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    How Women and Men Approach Impact Investing
    (2018-05-22) Osili, Una; Mesch, Debra; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Bergdoll, Jonathan; Preston, Linh; Pactor, Andrea
    The term impact investing evokes widespread interest, but few people have a deep understanding of the topic, and even fewer practice impact investing. What is impact investing? Who uses this investment strategy, and what are their objectives? Impact investing is relatively new and has developed rapidly over the last decade. The term itself was introduced in 2007 when the Rockefeller Foundation convened leaders in the fields of finance, philanthropy, and development, with the aim of building an industry of investing for impact.1 While a great deal has been written about the subject, most of this work comes from the world of finance and asks questions about financial return, comparing impact investing with investing purely for profit. The practice of impact investing is evolving exponentially, in contrast to research on this still-underexplored subject.
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    How Women & Men Give Around Retirement
    (2018-07-24) Osili, Una; Mesch, Debra; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Pactor, Andrea; Han, Xiao; O'Connor, Heather
    This study is the first known research to examine how retirement affects charitable giving. It looks at single men, single women, and married couples to analyze whether gender differences in giving or volunteering emerge among individuals at retirement. Additionally, it examines how giving changes during a range of years before and after retirement, with the understanding that preparing and undergoing such a life change is a process rather than one moment in time.
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    Infographic: How Women & Men Give Around Retirement
    (2018-07-24)
    With an unprecedented number of people retiring in the United States today, it is important for the philanthropic sector to understand how retirement affects charitable giving. This study is the first known scholarly research to explore this question—and to do so through a gender lens at a time when women have more wealth than ever before.
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    Charitable Giving Around the 2016 Election: Does Gender Matter?
    (2018-10-09) Osili, Una; Mesch, Debra; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Pactor, Andrea; Bergdoll, Jonathan
    This study aims to provide insights on donations during the unique time period around the 2016 U.S. presidential election, using gift data from an online donation platform. Did giving to charitable organizations increase after the election? What causes benefited from post-election philanthropy? This study also seeks to understand whether there were gender differences in giving around the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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    Dynamics of Hosting: Giving Circles and Collective Giving Groups
    (2018-11-13) Bearman, Jessica; Franklin, Jason
    This study provides an in-depth exploration of giving circle hosting. Findings are based on survey data from 86 organizations, two-thirds (57) of which host one or more giving circles. The study also benefts from nine interviews with diverse giving circle hosts from across the United States.
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    Infographic: Dynamics of Hosting Giving Circles and Other Groups
    (2018-11-13)
    Giving circles have received attention from community foundations and other public funders for their capacity to reach a broad range of donors, flexible and authentic appeal for donor engagement, and democratic approach to building a culture of philanthropy. But what does the giving circle—host relationship look like, and what benefits and challenges exist for hosts?
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    Giving Circle Membership: How Collective Giving Impacts Donors
    (2018-11-13) Carboni, Julia; Eikenberry, Angela
    The number of giving circles in the U.S. has tripled in the last decade. Giving circles are now located in every state in the U.S., and engage people from a wide variety of racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, gender identities, and age groups. Giving circles are estimated to have given as much as $1.29 billion to charitable causes since their inception. Amounts that individual members contribute to giving circles vary widely, and giving circles support a wide range of charitable causes and organizations, both through grants and their members’ volunteer time.
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    Infographic: Giving Circle Membership: How Collective Giving Impacts Donors
    (2018-11-15)
    Giving circles in the United States tripled in number from 2007-2017, with women making up the majority of members. How is this women-driven model of giving influencing charitable behavior? And how are the profiles of giving circle participants changing over time? This study by the Collective Giving Research Group and supported by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute explores those questions.