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Summer Learning Challenge

Lake Institute’s Summer Learning Challenge

  Join Lake Institute’s Summer Learning Challenge Introducing Lake Institute’s self-paced Summer Learning Challenge! This isn’t your typical summer reading…

The Revolutionary Religion Digital Resource Guide

The Revolutionary Religion Digital Resource Guide Earlier this month, Lake Institute partnered with WYFI Indianapolis, the Center for the Study…

A Legacy of Faith & Giving

A Legacy of Faith & Giving The story of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is rooted in a powerful…

ECRF participants sitting together talking

ECRF: A Lake Institute Cornerstone

Since 2013, the Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF) has been a cornerstone educational program of Lake Institute on Faith…

Amber Harter

Staff Highlight: Q&A with Amber Harter

Staff Highlight: Q&A with Amber Harter, Program Management Specialist At Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, our work is shaped…

LFSOP Students

Insights from LFSOP Students

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is deeply connected to the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (LFSOP), where everyone…

Spring Reading List

Staff Reading List Spring 2026

  At Lake Institute, we often return to books—old and new—as sources of insight, reflection, and challenge in both our…

Two women working on taxes at a table

New Tax Laws, New Giving Patterns: What You Need to Know

New Tax Laws, New Giving Patterns: What You Need to Know By Jon Bergdoll, Interim Director of Data and Research…

Thomas H. Lake (left), presents a donation to Father Boniface Hardin (center).

The Story Behind Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

The Story Behind Lake Institute on Faith & Giving  Lake Institute on Faith & Giving was established in 2002 through…

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