What’s one piece of career advice you would give to current students and recent alumni from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy? Some of our alumni and Board of Visitors members answered a series of questions on how current students and recent alumni can navigate their new careers. What do you wish someone had told… Read more »
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 »
Derrick Feldmann, M.A. ’04, is interested in what moves young adults from a cursory interest in a social issue to a passionate desire to do something about it. Feldmann has spent more than a decade pioneering research into how young Americans interact with causes and nonprofits. The resulting body of work—the Millennial Impact Project—became the… Read more »
Philanthropy for JoAnna Ness, M.A. ’18, began at a young age. Hailing from northeastern Indiana, Ness became involved with P.U.L.S.E. of Noble County, a service-oriented group launched by the Dekko Foundation. “I started volunteering with the group in seventh grade, and it showed me opportunities of how young people could get involved in philanthropy and… Read more »
From the moment he stepped foot on IUPUI’s campus as a first-year, Fremont, Indiana native Andrew Thomas, B.A. ’18, knew that he wanted to major in philanthropic studies. “I had volunteered and worked at nonprofits in high school, and was pretty involved with the local community foundation. The foundation’s executive director, Jennifer Danic, M.A. ‘06,… Read more »