You may have seen the exciting numbers for Giving USA 2018. For the first time, charitable giving by individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations in the U.S. has risen to over $400 billion ($410.02 billion to be exact), according to Giving USA 2018: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2017. You can find out… Read more »
By Abby Rolland With contributions from Leslie Wells and Sara Johnson Ngozi Iwere has been a leader in grassroots, community movements and efforts in Nigeria for more than 25 years. She founded Community Life Project (CLP) in 1992 to focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic afflicting Nigeria. What started as a response to a major problem… Read more »
As a student activist, Zimbabwean Jimmy Wilford discovered that students were faced with various health challenges. “There was a lack of information about sexual and reproductive health issues like HIV, unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, and other health-related issues,” he said. “Zimbabwe has a conservative society, where people don’t talk about their sexual lives or sexuality…. Read more »
You’ve read about some of the amazing students at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, but what kind of classes can you take at the school? I visited and talked to four different undergraduate classes, learning about the fascinating and relevant topics they discuss every day and the diverse projects they work on. 1. Giving… Read more »
By Mina Margaret Ogbanga, Ford Foundation/ARNOVA Fellow The last thing you want to do after four days of an 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. series of lectures is to have ANOTHER lecture! So, in no small part, I simply was just ready to get home and have a free evening. Then came the reminder. The… Read more »