In honor of the Austrian National Day, Global Philanthropy Environment Index’s Austria expert and native Austrian Ruth Gabler-Schachermayr highlights some of the key philanthropic trends in Austria today. In addition to her role as the Austria expert, Gabler-Schachermayr is also an Indiana University alum, graduating from Indiana University Bloomington with a master’s degree in public… Read more »
Two weeks ago, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy traveled to Berlin, Germany to discuss the findings from the recently-released 2018 Global Philanthropy Environment Index. Today, we’re featuring two diverse perspectives from this event. The first is from a panelist and a renowned expert in the field of philanthropy. By Michael Alberg-Seberich Originally published in… Read more »
By Martha Huber The weather has been wunderbar in Germany! On the third day of our study abroad program, we toured the vast Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) located in the center of historical Berlin. The two buildings housing the museum are attached by a quiet, yet massive courtyard. One building of the… Read more »
A law professor for 25 years and then dean of Stanford Law School, Larry Kramer did not anticipate venturing into formal philanthropy. However, when the position of president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation opened, he saw the move as natural. “In both positions, dean of a law school or president of a foundation,… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky California, that cradle of legislative creativity, has become the first state to take concrete steps to help people avoid the new limit on federal deductions for state and local taxes. The state’s Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill to let Californians pay 85 percent of their state taxes into… Read more »