Hoosier Philanthropy

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The first in-depth history of philanthropy in Indiana.

Philanthropy has been central to the development of public life in Indiana over the past two centuries. Hoosier Philanthropy explores the role of philanthropy in the Hoosier state, showing how voluntary action within Indiana has created and supported multiple visions of societal good.

Featuring 15 articles, Hoosier Philanthropy charts the influence of different types of nonprofit Hoosier organizations and people, including foundations, service providers, volunteers, and individual donors.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword, by Clay Robbins
Introduction
PART ONE: Overviews of Philanthropic Areas of Engagement
1. Indiana's Philanthropic History: A Continuing Legacy, by James H. Madison
2. Religion and Philanthropy: Indiana's Traditions, by David P. King
3. Social Services in Indiana, by Katherine Badertscher and Ruth C. Crocker
4. In Search of the Ethical Society: A History of Voluntary Associations in Indiana, by James J. Connelly
5. Independent Together: Historical Highlights of the Links between Philanthropy and Higher Education, by Paul C. Pribbenow and Caitlin Crowley
6. Hoosier Health Philanthropy: Understanding the Past, by William H. Schneider
PART TWO: Trends and Innovations
Section One: Motivations to Give
7. The Cause of Benevolence: Calvin Fletcher as Philanthropist, by Nicole Etcheson
8. "The Big-Hearted, Racing Loving Woman": Madam C. J. Walker's Philanthropy in Indianapolis, 1911 to 1914, by Tyrone McKinley Freeman
9. "Take What You Find Here and Make It Better and Better": Eli Lilly and Company, Philanthropy, and the Impact of the Discovery of Insulin, by Elizabeth J. Van Allen
Section Two: Experiments in Social Change
10. The Emergence of Charity Evaluation, by Katherine Badertscher
11. Social Innovation in the Heartland, by Peter Weber and Chen Ji
Section Three: Adjusting to Change and Maintaining Mission
12. Same Goals, Different Paths: The Wheeler City Rescue Mission and the Indianapolis Community Fund in the Mid-Twentieth Century, by Amanda Koch
13. Gary Neighborhood House: Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the Civil Rights Era, by Ruth K. Hansen
Section Four: Networks and Collaboration
14. "The Problem of Expense": Lay Religion, Hoosier Patrons, and Philanthropic Logics in Midcentury America, by Philip D. Byers
15. Seeding Community Foundations in Indiana: A History of the GIFT Initiative, by Xiaoyun Wang
Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Social Science
• Charities
• HISTORY
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Indianápolis
• Mensajería instantánea
• Charity
• Lilly Endowment
• Charitable organization
• History of the Americas
• Philantropy
• United States
• KS
• IL
• ND
• IN
• NE
• OH
• MN
• SD
• MO
• MI
• Indianapolis
• Indiana

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253064165
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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HOOSIER
PHILANTHROPY
PHILANTHROPIC AND NONPROFIT STUDIES
Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors
HOOSIER
PHILANTHROPY
A State History of Giving

