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Media Coverage
Millennial Money: Give Back Without Busting Your Budget
December 3, 2019
New York Times/Associated Press, Amrita Jayakumar
Melinda Gates’s $1 billion pledge for women’s equality disrupts traditional trends in charitable giving
October 8, 2019
MarketWatch, Leslie Albrecht
Nonprofits focused on women and girls receive just 1.6% of all charitable giving
October 7, 2019
Fast Company, Ben Paynter
Only 1.6% of Americans’ charitable giving goes toward nonprofits helping women and girls
October 3, 2019
CNBC Make It, Megan Leonhardt
Women's Funds Lure More Engaged Donors
July 30, 2019
ThinkAdvisor, Michael Fischer
More news coverage
2019
- 7/24/19: Q&A: What are best practices to engage women philanthropists? (Devex)
- 7/22/19: How to Engage Women Donors (AFP Global)
- 7/15/19: Andrea Pactor, Women’s Philanthropy Institute (So Money Podcast)
- 5/14/19: Giving by Women’s Funds Has Soared. And They’re Getting More Savvy and Strategic (Inside Philanthropy)
- 5/14/19: The Butterfly Effect: Tracking the Growth of Women’s Funds (Philanthropy Women)
- 4/9/19: The Most Effective Way You Can Give To Charity, Even On A Super Tight Budget (mindbodygreen)
- 3/29/19: All the single ladies and people of color: Study looks at the changing face of philanthropy (Chicago Tribune)
- 3/21/19: Can We Have a New Face of Philanthropy? (Forbes)
- 3/19/19: Race Has Little Impact on Giving, Study Shows (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
- 3/19/19: Generosity Transcends Gender and Ethnicity, Study Shows (Barron's Penta)
- 3/19/19: This Is What A Philanthropist Looks Like (Refinery29)
- 2/10/19: What’s Behind the Surge in Giving Circles? (The Wall Street Journal)
2018
- 12/12/18: Social Norms Shape Giving to Women's and Girls' Causes, Study Finds (Philanthropy News Digest)
- 12/6/18: Women donors and PACs fueled political funding for Democratic women in 2018 — but they left GOP women behind (CNBC)
- 11/20/18: Women Are Fueling The Growth Of Collective Philanthropy Giving Circles (Fast Company)
- 11/15/18: 10 Ways Giving Back Can Benefit Your Mental Health (Business Insider)
- 11/15/18: The Year of the Woman's Activism: Marches, Phone Banks, Postcards, More (New York Times)
- 11/6/18: How to Use Money as an Extension of Your Political Voice (SELF)
- 11/1/18: “Rage” or Resolve? Women Are Giving More In 2018 (Nonprofit Quarterly)
- 8/22/18: How to fund your charitable giving in retirement (CBS News)
- 8/8/18: How Women and Men Give Around Retirement (Association of Fundraising Professionals)
- 7/26/18: Charitable giving is retirement-proof — except for single men (Fast Company)
- 7/25/18: The Rise of Female Philanthropists — And Three Big Bets They Make (Forbes)
- 7/24/18: What Retirement Means For Charitable Giving and Volunteering (PBS Next Avenue)
- 5/23/18: Study Finds Men Are More Likely Than Women To Replace Charitable Giving With Impact Investing (eJewishPhilanthropy)
- 5/23/18: Your Guide to Giving like an Impact Investor (Charity Navigator)
- 5/17/18: Women's Rising Power: More Money Means More Giving (Thrive Global)
- 3/21/18: Want your children to be charitable? Do this. (MarketWatch)
- 3/19/18: Philanthropy in the Home | How Sons and Daughters respond based upon Gender (Women Moving Millions)
- 3/14/18: Daughters More Influenced Than Sons by Parents’ Giving Practices, Study Finds (Barron's Penta Blog)
- 3/10/18: Money Is Power. And Women Need More of Both. (New York Times)
- 2/14/18: Wealthy Women Embrace Risks In Philanthropy (Financial Advisor)