The video below presents an overview of the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI’s “GenerosityForLife” project, featuring Una Osili, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI and Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm, PhD, Professor of Economics, IU School of Liberal Arts—IUPUI and Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI.
Funding to complete the first wave of the GenerosityForLife project—including the creation of this overview video and the grantee videos below—was generously provided by the John Templeton Foundation.
Benjamin M. Marx, PhD
THE CHARITABLE RESPONSE TO NEED AND PERSISTENT EFFECT ON GENEROSITY: EVIDENCE FROM TORNADO STRIKES
Laura B. Liu, EdD
CULTIVATING CIVIC GENEROSITY IN ELEMENTARY YOUTH ACROSS GLOCAL CULTURES, ECOLOGIES, & GENERATIONS
Molly Maxfield, PhD
EXAMINING THE ROLES OF AGE AND DEATH AWARENESS IN GENEROUS BEHAVIOR
William J. Chopik, PhD
THE DYADIC MECHANISMS LINKING GENEROSITY TO HEALTH AMONG OLDER COUPLES
Sarah A. Schnitker, PhD
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF (AND AS THY IN-GROUP)
Patricia Snell Herzog, PhD
EMERGING LEADERS STUDY – INTERVENING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF LIFE-COURSE GENEROSITY
The GenerosityForLife project is currently supported through a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