EDITED BY Gregory R. Witkowski
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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For my mother, Mary Witkowski
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Foreword / N. Clay Robbins, Chairman and CEO, Lilly Endowment Inc.
Introduction / Gregory R. Witkowski
PART I . Overviews of Philanthropic Areas of Engagement
1. Indiana s Philanthropic History: A Continuing Legacy / James H. Madison
2. Religion and Philanthropy: Indiana s Traditions / David P. King
3. Social Services in Indiana / Katherine Badertscher and Ruth C. Crocker
4. In Search of the Ethical Society: A History of Voluntary Associations in Indiana / James J. Connolly
5. Independent Together: Historical Highlights of the Links between Philanthropy and Higher Education / Paul C. Pribbenow with Caitlin Crowley
6. Hoosier Health Philanthropy: Understanding the Past / William H. Schneider
PART II . Trends and Innovations
Section One: Motivations to Give
7. The Cause of Benevolence: Calvin Fletcher as Philanthropist / Nicole Etcheson
8. The Big-Hearted, Race Loving Woman : Madam C. J. Walker s Philanthropy in Indianapolis, 1911-1914 / Tyrone McKinley Freeman
9. Take what you find here and make it better and better : Eli Lilly and Company, Philanthropy, and the Impact of the Discovery of Insulin / Elizabeth J. Van Allen
Section Two: Experiments in Social Change
10. The Emergence of Charity Evaluation / Katherine Badertscher
11. Social Innovation in the Heartland / Peter Weber and Chen Ji
Section Three: Adjusting to Change and Maintaining Mission
12. Same Goals, Different Paths: The Wheeler City Rescue Mission and the Indianapolis Community Fund in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Amanda Koch
13. Gary Neighborhood House: Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the Civil Rights Era / Ruth K. Hansen
Section Four: Networks and Collaborations
14. The Problem of Expense : Lay Religion, Hoosier Patrons, and Philanthropic Logics in Midcentury America / Phillip D. Byers
15. Seeding Community Foundations in Indiana: A History of the GIFT Initiative / Xiaoyun Wang
Contributors
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THIS VOLUME STARTED OFF AS an idea to create a text that engaged with the local community where I taught. At the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, many students either were born in Indiana or planned to work there. Most giving is done locally, and I felt it important to give students a sense of the long history of philanthropic engagement in the state. I wanted to indicate that the many new trends they were engaging with in their coursework had, in fact, long roots in their hometowns and that many of the questions we ask about philanthropy today were already discussed a century or more ago. My desire to create a text that would help students understand their own philanthropic traditions came at a propitious time because the state of Indiana was planning to celebrate its bicentennial.
Indiana University and the Indiana Historical Society worked with many partners to hold a conference to mark this bicentennial. My colleague Dwight Burlingame provided the first support for the idea, followed quickly by Kyle McKoy at the Indiana Historical Society and Jason Kelly, director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute. My thanks to all three of them for supporting the concept early and persistently. Bill Enright, who was a board member of Lilly Endowment, likewise found the project interesting and set up a meeting with Clay Robbins, chairman and CEO of Lilly Endowment Inc. Clay s support was incredibly important in terms of increasing the impact of the conference and growth of this project. He was kind in sharing contacts and open in his support. I most appreciated his ability to provide consistent feedback when asked and his recognition that this should be an independent project. In addition, he graciously delivered the keynote speech, which has been included as a foreword. It was a tour de force in person, and hopefully you will agree that its power remains in script.
When it came to both institutional and financial support, Daniel Smith, president of the Indiana University Foundation (IUF), provided generous and essential backing. The foundation provided a large grant and institutional support, including the time of a number of employees. Paula Jenkins, vice president at IUF, spent a tremendous amount of time and energy working through ideas and helping to engage practitioners who could participate in the conference. I owe her a special thanks. Additional funding was provided by the IUPUI chancellor s office with support from Dean Amir Pasic. The conference itself could not have happened in the way it did without the contributions of Mary Morgan and Chelsie Roberts, who were event planners extraordinaire. Their work made it happen. Nancy Bell, Carrie Birge, James Connolly, Karen Garinger, Haley Girard, Adriene Kalugyer, Marilyn Kuhn, Bethan Roberts, Eric Sandweis, Phil Scarpino, and Julie Scholl all made valuable contributions to the conference as well.
This book emerged from the conference presentations. I could not include all of the papers in the book I would have liked to have included. I am appreciative of all of the participants, including those whose contributions did not fit with the themes of the book. My thanks to the panel commentators who provided feedback to the authors: Bob Barrows, Lehn Benjamin, David Bodenhammer, David Craig, Kevin Cramer, Phil Goff, Nancy Robertson, Phil Scarpino, and Richard Turner. In addition to the academic papers presented, the conference included discussions with practitioners from throughout Indiana. Speakers included twenty-seven executive directors, directors, CEOs, and presidents of nonprofit organizations. These discussions cannot be cited but informed my interpretation of contemporary trends.
As the book itself developed, input from two blind reviewers proved important. Their comments were invaluable in helping to shape the work. Dana Doan, a PhD student at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, put in many hours editing the work to bring each individual contribution into line with Indiana University Press standards. As a PhD student and longtime nonprofit practitioner, Dana represented one of the audiences for the book, so I asked her to make substantive comments when she found material unclear. Her comments likewise greatly strengthened the text. Thomas Cox, Ruth Hansen, Merrill Sovner, Peter Weber, and Robert Wright read versions of the introduction and contributed important feedback that helped to shape it into what it is. I am grateful I was able to draw on such a network of colleagues and friends for feedback as I grappled with making sense of two hundred years of philanthropic development.
My move to Columbia University slowed down the publication. I appreciate the patience of the contributors and especially of Gary Dunham at IU Press in working through some of the complication that resulted from this transition. My thanks go to all the contributors who worked hard to research and write these essays that now constitute a contribution both to Indiana s history and to the field of nonprofit studies.
Finally, this book was completed during a challenging period for me personally. My father s health declined, and my mother, who for years had been a wonderful caregiver, was faced with her own health issues. I am glad I had some time together with them before my father passed. A number of colleagues went above and beyond during this period, and I wish to thank them for their support: Beth Gazley, Tyrone Freeman, Mark Roseman, Andre DeTienne, Kevin Cramer, Phil Goff, and Marianne Wokeck. I appreciate the support of so many friends and family members as well, especially Paul Anderson, Rachel Cohen, Tom Cox, Will Gray, Steve Hall, Andrew Hedges, Greg Judge, Poyan Lofti, Lorraine and Bob Neger, Kevin Smyth, Fumie Sunahori, Mary Witkowski, and Patricia and Ron Witkowski. Their encouraging words during a difficult time made completion of this work possible. I dedicate this book to my mother, who in caring for my father gave as much as her health allowed-and yet still tried to give more.
FOREWORD
Philanthropic Variety: Perspectives of an Indiana Practitioner
N. CLAY ROBBINS
Editor s Note: The following presentation was delivered on February 18, 2016, as the keynote address at the conference Hoosier Philanthropy: Understanding the Past, Planning the Future held at the Indiana Historical Society. It has been slightly modified for print. The presentation began with thanks for the organizers and hosts and concluded by reading William Miller Herschel s poem Ain t God Good to Indiana. Because he is a born and bred Hoosier who is now chairman and CEO of Lilly Endowment, the most influential philanthropic organization in Indiana, I am grateful that Clay Robbins has agreed to allow us to publish his speech .
I APPROACH THIS PRESENTATION WITH a bit of trepidation because