Through this three-part series, we’ve been highlighting the strong partnership and connection between Coburn Place Safe Haven and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. One of those connections is executive master’s alumna Julia Kathary, who serves as the executive director of Coburn Place. Since she was a child, Kathary was involved in clubs and social… Read more »
Month: January 2018
A new approach of thinking about money and giving
By Phil Jamieson, president of the United Methodist Foundation for the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences As did many, I first became aware of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving through a prior relationship with Bill Enright. Bill is a deeply respected pastor and a great lover of the local church. Several years ago, I… Read more »
Learning by doing at Coburn Place
In a previous post, we talked about Dr. Kathi Badertscher and the ties connecting the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Coburn Place Safe Haven. What’s another one of those ties? Bachelor’s student Erin Wuertz, who has taken full advantage of her internship opportunity in her time at the school and Coburn Place. She didn’t… Read more »
Why women’s philanthropy matters to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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 »
Workshops to examine diversity and philanthropy
First-year Ph.D. candidates Dana Doan and Tiara Dungy have spent much of their adult lives in Vietnam and South Africa, respectively. Both have thought about and engaged with diversity and privilege and they have experienced those ideas. Studying in Indiana at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has also provided opportunities for them to continue… Read more »