In December 2023 I traveled to Saudi Arabia with friend and colleague Jeannie Sager. We had the honor of being two of three women presenters at the Eleventh Forum for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector. While I have been privileged to travel personally and professionally many times, this was my first trip to the… Read more »
Faculty Insights
Philanthropy By Any Other Name
by David P. King, Ph.D. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet utters the famous line, “What’s in a name? … a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Sometimes I wonder if that is true for philanthropy as well. Making sense of philanthropy is not easy. First, it can be a difficult word to pronounce… Read more »
Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Prompts New Challenges for Philanthropy
This article was first published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy and authored by IU philanthropic studies professor Leslie Lenkowsky. An important but controversial era in public policy ended with last week’s Supreme Court ruling allowing states to outlaw abortion. Philanthropy and nonprofits have played large roles on both sides of the fight over legalized abortion,… Read more »
Dr. Freeman receives the 2022 Dan David Prize Award
The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, selected Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, as a winner of the 2022 prize, alongside eight other outstanding early- and mid-career scholars of history. A selection committee of eminent scholars in the… Read more »
Your Personal Philosophy of Fundraising
Recently our host of the First Day podcast, Dr. Bill Stanczykiewicz, sat down with Dr. Gene Tempel and Dr. Sarah Nathan to discuss having a personal philosophy of fundraising. You can listen or read for the full transcript below. :00:11.0 Dr. Bill Stanczykiewicz: Your Personal Philosophy of Fundraising, I’m Bill Stanczykiewicz. This is the First… Read more »