{"id":4737,"date":"2023-11-21T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/?page_id=4737"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:21:38","slug":"impact-of-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/impact-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"cta-link\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/giveto.usc.edu\/?fundid=9218751337&#038;appealcode=WDORN0001&#038;buttongen=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give Today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Giving Opportunities\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A gift in any amount supports IACS and our mission. Click the arrows below for additional funding details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Humanizing Networks: Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Ethics<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $50k gift will support public events nationwide associated with launch of IACS\u2019 new book\u00a0<i>The Common Good in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\u00a0<\/i>(developed in collaboration with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">The Future of Democracy<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$20,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for building fully democratic institutions and processes in California<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$70,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for building stronger democratic institutions and processes in the U.S., and enable the Institute to publish a book to help implement those ideas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$150,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for protecting democracy in authoritarian settings around the world, and enable the Institute to publish a book to help implement those ideas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$500,000 pledged over five years would underwrite the Institute\u2019s work on the role of Catholicism and other religions in defending and deepening democracy <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Disarmament &#038; Deterrence: A Strategic Dialogue Toward a Less-Threatening Nuclear Reality<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<div>$100,000 would enable a 2nd major IACS convening of nuclear ethicists and strategists \u00a0to build the long-term prospects of multilateral nuclear disarmament within a realistic assessment of complex geo-strategic realities\u2014with a major book to emerge from that convening.<br \/>\nAn additional $70k would enable a documentary film linked to that work.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Catholicism in the Global South<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$30,000 would enable IACS to continue building the network of scholars in Latin America and the U.S. that can shape the future of Catholicism and Catholic-Evangelical relations in the Americas <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">$100,000 would enable to IACS convene the network of scholars in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. to give Catholicism a truly global intellectual axis to underpin Christian commitment to democratic institutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Public Religion in the World<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">$40,000 would support the publication of a book on how Catholicism responds to situations of religious diversity and conflict around the world\u2014and on what works, thus helping leaders advance peace in our pluralistic world. An additional $20k would enable an associated documentary film.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">$40,000 would support a documentary film on how the various strands of the Jewish tradition are responding to situations of religious diversity &amp; conflict around the world\u2013to better inform policymakers and religious leaders on how religion can advance peace in our pluralistic world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-d1Vxji0NMw\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Sustaining IACS for the Future<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-d1Vxji0NMw\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-d1Vxji0NMw\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">$500,000 would enable IACS to address new emerging issues in American society and the world, focused where we can offer wisdom grounded in the deep resources of Catholicism and other traditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,000,000 would be a lead gift toward the permanent endowment that will sustain IACS as a guaranteed voice of public Catholicism and the Catholic intellectual tradition into the future <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      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Global Focus. <\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Our mission includes contributing to the ongoing development of Catholic theology and ethics in the face of new realities. <\/p>\n<p>But the Institute&#8217;s mission is also much broader. <\/p>\n<p>Encompassing Catholicism&#8217;s dialogue with science, the social sciences, and the humanities, IACS also includes legal and medical professions, as well as other expressions of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, indigenous spiritual traditions, Islam, and Judaism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/about\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about About IACS\"  \n>\n    About IACS \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 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\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spotlight\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Furthering the Catholic intellectual tradition<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>As an intellectual research center, IACS advances the ongoing evolution of Catholicism\u2019s public witness in the contemporary world, but is fully independent of the church hierarchy and thus able to explore emerging questions with full academic freedom \u2014 asking hard questions and exploring new answers in light of the tradition and emerging new research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/history-of-iacs\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Our History\"  \n>\n    Our History \n  <svg 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thriving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under new leadership, IACS is launching ambitious initiatives focused on: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/humanizingnetworks\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Humanizing Networks: Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Ethics<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing the ethical and regulatory frameworks needed to guide new and emerging technology\u2014including artificial 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