Browsing by Subject "philanthropy"

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    The 2016 U.S. Trust ® Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy
    (2016-10-25) Osili, Una; Clark, Chelsea; St. Claire, Mallory; Bergdoll, Jonathan
    The 2016 U.S. Trust® Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy reveals consistent trends in the giving and volunteering behaviors of high net worth individuals and households from previous years, as well as departures from past trends. Most (91.0 percent) high net worth households gave to charity in 2015, and nearly half (49.7 percent) of high net worth individuals volunteered their time. On average, high net worth households gave $25,509 to charity in 2015. By comparison, households in the general population gave $2,124 in 2015.
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    2022-23 Meet the Graduates
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-06) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    2023 Global Philanthropy Tracker Executive Summary in Korean
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-04) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    2023 Higher Education and Philanthropy Workshop Program
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2022-12) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    2023 Higher Education and Philanthropy Workshop Report
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2022-12) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    2023 LGBTQ+ Index Infographic
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-05) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    2023 LGBTQ+ Index Report
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-05) School of Philanthropy, Lilly Family
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    AIMS Philanthropy Project: Studying AI, Machine Learning & Data Science Technology for Good
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN., 2021-02-07) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Naik, Harshal R.; Khan, Haseeb A.
    This project investigates philanthropic activities related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science technology (AIMS). Advances in AIMS technology are impacting the field of philanthropy in substantial ways. This report focuses on methods employed in analyzing and visualizing five data sources: Open Philanthropy grants database, Rockefeller Foundation grants database, Chronicle of Philanthropy article database, GuideStar Nonprofit Database, and Google AI for Social Good grant awardees. The goal was to develop an accessible website platform that engaged human-centered UX user experience design techniques to present information about AIMS Philanthropy (https://www.aims-phil.org/). Each dataset was analyzed for a set of general questions that could be answered visually. The visuals aim to provide answers to these two primary questions: (1) How much funding was invested in AIMS? and (2) What focus areas, applications, discovery, or other purposes was AIMS-funded directed toward? Cumulatively, this project identified 325 unique organizations with a total of $2.6 billion in funding for AIMS philanthropy.
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    Beyond Grantmaking An Investigation of Program-Related Investments by U.S. Foundations
    (Sage, 2017) Qu, Heng; Osili, Una; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    This study investigates program-related investments (PRIs), which are mechanisms that foundations can use to achieve charitable purposes while generating moderate financial returns. There is a growing interest in PRIs and other similar market-based approaches among practitioners of philanthropy recently. We examine the internal and external factors that influence PRIs by U.S. foundations through both quantitative and qualitative analyses. By analyzing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Foundation Center data, we find that foundations with more financial and human resources are more likely to adopt PRIs initially and also more intensively engage in PRIs. Foundations of 25 years or older invest less money in PRIs than younger foundations. Findings from the interviews with eight foundations reveal additional factors influencing foundations’ PRI activities, including staffing and expertise, the board and executive leadership, changes in the legal and economic environment, sectoral trends and peer networks, and the interests and needs of PRI recipients.
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    "Charity Never Faileth": Philanthropy in the Short Fiction of Herman Melville
    (2014) Goldfarb, Nancy D.; Schultz, Jane E.; Eller, Jonathan R., 1952-; Robertson, Nancy Marie, 1956-; Tilley, John J.
    This dissertation analyzes the critique of charity and philanthropy implicit in Melville’s short fiction written for periodicals between 1853 and 1856. Melville utilized narrative and tone to conceal his opposition to prevailing ideologies and manipulated narrative structures to make the reader complicit in the problematic assumptions of a market economy. Integrating close readings with critical theory, I establish that Melville was challenging the new rhetoric of philanthropy that created a moral identity for wealthy men in industrial capitalist society. Through his short fiction, Melville exposed self-serving conduct and rationalizations when they masqueraded as civic-minded responses to the needs of the community. Melville was joining a public conversation about philanthropy and civic leadership in an American society that, in its pursuit of private wealth, he believed was losing touch with the democratic and civic ideals on which the nation had been founded. Melville’s objection was not with charitable giving; rather, he objected to its use as a diversion from honest reflection on one’s responsibilities to others.