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Important insights into changes in tax laws and donor motivation

Important insights into changes in tax laws and donor motivation

September 26, 2025



In this episode of The Beacon Podcast, Bill Stanczykiewicz, senior assistant dean for external relations at Indiana University’s Lily Family School of Philanthropy, talks with Lighthouse Counsel Senior Advisor Dr. Lilya Wagner about changes in tax laws and in donor motivation.

About our guest

Serving as assistant dean for external relations, Bill Stanczykiewicz oversees communications and fundraising for the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy while directing The Fund Raising School. 

He also serves as a core faculty member, teaching graduate and bachelor’s level courses on philanthropy, fundraising and leadership. 

Bill’s professional career spans the philanthropic, public and private sectors. He served for 17 years as president and CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute, a statewide nonprofit devoted to healthy youth development and academic achievement. This opportunity followed his leadership position in the mayor’s office in Indianapolis, where he served as policy director for community renewal, designing and implementing The Front Porch Alliance.

Other public administration opportunities have included serving as a staff member on the United States Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families as well as serving as a board member on Indiana’s State Workforce Innovation Council and Indiana’s Education Roundtable.

Bill’s 10-year media career included being honored as the “Indiana Sportscaster of the Year,” and his media skills have been used throughout his professional career appearances on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and ESPN as well as many state and national newspaper op-eds and radio and television interviews.

Honors and awards have included being named a “Sagamore of the Wabash,” a top civic honor conveyed by the State of Indiana, as well as a “Next Generation Leader” by the Rockefeller Foundation.