This article was originally published by CNBC. By Michelle Fox, CNBC It’s the season of giving — in the era of COVID-19. For parents who want to teach their children how to be charitable, there may be some roadblocks to traditional forms of volunteering, such as serving food at a soup kitchen, during this pandemic…. Read more »
Changing motivations for giving mean changing fundraising strategy. We addressed motivations for giving in a previous blog post, but how have those motivations changed over time? Dr. Sara Konrath, associate professor of philanthropic studies, and Virginia Clark, assistant secretary emerita for advancement at the Smithsonian Institution and Of Counsel for Marts & Lundy, Inc.,… 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 »
The 2019 Changes to the Giving Landscape report, researched and written by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and funded by Vanguard Charitable’s Philanthropic Impact Fund, analyzes newly-released data from the school’s Philanthropy Panel Study (PPS) in order to determine trends of giving from 2000 to 2016. To prepare this report, the school first received… Read more »
By Julia Kohl Julia Kohl is a development consultant for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, a nonprofit theater company in the Boston, MA area, and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in philanthropic studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. For the Spring 2019 semester, she joined Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog and fellow graduate student Taylor… Read more »