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Laurie Burns McRobbieFirst Lady, Indiana University

Senior Advisor, IU Foundation President

May 19, 2014

Women’s Leadership & Philanthropy at IU

LEADERSHIP

WOMEN

PHILANTHROPY

Sarah Parke MorrisonIn 1867, Sarah Parke Morrison enrolled as IU’s first woman student. The following year, twelve more women enrolled.

First Ladies of IU

Frances Morgan Swain

• IU’s 9th First Lady, 1893-1902

• Initiated university’s first capital campaign for Woman’s Building

• Secured matching gift from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Letters from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

IU Student Building 1906

IU Student Building 2014

Role as First Lady of IU

Role as First Lady of IU

IU Colloquium Steering Committee Members

Women’s Engagement at IU

• Quiet giving first half of 20th century

• Emergence in 1980s

• Bloomington Colloquium for Women in 1995

• Women’s Philanthropy Institute in 2004

• Women’s Philanthropy Council in 2010

Organization Chart for Women’s Philanthropy at IU

Women’s Philanthropy Council

Working & Event Planning Committees

IU Foundation & Board of Directors

IU President

IU Board of Trustees

Women’s Philanthropy Council honors Patty Stonesiferwith the “Women Leading the Way Award” in 2013.

• Strategic guidance to IU Foundation

• Women’s Colloquium and Women’s Philanthropy Conferences

• $2 million in new contributions for IU’s eight campuses

• “Women Helping Women Award” for student volunteers

Women’s Philanthropy Council Fund

• Since 2012, 20 grants awarded

• Totaling $230,000 in awards

• Supports projects in public health, youth STEM, arts education, international outreach, women in technology

21st Century Engagement

• Global partnerships and local impact

• Future collaboration between Waseda and IU

• Sustaining the tradition of women’s philanthropy