By Aja May Pirtle This article is the first in a series of case studies on nonprofit organizations and the way they approach organizational sustainability. Like many nonprofit organizations currently, the Legacy Collective, a collective giving circle with an eye towards sustainable and innovative systemic solutions, and its co-founder, author Jen Hatmaker, recently have been… Read more »
The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, announced today that Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, has been selected as a winner of the 2022 prize, alongside eight other outstanding early- and mid-career scholars of history. A selection committee… Read more »
By Aja May Pirtle and Bill Stanczykiewicz, Ed. D. We’ve rounded up the top learnings from 2021 to set fundraisers up for a successful 2022. Educate yourself about Donor-advised Funds. A new study from Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy provides new illumination on DAFs and their space in… Read more »
The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin largely along party lines in November 2021. Legislative progress came to a sudden stop a month later when Sen. Joe Manchin announced, in a Fox News interview, that he would not support it. Without the West Virginian’s vote, Senate… Read more »
The outpouring of tributes following Colin Powell’s death last month—and those during his memorial service last Friday at Washington National Cathedral—largely overlook one important piece of his legacy: his volunteer service in the nonprofit world. That service deserves recognition, along with the many other accolades he will continue to receive for his leadership in higher-profile… Read more »
