Women and Philanthropy Boldly Shaping a Better World

by Shaw-Hardy, Sondra; Taylor, Martha A.; Beaudoin-Schwartz, Buffy; Mesch, Debra; Pactor, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9780470460665
• ISBN10: 0470460660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-21
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Based on extensive interviews and the authors' combined half-century of experience, this book shares new ways to better engage women in giving, as well as insights into helping women be more effective in their philanthropy and volunteer leadership. This book covers all of the key topics in women's philanthropy, including: the modern movement, women as prospects, how and why women give, overcoming barriers, developing gender-sensitive fundraising programs, communicating with women, women as leaders and donors, couples and family giving, and how women can and are changing philanthropy.

Author Biography

Sondra Shaw-Hardy is one of the founders of the women's giving circle movement and cofounder of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. She is the author of Women's Giving Circles: Reflections From the Founders and coauthor of Youth Giving Circles and Reinventing Fund-raising: Realizing the Potentialof Women's Philanthropy.

Martha A. Taylor is a vice president at the University of Wisconsin Foundation where she established the first women's philanthropy initiative at a public university. She is the cofounder of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and coauthor of Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing the Potential of Women's Philanthropy.

Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz is the communications director at the Association of the Baltimore Area Grantmakers and a founder of the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County. She is the coauthor of A Plan of One's Own: A Woman's Guide to Philanthropy and Growing Philanthropy Through Giving Circles.

Table of Contents

Web Contents	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
About the Authors	p. xxvii
Acknowledging the Differences	p. 1
Women Are Not Little Men	p. 3
The Power of the Purse	p. 19
The Hows and Whys of Women's Philanthropy	p. 33
From Bag Ladies to Bold Divas: The Media and Changing Stereotypes	p. 35
Women's Giving: The Six Cs Plus Three	p. 43
Stages, Styles, and Generations	p. 65
Building Bridges to the Other Half	p. 93
Nonprofits' Future: Gender-Sensitive Development	p. 95
Bringing Women to the Table	p. 117
Women's Philanthropy Programs and Giving Circles	p. 133
Taught or Caught: Donor Education	p. 155
The Future of Philanthrophy	p. 179
Bold Women Giving Boldly: New Frontiers of Women's Philanthropy	p. 181
The Age of Women's Philanthropy	p. 205
Focus Group Sample Questions	p. 215
The Million Dollar Exercise	p. 217
What's It All About? Money and Me	p. 221
Experiences with Philanthropy: Current Giving Patterns and Family Values	p. 223
The Power of the Purse	p. 225
Resource Papers	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Index	p. 247
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