Browsing by Subject "women's philanthropy"

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    Gospel of Giving: The Philanthropy of Madam C.J. Walker, 1867-1919
    (2014-10-08) Freeman, Tyrone McKinley; Robertson, Nancy Marie, 1956-; Walton, Andrea; Labode, Modupe; Gasman, Marybeth
    This dissertation employs a historical approach to the philanthropic activities of Madam C.J. Walker, an African American female entrepreneur who built an international beauty culture company that employed thousands of people, primarily black women, and generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual revenues during the Jim Crow era. The field of philanthropic studies has recognized Walker as a philanthropist, but has not effectively accounted for how her story challenges conventional understandings of philanthropy. I use historical methods and archival research to determine what motivated and constituted Walker’s philanthropic giving to arrive at three main conclusions. First, Walker’s philanthropy can be best understood as emerging out of a moral imagination forged by her experiences as a poor, black, female migrant in St. Louis, Missouri during the late 1800s dependent upon a robust philanthropic infrastructure of black civil society institutions and individuals who cared for and mentored her through the most difficult period of her life. Second, she created and operated her company to pursue commercial and philanthropic goals concurrently by improving black women’s personal hygiene and appearance; increasing their access to vocational education, beauty culture careers, and financial independence; and promoting social bonding and activism through associationalism, and, later, fraternal ritual. Third, during her lifetime and through her estate, Walker deployed a diverse array of philanthropic resources to fund African American social service and educational needs in networks with other black women. Her giving positions her philanthropy as simultaneously distinct from the dominant paradigm of wealthy whites and as shared with that of other African Americans. Her approach thus ran counter to the racialized and gendered models of giving by the rich white male and female philanthropists of her era, while being representative of black women’s norms of giving.
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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: 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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    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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    Infographic: Women Give 2019
    (2019-03-19)
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    Women Give 2019
    (2019-03-19) Mesch, Debra; Osili, Una; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Bergdoll, Jonathan; Williams-Pulfer, Kim; Pactor, Andrea; Thayer, Amy
    In Women Give 2019: Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute seeks to understand how generosity links women across racial lines. While some research has examined race and charitable giving, this study is the frst to explore the intersection of race, gender, and giving.1 The study builds on a growing body of research that examines how women and men give. It is now well understood that gender diferences exist in women’s and men’s motivations for and patterns of giving. By focusing on the relationship among race, gender, and philanthropy, this report recognizes the philanthropic eforts of all women and in particular, women in communities of color.
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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.