First recorded May 21, 2019
Laurie E. Paarlberg, PhD is a professor of philanthropic studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She is also the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chair on Community Foundations. Her nonprofit research focuses on the changing nature of community philanthropy, with a particular focus on strategic shifts in grantmaking by local United Ways and community foundations.
With changing demographics in local communities, she is also interested in—and studies—issues of diversity, equity and diversity in grantmaking and the rural/urban divide.
Laurie's publications include numerous articles in refereed nonprofit and public affairs journals. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. She has received the Best Paper Award for Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the Best Conference Paper at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference, and the Accenture Advances in Public Management Award, Accenture Corporation, for Best Paper in International Public Management Journal. She received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural economics from Purdue University and a PhD from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
