As a new student in the philanthropic studies master’s program at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Maarten Bout told Dr. Dwight Burlingame that he flat out refused to do a thesis, an option offered to master’s students. “It will take too much time and I don’t know what I would write about,” Bout told… Read more »
At the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, faculty members study philanthropy from a multidisciplinary approach. Some study the psychology of giving, while others examine historical perspectives on philanthropy or analyze the economy and the impact of tax reform and other fiscal changes on giving. Dr. Catherine Herrold analyzes philanthropy through the lens of political science…. Read more »
As the world’s first and only school of philanthropy, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy acts as a hub not only for philanthropy in the United States, but for global philanthropy as well. As part of its commitment to global philanthropy research and practice, the school has acted as a host for philanthropic and nonprofit… Read more »
By Kathleen Loehr We know that the world has rapidly changed in the last generation. There is rich demographic diversity across our country today; kindergarten classes are now majority-minority, meaning that no one racial group makes up more than half their population. This shift translates into greater diversity of donors in our portfolios now and… Read more »
In January, we introduced two Science and Imagination of Living Generously (SILG) grantees and their research on generosity (SILG was a regranting program conducted by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Additional program details available at GenerosityForLife.org). We’re diving into two more of those research projects now. … Read more »