Women Give

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Men and women approach philanthropy with different motivations and patterns of giving. Research helps fundraisers and donors understand the context for giving and provides evidence-based data to help both groups proceed more confidently.

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    Giving Plan for Couples
    (2021-03-16)
    This can serve as a guide to help you as a couple become more intentional about your charitable giving.
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    Women & Girls Index 2023 Infographic
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-10) Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
    The Women & Girls Index (WGI) provides the only systematically generated, comprehensive data on charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls. The WGI tracks the landscape of women’s and girls’ organizations in the U.S., including the amount of philanthropic support they receive from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The WGI is a cornerstone project of the Equitable Giving Lab (EGL), an initiative to better understand charitable giving to diverse communities and under-resourced groups. The Lab currently comprises research on giving to LGBTQ+ and to women’s and girls’ organizations, in addition to case studies of organizations serving these populations. The data are hosted at WomenAndGirlsIndex.org, including a searchable database of all WGI organizations, a downloadable copy of the full Index, and more detail about the Index and the methodology used to create and update the WGI.
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    Women & Girls Index 2023 Research Brief
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2023-10) Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
    The Women & Girls Index (WGI) provides the only systematically generated, comprehensive data on charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls. The WGI tracks the landscape of women’s and girls’ organizations in the U.S., including the amount of philanthropic support they receive from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The WGI is a cornerstone project of the Equitable Giving Lab (EGL), an initiative to better understand charitable giving to diverse communities and under-resourced groups. The Lab currently comprises research on giving to LGBTQ+ and to women’s and girls’ organizations, in addition to case studies of organizations serving these populations. The data are hosted at WomenAndGirlsIndex.org, including a searchable database of all WGI organizations, a downloadable copy of the full Index, and more detail about the Index and the methodology used to create and update the WGI.
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    Women Give 2010 - Part I
    (2010-10) Mesch, Debra
    A growing body of research on charitable giving trends shows that women play a distinct and powerful role in philanthropy. The findings that tend to receive the most attention, however, focus on increased giving by affluent women. This creates a narrow understanding of giving by women, which this report seeks to broaden by providing a richer and more accurate analysis, and by answering the question, "Are there differences in philanthropic giving between men and women – across income levels?"
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    Women Give 2010 Part 2: Causes Women Support
    (2010-12) Mesch, Debra
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    Women Give 2012
    (2012-08) Mesch, Debra
    Women Give 2012 focuses on the effect of age and gender on charitable giving, with a spotlight on giving by Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and older Americans.
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    Women Give 2013
    (2013) Mesch, Debra; Osili, Una
    Women Give 2013, New Research on Charitable Giving by Girls and Boys, offers empirically based evidence to guide parents on their journeys to raise charitable children. Discussions about how parents can raise charitable children increase interest in philanthropy. Learning to care about others, developing helping behaviors, and volunteering encourage empathy and a sense of responsibility for others. Philanthropy helps children and adults develop a broader sense of the world and their place in it.
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    Women Give 2014
    (2014) Mesch, Debra; Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark; Osili, Una
    In America today fewer individuals are affiliating with organized religion; in fact, one-third of Americans under 30 have no religious affiliation. For those concerned that the falling rate of religious affiliation will have an adverse effect on individual charitable giving, Women Give 2014 finds encouraging results.
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    Women Give 2015
    (2015-11-10) Mesch, Debra; Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark; Osili, Una; Han, Xiao; Pactor, Andrea
    Women Give 2015 investigates whether the sex of a first-born child affects parents’ charitable giving. Generosity is learned by people as they relate to others in schools, community settings, religious organizations, and the workplace. It is also learned within the family. Research has shown that parents influence their children in many ways, including how to be generous. This study shifts the framework of thinking from the current focus on “parents influencing the development of their child’s generosity” to also include “children affecting their parents’ generosity."
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    Women Give 2016
    (2016-11-15) Mesch, Debra; Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark; Osili, Una; Han, Xiao; Pactor, Andrea; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Tolley, Kathryn
    Women Give 2016 investigates whether generational shifts in charitable giving intersect with women’s changing decision-making roles within families. Earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau released new estimates indicating that the Millennial generation (born 1981 and after) has surpassed the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) as the country’s largest generation. The interaction of multiple generations in the workplace and in families has attracted attention for several years, yet little empirical research has addressed whether different generations approach charitable giving differently. At the same time, women’s participation in the labor force has risen, leading to women’s increased influence in financial decision making individually and within the family.