By Una O. Osili, Ph.D. and Afshan Paarlberg, JD The COVID-19 pandemic, economic shocks, and social justice protests have significantly shaped individual and institutional giving behaviors. With #GivingTuesday and end-of-year giving approaching, it’s important that corporations reflect upon philanthropic trends emerging from the last 18+ months. In partnership with Salesforce.org, our team from the Indiana… Read more »
By Patrick Rooney, Ph.D. The scramble to assist the thousands of refugees who fled Afghanistan is on as the humanitarian crisis in that country grows more dire. Haiti’s recovery from an earthquake on Aug. 14, 2021, is off to a rocky start. The recovery from damage Hurricane Ida wrought in Louisiana and northeastern states could… Read more »
By Anna Pruitt and Jon Bergdoll A flood of donations to support COVID-19 relief and racial justice efforts, coupled with stock market gains, led Americans to give a record US$471 billion to charity in 2020. The total donated to charity rose 3.8% from the prior year in inflation-adjusted terms, according to the latest annual Giving… Read more »
2020 was a year of challenges and even a few triumphs, but through it all the philanthropic community continued to grow and evolve. Here are the top blog posts that the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy produced this year. Coming together: How people around the world give back during COVID-19 Abby Rolland took a look… Read more »
By Kaky Grant COVID-19 and our country’s renewed focus on racial inequities have upended our conventional ways of living and ways in which we care for and interact with our communities. I am hearing inspiring stories of how families, friends, and colleagues are engaging in compelling conversations centered on what our world should and could… Read more »