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Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The Lilly Endowment, Inc. is an Indiana-polis-based private philantrhopic foundation established in 1873 by the members of the Lilly family; J.K. Lilly Sr., J.K. Lilly Jr., and Eli Lilly.
The foundation was formed through the stock gifts of their pharmaceutical company called the Eli Lilly and Company. However, the foundation is considered to be a separate entity from the company.
The foundation aims to help people in Indianapolis build a better life through supporting efforts of national significance and international projects.
Web Address
www.lillyendowment.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @lillyendowment
The foundation was formed through the stock gifts of their pharmaceutical company called the Eli Lilly and Company. However, the foundation is considered to be a separate entity from the company.
The foundation aims to help people in Indianapolis build a better life through supporting efforts of national significance and international projects.
Web Address
www.lillyendowment.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @lillyendowment
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Madison County Community Foundation Announces Ambitious Fundraising Campaign
Foundation: Madison County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
An Indiana community is putting its money where its mouth is. The Madison County Community Foundation has announced the biggest fundraising campaign in its 31-year history in an effort to raise...more
Foundation: Madison County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
An Indiana community is putting its money where its mouth is. The Madison County Community Foundation has announced the biggest fundraising campaign in its 31-year history in an effort to raise...more
Hendricks County Community Foundation announces 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars
Foundation: Hendricks County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
An Indiana community is putting its money where its mouth is. The Madison County Community Foundation has announced the biggest fundraising campaign in its 31-year history in an effort to raise...more
Foundation: Hendricks County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
An Indiana community is putting its money where its mouth is. The Madison County Community Foundation has announced the biggest fundraising campaign in its 31-year history in an effort to raise...more
Philanthropy Funds Market Quantitative &Amp; Qualitative Analysis |Smithsonian Institution ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Open Society Foundations
This report researches the worldwide Philanthropy Funds market size (value, capacity, production and consumption) in key regions like North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (China, Japan) and other...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Open Society Foundations
This report researches the worldwide Philanthropy Funds market size (value, capacity, production and consumption) in key regions like North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (China, Japan) and other...more
Indiana United Ways to Award Capital Project Grants Up to $1.5 Million in Partnership with ...
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
The Lilly Endowment is putting its money where its mouth is, offering $50 million in grants to community organizations in Indiana for building and renovation projects, the Indianapolis Star...more
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
The Lilly Endowment is putting its money where its mouth is, offering $50 million in grants to community organizations in Indiana for building and renovation projects, the Indianapolis Star...more
$1.25 Million Grant Awarded to Trevecca Program for Pastors
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
A small Nazarene university in Tennessee has been awarded the largest grant in its history to train future pastors, the Times Free Press reports. The Lilly Endowment Foundation has awarded $1.25...more
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
A small Nazarene university in Tennessee has been awarded the largest grant in its history to train future pastors, the Times Free Press reports. The Lilly Endowment Foundation has awarded $1.25...more
Ripley Co. Resident Named to Mutz Philanthropic Leadership Institute
Foundation: Lumina Foundation, Lilly Endowment
"We want to imbue the individuals who graduate from our program with a lot of knowledge and wisdom," says John M. Mutz, founder and president of the Mutz Institute for Philanthropic...more
Foundation: Lumina Foundation, Lilly Endowment
"We want to imbue the individuals who graduate from our program with a lot of knowledge and wisdom," says John M. Mutz, founder and president of the Mutz Institute for Philanthropic...more
The Tenuous Place of Big Philanthropy in America's Social Contract
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Big philanthropy is not subject to any serious “countervailing power” from other market participants. Philanthropic foundations are not part of...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Big philanthropy is not subject to any serious “countervailing power” from other market participants. Philanthropic foundations are not part of...more
Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little | AM 870 The ANSWER
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
People who study philanthropy and advise donors like Vanessa Lee, a program officer who coordinates giving circles at the Chicago Foundation for...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment
People who study philanthropy and advise donors like Vanessa Lee, a program officer who coordinates giving circles at the Chicago Foundation for...more
'Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little - Tribune Chronicle - Tribune Chronicle
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Dell Foundation, Lilly Endowment
___ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Dell Foundation, Lilly Endowment
___ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with...more
Marlo Thomas Celebrates Thanks and Giving'S 20Th Year and $1 Billion Raised for St. Jude Hospital
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
When Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis in the '60s, he made a promise to his daughter, Marlo: "My dad in his day brought in Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and...more
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
When Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis in the '60s, he made a promise to his daughter, Marlo: "My dad in his day brought in Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and...more
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