By Dr. Lilya Wagner A timely article in the October 15, 2018 issue of Chronicle of Philanthropy Daily Update featured an article on “Immigrants Are an Often Overlooked Force in Giving.” This has been a topic of discussion, off and on, for probably the last two decades, and one more nudge in this positive direction is… Read more »
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Purposeful boards, powerful fundraising
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 »
‘With my education and experience, I can be a positive light’
By Kellie Waring Philanthropic Studies B.A., Minor in Community Health I remember coming to IUPUI for a retreat during the middle of my high school career. We loaded a 15-passenger van with teenagers and volunteer navigators. All of us were very different and came from different backgrounds, including what school we went to, what we were interested in, and… Read more »
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 »
Serving the city, serving the country, serving the world
From the moment he stepped foot on IUPUI’s campus as a first-year, Fremont, Indiana native Andrew Thomas, B.A. ’18, knew that he wanted to major in philanthropic studies. “I had volunteered and worked at nonprofits in high school, and was pretty involved with the local community foundation. The foundation’s executive director, Jennifer Danic, M.A. ‘06,… Read more »