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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    Women Give 2022: Racial Justice, Gender, and Generosity
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2024-05) School of Philanthropy, Indiana University Lilly Family
    Women Give 2022 examines how gender affects giving to racial justice causes. The 2020 murders of George Floyd and other Black victims galvanized widespread calls for racial equity and justice. The Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum even during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis—both of which disproportionately impacted women.1 Despite these challenges, women have led this movement in countless ways, from participating in marches, to financially supporting those affected by racial injustice, to contacting elected officials to demand police accountability.2 While corporate and foundation pledges and commitments to racial justice have received considerable attention, everyday women have been supporting these efforts all along. This study focuses on these women and their households to understand their generosity toward racial justice causes and organizations.
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    Women Give 2022: Racial Justice, Gender, and Generosity Infographic
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2024-05) School of Philanthropy, Indiana University Lilly Family
    Women have a long history of working for civil rights and racial equity in the United States. Today, women collectively have more resources to effect change than ever before, and are leaders in the racial justice movement. Women Give 2022: Racial Justice, Gender, and Generosity examines philanthropy around these movements. How do households define racial justice organizations? Who gives to these causes? And how do factors like gender and race shape this 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 2021 Infographic
    (2021-03-16)
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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 Give 2021
    (2021-03-16) Mesch, Debra; Osili, Una; Bergdoll, Jon; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Skidmore, Tessa; Sager, Jeannie
    Women Give 2021 examines how households make charitable decisions. It places charitable decision making in context with other financial decisions that couples make, and explores how these decisions relate to the amount couples give. It unveils new information about how these conversations about giving take place, and whether couples are happy with their decision-making processes.
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    Women Give 2020 Discussion Guide
    (2020-04-21)
    The Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s new research, New Forms of Giving in a Digital Age: Powered by Technology, Creating Community, finds that women give more gifts than men and contribute a greater proportion of dollars than men online, a pattern that is consistent with their offline behavior. This discussion guide is designed to start conversations around these topics.
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    Women Give 2020 Executive Summary
    (2020-04-21)
    Women Give 2020 builds on research that shows broad gender differences in how women and men use the Internet and social networks, and how they give. By focusing on technology, this study seeks to understand how women’s greater use of social networks and greater presence in key online spaces might influence philanthropy.