Ever heard of a charitable lottery? If you have, do you know what it does? If you haven’t, I don’t blame you. I didn’t either until I read an article about them and visited the Dutch Charity Lotteries, located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Through three main privately owned lotteries (the Dutch Postcode Lottery, the FriendsLottery,… Read more »
Entries by Abby Rolland
Starting at the end: Keeping the beneficiary in mind
Recently, philanthropic studies students returned from their two-week study abroad program to Germany and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, students visited with an organization that addresses relative food insecurity. Ph.D. student Christina Eggenberger shares how Jarige Job continually works to keep their beneficiaries in mind. By Christina Eggenberger Often times in our philanthropic studies program,… Read more »
‘Equipping our community with resources to increase the opportunity to thrive’
We’ve taken you through six nonprofit organization visits with one undergraduate class this semester, but they’re not the only ones learning and doing philanthropy. The course “Learning by Giving,” taught by Dr. Dwight Burlingame, actively encourages students to participate in the grantmaking process. With a $5,000 grant from the Learning by Giving Foundation and a… Read more »
Asking hard questions and trying innovative ideas: Why one bachelor’s alumna returned for her master’s degree
Last spring, we interviewed Coretta McAllister, a bachelor’s degree alumna of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Since graduating in 2015, she earned a Master of Social Work degree. However, McAllister realized that her education in philanthropy was not completed. She returned last fall to earn her master’s degree in philanthropic studies. Here, she shares… Read more »
Committed to service, adding value to others
During their time at the school, undergraduate students learn how to articulate the causes they care about and pursue careers based on those passions. Throughout this series, students from Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s course shared various lessons that they’ve learned in visits to a variety of organizations. In their final class visit, students went to… Read more »