Browsing by Subject "funds"

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    All in for Women & Girls: How women’s fund and foundation donors are leading through philanthropy
    (2019-07-23) Dale, Elizabeth J.; Watkins, Betsy; Mesch, Debra; Osili, Una; Bergdoll, Jonathan; Pactor, Andrea; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Skidmore, Tessa
    To date, studies of women’s funds and foundations have been qualitative in nature, and have studied the organizations more than their donors. This study examines, in a comprehensive and quantitative manner, the impact of women’s fund and foundation donors on women’s and girls’ causes. Previous research has shed light on women’s funds and foundations, on giving to women and girls, and on the impact of high-net-worth donors. This report addresses the intersection of these three factors to ask: What unique role do high-net-worth donors to women’s funds and foundations play in catalyzing support for women’s and girls’ causes?
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    Change Agents: The Goals and Impact of Women’s Foundations and Funds
    (2019-12-10) Gillespie, Elizabeth
    This research extends knowledge of women’s foundations and funds in the U.S. following the publication of a landscape scan of these organizations in May 2019. The landscape scan revealed that women’s foundations and funds use philanthropy to empower women, create positive change, and impact women and the broader community. They foster empowerment, change, and impact through grantmaking and by engaging in other activities, including advocacy and collaboration. The landscape scan also found that women’s foundations and funds often apply grantmaking philosophies, such as social change and gender lens philanthropy, and carry out their work through a variety of approaches. This study builds on the landscape scan to better understand how these organizations set goals, measure impact, and take action to advance the causes they care about.
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    Change Agents: The Goals and Impact of Women’s Foundations and Funds - Executive Summary
    (2019-12-10) Gillespie, Elizabeth
    An earlier landscape scan of women’s foundations and funds in the U.S. revealed that they use philanthropy to empower women and create positive change that benefits women and the broader community. Change Agents builds on that landscape scan, extending knowledge of women’s foundations and funds to better understand how these organizations set goals, measure impact, and take action to advance women.
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    Change Agents: The Goals and Impact of Women’s Foundations and Funds - Infographic
    (2019-12-10) Gillespie, Elizabeth
    This study adds a much-needed gender focus to grantmaking foundation literature, including new knowledge about the impact of investing in women.
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    Women's Foundations and Funds: A Landscape Study
    (2019-05-14) Gillespie, Elizabeth M.
    This research is a landscape scan of all women’s foundations and funds in the U.S. Women’s foundations and funds, which expressly award grants to programs and organizations benefiting women, have grown in number over the past five decades. Yet, there is a gap in knowledge about these organizations and their work to advance women and associated populations (girls, children, and families). Any significant research is now a decade old, even though these organizations continue to be active in the field of philanthropy. Women’s foundations and funds award millions in grants each year, as well as contribute resources and knowledge about the status of and issues facing women.
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    Women's Foundations and Funds: A Landscape Study Infographic
    (2019-05-14)
    Women's foundations and funds have been pioneers in grant-making to women and girls. Giving from these organizations is substantial and helps create meaningful change in communities. New research reveals patterns across more than 200 women 's foundations and funds -and shows the important role these organizations play in catalyzing funding for women's and girls' causes.
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    Women's Foundations and Funds: A Landscape Study Executive Summary
    (2019-05-14) Gillespie, Elizabeth M.
    Women’s foundations and funds are a powerful force in philanthropy dedicated to women and girls. Research has shown that women are broadly philanthropic, and often have a keen interest in giving to women’s and girls’ causes. While studies have examined women’s motivations to give to other women, the women’s foundations and funds that facilitate much of this giving have not been thoroughly studied.