In July 2021, households with up to 88% of all U.S. children will get their first of six no-strings-attached monthly payment from the federal government. The money comes from a temporary expansion of the child tax credit in the Biden administration’s US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package enacted in March. For one year only, the government… Read more »
2020 was a year of challenges and even a few triumphs, but through it all the philanthropic community continued to grow and evolve. Here are the top blog posts that the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy produced this year. Coming together: How people around the world give back during COVID-19 Abby Rolland took a look… Read more »
In January 2020, early indicators pointed to growth in charitable giving in the United States in 2020. The economy was strong, the stock market was performing well, and unemployment was at record-low levels. While the economy isn’t the only predictor or motivation for charitable giving, research shows that people who feel financially and economically secure… Read more »
In this post, Dr. Catherine Herrold, assistant professor, discusses her new book Delta Democracy: Pathways to Incremental Civic Revolution in Egypt and Beyond, published on March 23 by Oxford University Press. Learn about building democracy in Egypt and lessons that can be learned for American foreign policy and the practice of democracy promotion. What is… Read more »
The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy recently published a report, commissioned by Independent Sector, that examined the potential impacts of five policy options that extend incentives for charitable giving to non-itemizers, or those who decide to take the flat-dollar standard deduction on their taxes. In 2018, individuals in the United States donated $292 billion to… Read more »