By Dana R.H. Doan Nonprofit and philanthropic studies often involves scholars partnering with philanthropic organizations to conduct their research. Having started the doctoral program at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy after close to two decades working as a nonprofit practitioner, I had several opportunities to partner with scholars conducting research. Those experiences left me… Read more »
Originally published on The Patterson Foundation’s blog. When The Patterson Foundation proposed a partnership specifically for our master’s degree students to compete for a fellowship at The Foundation after graduation, we did not yet know that we had found a natural partner. Philanthropic partnering is not usually this easy. However, I think the fact that… Read more »
We’ve featured multiple different community foundations who utilize The Fund Raising School for different classes and in various structures. Many of these organizations work with Liz Jackson, associate director at The Fund Raising School, to bring in faculty members to teach to the nonprofits that the foundations support. Many of the featured foundations come from… Read more »
In 1998, economist Dr. John List was working as an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida when the dean of the school came to him with an idea: start a center for environmental policy analysis and help raise money to support it. That idea, and the $5,000 that the dean gave Dr. List… Read more »
Last year, we spoke with Anna Pruitt, Ph.D., and Tessa Skidmore about the Philanthropy Outlook, a report by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy presented by Marts & Lundy that predicts baseline measures of giving for the next two years. In order to account for tax policy changes passed at the end of 2017, the school’s research team restructured the… Read more »