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Media Coverage
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
Q&A: What are best practices to engage women philanthropists?
July 24, 2019
Devex, Catherine Cheney
More news coverage
2019
- 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)