This report focuses on the financial findings from the 2020 FACT survey. The focus is on congregational finances and presents an overview of how faith communities receive, manage, and spend resources.

In this video in partnership with Gresham College and the Fulbright Commission, David. P. King addresses the question, does philanthropy do the public good?

Amir Pasic, Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, reflects on the theme of our upcoming Thomas H. Lake Lecture.

The study is based on extensive interviews with leaders of 87 rural United Methodist Churches (UMC) across North Carolina. Information from these interviews was categorized and assigned a numerical value in six areas -- direct spending, education & childcare, magnet effect, individual impact, community serving programs, and outdoor recreation space.

Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient, Esra Tunc, contemplates an “otherwise” philanthropy, which centers the communities in which they seek to serve.

Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, PhD, MSW shares her reflections and research on giving back in the Black Church tradition.

Shariq Siddiqui Ph.D. and Rafeel Wasif Ph.D. highlight important data from the Muslim American Giving 2021 report.

Given the centrality of giving among Muslim communities and the vital role religious giving plays in philanthropy more broadly, it is worth taking a deeper look at how and why American Muslims give.

David P. King, Ph.D. discusses how philanthropy can work toward supporting our common good.