How can fundraisers form relationships and raise funds from corporations? Read a transcription of a podcast produced by The Fund Raising School, narrated by Bill Stanczykiewicz, assistant dean for external relations and director of The Fund Raising School, and featuring Dr. Dwight Burlingame, Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy and professor of philanthropic studies. Bill Stanczykiewicz (BS): I’m… Read more »
In our third post about philanthropy in America and in Myth #4 of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s article “Eight Myths of U.S. Philanthropy,” Dr. Tyrone Freeman, assistant professor of philanthropic studies and director of undergraduate programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, illustrates that African Americans are not new or emerging donors. Instead, he… Read more »
By Dr. Gene Tempel Hank Rosso, founder of The Fund Raising School, said in his first edition of Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising (1991), that fundraising is the gentle art of teaching (people) the joy of giving. Today, cutting edge research substantiates that there is, indeed, great joy in giving. Sara Konrath, my colleague here… Read more »
Earlier this month, a Federal court in Massachusetts unsealed a “whistleblower” lawsuit that had been filed against the American Kidney Fund (AKF) in 2016. It alleged that AKF, a charity which provides financial support for people unable to afford kidney dialysis, favored applications from patients who received treatment at clinics run by its principal corporate… Read more »
This fall, Dr. Laurie Paarlberg, Charles Stewart Mott Chair on Community Foundations and professor of philanthropic studies, will work with the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance (IPA) and Dr. Marlene Walk, affiliate faculty member at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, on a research partnership focused on community foundations and community leadership. Here, Dr. Paarlberg shares more… Read more »