When undergraduate student David Johnson saw the Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library at IUPUI, he knew that philanthropy was the field he wanted to study. The nontraditional student returned to school after working for the post office for several years, knowing that he wanted to make a difference. He knew that shifting from… Read more »
By Kaky Grant COVID-19 and our country’s renewed focus on racial inequities have upended our conventional ways of living and ways in which we care for and interact with our communities. I am hearing inspiring stories of how families, friends, and colleagues are engaging in compelling conversations centered on what our world should and could… Read more »
This week, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) released COVID-19, Generosity, and Gender: How Giving Changed During the Early Months of a Global Pandemic, which explores how men and women gave in response to the pandemic and how their overall giving changed in spring 2020. The study uses data from a WPI survey on U.S. households’… Read more »
The Fund Raising School loves working with partners across the country and around the world. The school can design custom programs, online or in-person, for organizations big and small. One such collaboration took place right in The Fund Raising School’s backyard in Indianapolis. The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) and its two affiliates, the Indianapolis… Read more »
How did native Iowan Ellie Moore learn about philanthropy? How is she making a difference today? We asked Moore, a current master’s in philanthropic studies student, about her early experiences with philanthropy, what she’s learned from the program so far, and her future goals. How did you first become involved with philanthropy growing up? Ellie… Read more »