By Kathleen Loehr We know that the world has rapidly changed in the last generation. There is rich demographic diversity across our country today; kindergarten classes are now majority-minority, meaning that no one racial group makes up more than half their population. This shift translates into greater diversity of donors in our portfolios now and… 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 »
When Michelle Obama spoke to a sold-out crowd in Indianapolis in mid-February at an event organized by the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, her message embodied the core essence of philanthropy. “Assume the best in your neighbors, not the worst … act with decency and with some compassion and with an open heart and nobody… Read more »
It’s been six months since I started working at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. When I accepted the position as blog content coordinator, I had no idea how much the school is involved in. Six months later, you could say I’m happily surprised. Not because I doubted how much the school does, but because… Read more »
Jacqueline Ackerman is the assistant director for research and partnerships at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute. In this post, she describes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s investment in research on gender and philanthropy. In late 2014, a program officer from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Philanthropic Partnerships team approached the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI)…. Read more »