It happens every three years. It sells out. It is one-of-a-kind. And, previous attendees have called it “inspiring,” “thought-provoking,” and “galvanizing.” “It” is the triennial Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s symposium. The 2020 symposium, Philanthropy Plugged In: Creating community in the digital age, is March 31-April 1 in Chicago. Registration opens today. We hope you’ll join… Read more »
Jacqueline Ackerman is the associate director of research at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute. In this post, she details new research about the intersection of race, gender, and giving. A new study by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), Women Give 2019: Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color, highlights that generosity is a value shared by… Read more »
By Kylie Kaspar Most people are able to identify which traits they get from their parents—I know that’s certainly true in my case. But economist Mark O. Wilhelm wanted to explore whether values like generosity might also be passed down from parent to child. Wilhelm, professor of economics at IUPUI and founding director of the… 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 »
The Women’s Philanthropy Institute has launched Women Give 2017, a research study that seeks to not only understand the query, ‘does the joy of giving lead to a happier life?’ but also the questions ‘does the joy of giving affect all individuals and households equally’ and ‘does the impact of giving on overall happiness vary… Read more »