By Kim Williams-Pulfer, Ph.D., postdoctoral research appointee Women Give 2019 answers critical questions about the relationship between race, gender, and philanthropy. The first part of the report recognizes the central value of giving and generosity among diverse communities, indicating that across race, ethnicity, and gender, giving is equally valued. This section also focuses on the… Read more »
Jacqueline Ackerman is the associate director of research at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute. In this post, she details new research about the intersection of race, gender, and giving. A new study by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), Women Give 2019: Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color, highlights that generosity is a value shared by… Read more »
Black History Month ended on Wednesday, and Women’s History Month started yesterday. In honor of these occasions, I spoke with Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman, an expert on Madam C.J. Walker and philanthropy in communities of color. Madam Walker, who lived during the height of Jim Crow, was widely known as the first American woman who… Read more »