By Connor LaGrange Profiling the day in the life of Connor LaGrange, a first-year master’s student at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Learn about his busy “average” day, and why he chose to study philanthropy. I applied to this school because I saw philanthropy as a way to be a part of conversations with… Read more »
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Lilly Family School of Philanthropy ‘2019 by the numbers’
What numbers help describe all that the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy does during one calendar year? We wanted to find out, so we asked staff members to provide some numbers about the activities we do here. Learn more about how busy we stay improving philanthropy to improve the world! Students and alumni 221… Read more »
Why small gifts matter
In an era where philanthropy experts point to the power of funders and donors making bigger gifts over longer time periods to fewer causes, it’s easy to believe that small gifts don’t matter. But in cases of humanitarian aid and disaster relief, where large-scale change means responding quickly to needs across entire cities and… Read more »
Celebrating philanthropy every day
By Jamie Mittman This post was originally published by TheSororityLife on November 15. Happy National Philanthropy Day! A day created to celebrate charitable activities and volunteer support. I remember a time, not too long ago, when November 15 was just another day to me and philanthropy was just a word. I never stopped and considered… Read more »
Crowdfunding research and impact on the philanthropic sector
By Rebecca TeKolste Some recent publications, including books by Anand Giridharadas, Dr. Rob Reich, and Edgar Villanueva have criticized the philanthropic sector as being another outlet for the wealthiest classes to set priorities in the social sector or a mechanism to obfuscate their role in creating social ills. If the 1/10th of 1 percent of… Read more »