Mott Grant Will Spur Studies on Community Funds
March 10, 2014 | Read Time: 1 minute
Who gave it: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
How much: $600,000
Recipient: The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
What it’s for: To endow a professorship in community foundations
Why it’s being given now: To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the nation’s first community foundation
What the money will do: Produce research to help nonprofit leaders understand why “some community foundations are the central, relevant ‘go-to’ places in their communities and why others have not flourished to the same extent,” says Patrick M. Rooney, associate dean for academic affairs and research at the Lilly school.
