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2023 Symposium on Philanthropy and the Black Church


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2023 Symposium on Philanthropy and the Black Church

Image of the report cover. Text: "2023 Philanthropy and the Black Church: A Necessary Collaborative; Authors: Reggie Blount, Tasha Gibson, Elizabeth Lynn; Report on April 2023 Symposium co-sponsored by the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy." Images at top of report: Lake Institute on Faith & Giving logo and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary logo. Main image: one of the symposium speakers giving a talk from the podium.On April 27-28, 2023, the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy co-hosted a Symposium on Philanthropy and the Black Church. This special event brought together 70 key leaders in philanthropy and faith to start a conversation about the “necessary collaborative” between philanthropy and Black religious institutions, with attention to past efforts to build this relationship and careful consideration of challenges and opportunities in our own time.

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The report is our attempt to capture key points from those conversations here, to provide a record and foundation for future work, and we conclude by noting some next steps toward a necessary collaborative between philanthropy and Black religious organizations.

DATE: October 23, 2023
TOPIC: Organizational Leadership
TYPE: Learning Tool
SOURCE: Lake Institute, Outside Organization
KEYWORDS: Black Church, Philanthropy, Religion and Philanthropy
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Lynn, Reggie Blount, Tasha Gibson