As a professional musician, Dr. Pamela Murchison has experience playing flute in several orchestras and teaching music to individuals and in university settings. In 2007, she began playing with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra in Charleston, West Virginia, and fell in love with the Charleston community. When a position as vice president of development for… Read more »
Fundraising
Fundraising insights from Anna Barber, the frontline fundraiser for the Smithsonian Institution’s new museum
Anna Barber, J.D., was the frontline fundraiser for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Ann Boyd-Stewart, assistant dean of development and alumni relations at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, interviewed Barber about her role at the museum and her path to the fundraising profession. How did you become a… Read more »
Research and practice together: A philanthropy practitioner’s perspective on the SPI Conference
On September 19-20, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, in partnership with the University of Chicago, will host the 5th annual Science of Philanthropy Initiative (SPI) Conference in Indianapolis. SPI is an initiative started by John List, Michael Price, and Anya Samek in 2012 to encourage experimental (field and lab) research on charitable giving. In… Read more »
Two perspectives, one organization: practicing philanthropy in a community foundation
By Sarah Nathan, Ph.D. Professional philanthropy has been my career’s work: first as a frontline fundraiser and now as an educator. My daily work at The Fund Raising School allows me to interact and learn from a great diversity of nonprofit organizations. We see individuals from start-ups and very small, grassroots nonprofits as well as… Read more »
Certificate in Fund Raising Management: invest in yourself, invest in your organization
On a visit to the Indiana Medical History Museum (IMHM) as a graduate student in museum studies, Sarah Halter fell in love with the museum and with the 1890s building. She served as an intern at the museum, and worked her way up over the years to become the executive director in 2014. Over the… Read more »