On February 14, The Fund Raising School will host the webinar “Advice from the Funders.” Featured will be two alumni from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy who have experience working with and for foundations. Jenna Wachtmann, M.A.’15, program officer at Ball Brothers Foundation in Muncie, Indiana, and Jeff Small, M.A.’05, vice president of programs… Read more »
Alumni
A passion for relationship-building and connecting donors to a cause they care about
Last week, we highlighted Macy Jackson, a junior at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy interning at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana in its grants and foundations department. Working in an office at Gleaners that is quite close to Jackson is Debbie Russell, the director of donor engagement. Russell has worked in development for almost… Read more »
‘We must embrace donors from varied and diverse backgrounds’: one alum’s outlook on philanthropy, diversity, and social capital
Joshua Humbert is a 2015 graduate of the master’s degree program at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Here, he speaks with Ann Boyd-Stewart, assistant dean for fundraising and alumni relations, about his journey to philanthropy and what he’s doing now. When did you receive your master’s degree, and how did you initially find out… Read more »
Alumnus is discovering who’s influencing young adults today
Derrick Feldmann, M.A. ’04, is interested in what moves young adults from a cursory interest in a social issue to a passionate desire to do something about it. Feldmann has spent more than a decade pioneering research into how young Americans interact with causes and nonprofits. The resulting body of work—the Millennial Impact Project—became the… Read more »
Conducting a community foundation’s communications: How one alumna’s internship led to her current position
Philanthropy for JoAnna Ness, M.A. ’18, began at a young age. Hailing from northeastern Indiana, Ness became involved with P.U.L.S.E. of Noble County, a service-oriented group launched by the Dekko Foundation. “I started volunteering with the group in seventh grade, and it showed me opportunities of how young people could get involved in philanthropy and… Read more »