Crowdfunding became an increasingly visible giving vehicle during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 19, 2020, at the onset of the pandemic in the U.S., $1,548,755 had been raised on GoFundMe by 10 crowdfunding campaigns in this country alone, according to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Although stories and research have addressed how individuals… Read more »
By Andrea Pactor, M.A.‘03 When I started my master’s degree program at the Center on Philanthropy in 2001, I had no idea philanthropic studies was such a new field. The 1970s and 80s were a fertile time for experimentation in academia. By the mid-1980s, new academic programs such as women’s studies, American studies, and African… Read more »
During this pandemic, food has dominated much of my time; thinking about what to cook, hunting for hard-to-find items in the grocery stores, seeking recipes that provide comfort. Some of those recipes are in my favorite cookbooks – The Settlement Cookbook, the Junior League’s Winners, Back Home Again, and Centennial cookbooks, and several cookbooks by… Read more »
This post was originally published on April 30 on LinkedIn. Today is the last day of my amazing journey with the Women’s Philanthropy Institute over the past 15 years. This chapter of my life has been brought by the letter “P.” “P” is for philanthropy, of course, but also “P” sums up my phavorite parts of the… Read more »
March 3 is the 107th anniversary of the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, DC. Held on March 3, 1913, the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, this march is recognized for several key firsts. It was the first suffragist parade in the nation’s capital, and it was the first large, organized march on Washington… Read more »