By Jon Bergdoll and Anna Pruitt, Ph.D. Giving USA, researched at the Indiana University Lilly Family School in partnership with Giving USA Foundation, is the longest running and most trusted annual report about U.S. philanthropy. Each year, Giving USA publishes an estimate of total charitable giving in the U.S. In 2020, that estimate reached a… Read more »
Two years ago, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy launched GenerosityForLife.org, a comprehensive website dedicated to inspiring generosity long-term. Using the Give-O-Meter data tool, you can compare your own giving and volunteering to others in a similar age group, income bracket, education level, and U.S. region of residence. You can explore giving in different areas… Read more »
The 2019 Changes to the Giving Landscape report, researched and written by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and funded by Vanguard Charitable’s Philanthropic Impact Fund, analyzes newly-released data from the school’s Philanthropy Panel Study (PPS) in order to determine trends of giving from 2000 to 2016. To prepare this report, the school first received… Read more »
By Jon Bergdoll Jon Bergdoll is the applied statistician in the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s research team. He directs and conducts analyses for many of the school’s research projects, including Women Give 2018 and other studies conducted in partnership with the Women’s Philanthropy Institute. In this post, he answers questions about the… Read more »
Philanthropist. What does that term mean to you? Do you consider yourself a philanthropist? What factors influence how and when you give, whether that means volunteering your time or donating your money? At the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, an important part of our work is to illustrate that anyone can be—and in fact… Read more »