By Anna Pruitt and Jon Bergdoll The big idea Large shares of grants that donor-advised funds distributed from 2014 to 2018 supported educational and religious nonprofits. That’s what we found in one of the first studies of its kind regarding the financial accounts often called DAFs. People with donor-advised funds use them to give money… Read more »
By John Kroetz As I reflect on the first 27 years of my life and how it relates to my perspective and passion for fundraising, I think of the many organizations and relationships I have been in contact with and how those relationships affected my views and attitude towards the philanthropic sector. I think of… Read more »
We’re within the first month of the semester here at IUPUI and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and classes are in full swing. We’ve done a preview of some of the classes we have this fall (as well as other semesters), but what’s an inside look into some of the classes philanthropy students take?… Read more »
She’s here, there, and everywhere. Melissa Spas, the managing director of education and engagement at Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, spends much of her time traveling and teaching religious leaders and congregations about the positive, impactful relationship between faith and giving. She’s always been interested in addressing how religion can do good in the… Read more »
By Sarah K. Nathan This post was originally published in Advancing Philanthropy. It is still common to hear fundraisers say they “fell” into fundraising or that they came to it “accidentally.” This phenomenon is relatively unique to fundraising. You don’t hear a surgeon say she “accidentally” went to medical school or an elementary school teacher… Read more »