By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky As Congress begins to debate President Trump’s tax-overhaul plan, nonprofits have already geared up to take part. They’ve made clear that they want to avoid the “wrong kind of tax reform,” meaning changes that could depress Americans’ charitable giving. But the way charities have framed their legislative priorities puts… Read more »
Month: October 2017
Funding feminism
On October 3, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, along with the IUPUI Office for Women and the IUPUI Office of Community Engagement, sponsored an event featuring historian and author Dr. Joan Johnson about her newly-published book Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement: 1870-1967. I sat down with Dr. Johnson to talk about her… Read more »
Philanth(row)py in action
On September 23, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy ‘Water Lillies’ took to the Indiana Central Canal as part of the 9th annual IUPUI Regatta, a half-mile canoe relay competition involving teams of up to six IUPUI students, faculty/staff, and alumni. Leading that team as captain was Kinga Horvath, a master’s student from Hungary who… Read more »
Fifteen Ways Fundraisers Can Encourage ‘Generosity for Life’
The new “Generosity for Life” interactive web site reports an 11-percentage point decline in American households making charitable donations between 2000 – 2014. What does this mean for fundraisers? The report is rigorous and reliable and, therefore, is useful for your fundraising planning. But how? 1. The report’s findings serve as a reminder to stay… Read more »
The Human Needs Index and Poverty in Remote Areas
Since its launch, the Human Needs Index (HNI) has served as a powerful tool to track human need with different indicators and less lag time than conventional government data. The partnership between the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and The Salvation Army produces and analyzes data that is updated every three months in… Read more »