By Tessa Skidmore and Jacqueline Ackerman Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, two of the biggest U.S. donors, have joined forces by funding the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge. The contest, intended to expand the power and influence of women in the United States by 2030, garnered more than 550 proposals. On July 29, 2021, French… Read more »
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The Women’s Philanthropy Institute honors Melinda French Gates; a leader in women’s philanthropy
By the Women’s Philanthropy Institute The Shaw-Hardy Taylor Achievement Award is named in honor of the leadership of two visionary women, Sondra Shaw-Hardy and Martha Taylor, who saw the potential for women’s engagement in philanthropy long before it became a trend or a strategy. The criteria for the award are straightforward: someone who has moved… Read more »