updated every three months in… Read more »
The Women’s Philanthropy Institute has launched Women Give 2017, a research study that seeks to not only understand the query, ‘does the joy of giving lead to a happier life?’ but also the questions ‘does the joy of giving affect all individuals and households equally’ and ‘does the impact of giving on overall happiness vary… Read more »
Philanthropist. What does that term mean to you? Do you consider yourself a philanthropist? What factors influence how and when you give, whether that means volunteering your time or donating your money? At the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, an important part of our work is to illustrate that anyone can be—and in fact… Read more »