By Jon Bergdoll Hi folks. I’m Jon Bergdoll, statistician here at the school, lead analyst for Giving USA, the Philanthropy Outlook, and several other projects and reports the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has generated over the years. We’re trying something a little new and different here, so let us know if it strikes your… Read more »
By Jacqueline Ackerman and Jon Bergdoll The big idea While most U.S. couples make charitable giving decisions together, the share of joint decision-makers is declining, according to a study we published March 16. About 62% of couples decide about their giving together, down from 73% in 2005, the last time anyone studied this behavior in… Read more »
Meet Heather O’Connor, the recipient of the 2020 Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. O’Connor is a former fundraiser and CFRE with 20 years of experience in health, education, and social service nonprofits. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and researches women’s charitable giving, philanthropic decision-making processes,… Read more »
This week, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) released the Women & Girls Index 2020: Measuring Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Causes—our second annual report on the Women & Girls Index (WGI). The WGI is the only systematically generated, comprehensive index of charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls in the United States. The Index includes… Read more »
By Kristi Howard-Shultz In the wake of the twin crises of the global COVID-19 pandemic and an economic recession, how nonprofits perceive and interact with donor-advised funds (DAFs) is particularly important. DAFs have become an important tool for donors to respond to these crises. In fact, the four largest DAF sponsoring organizations, as well as… Read more »