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 »
Thanks to pioneering efforts in 1992 by then UCLA fundraiser Dyan Sublett to learn and write about what motivated women donors to give to the university, we have a unique opportunity to compare women’s philanthropic behavior then and now and to connect the qualitative assessments to empirical research. Have women’s motivations for giving changed over… Read more »
“We donated money to buy an old church and started the East Wayne Street Center. I think that was the first thing that really opened both of our eyes to poverty, with the Center operating in the middle of the inner city. “I never had much growing up, but we always had enough to eat… Read more »
It’s the end of the year, and we’re celebrating impact at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. I asked around to create “2018 by the numbers” activity to see the breadth and depth of activities here. See for yourself – there’s a lot going on here! Students and Alumni 211 – Number of bachelor’s, master’s,… Read more »
By Donna Oklak “With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.” –Emma Wheeler Wilcox Two years after starting Impact 100 in Indianapolis, I inadvertently planted a seed with the founder of 100 Voices of Hope, Mary Beth Gadus. Impact 100 and 100 Voices have entirely different missions, yet… Read more »