Laurie E Paarlberg

Laurie E. Paarlberg is a Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University Indianapolis. She holds the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chair on Community Foundations at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and is an affiliate faculty in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IUI). Her research focuses on intersection between community and philanthropy, particularly the changing structure and practices of community philanthropy. Her research focuses on the strategic shifts in United Ways and community foundation systems, philanthropic equity, and rural philanthropy.