By the Women’s Philanthropy Institute The Shaw-Hardy Taylor Achievement Award is named in honor of the leadership of two visionary women, Sondra Shaw-Hardy and Martha Taylor, who saw the potential for women’s engagement in philanthropy long before it became a trend or a strategy. The criteria for the award are straightforward: someone who has moved… Read more »
Meet Colleen Rusnak, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s graduate assistant (GA) for the 2020-2021 academic year. In this post, Colleen shares with interviewer Jacqueline Ackerman (WPI’s associate director of research) about her experience as a GA during an unusual year! Share a little bit about your background. Where are you from, and what led you to… 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 »
During this pandemic, food has dominated much of my time; thinking about what to cook, hunting for hard-to-find items in the grocery stores, seeking recipes that provide comfort. Some of those recipes are in my favorite cookbooks – The Settlement Cookbook, the Junior League’s Winners, Back Home Again, and Centennial cookbooks, and several cookbooks by… Read more »
This post was originally published on April 30 on LinkedIn. Today is the last day of my amazing journey with the Women’s Philanthropy Institute over the past 15 years. This chapter of my life has been brought by the letter “P.” “P” is for philanthropy, of course, but also “P” sums up my phavorite parts of the… Read more »