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The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

Offering a public forum for exploring the connections between individual philanthropy and faith; and fostering a greater understanding of the ways in which faith both inspires and informs giving.

Programs

FEATURED
The Annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture
On April 10, 2008, the Lake Institute presented the fifth annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture given by Dr. Paul Schervish, Director of the Center on Wealth & Philanthropy and Professor of Sociology at Boston College. The title of his address was Receiving and Giving as Spiritual Exercise, and he writes: "The leading question of this era is not just how to appropriately accumulate great wealth, but how to allocate it for deeper purposes…for what I call a moral and spiritual citizenship of care." For more information, photographs, and audio from the event, please click here.

Lake Distinguished Visitor Program

Ruth Messinger – President, American Jewish World Services.

OTHER PROGRAMS
Faith & Fundraising

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Research

CURRENT:
Geography and Giving: The Culture of Philanthropy in New England and the Nation

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Bank of America High Net Worth Study. Bank of America Study on High Net-Worth Philanthropy

The Nature and Causes of the U-Shaped Giving Profile

Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations

From Piety to Professionalism – and Back? Transformations of Organized Religious Virtuosity

For archived research, click here.

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Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Click here to learn more about the fellowship and read about the 2008 recipient’s dissertation entitled “The Prosperity Gospel and Economic Prosperity."