March 3 is the 107th anniversary of the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, DC. Held on March 3, 1913, the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, this march is recognized for several key firsts. It was the first suffragist parade in the nation’s capital, and it was the first large, organized march on Washington… Read more »
In our third post about philanthropy in America and in Myth #4 of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s article “Eight Myths of U.S. Philanthropy,” Dr. Tyrone Freeman, assistant professor of philanthropic studies and director of undergraduate programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, illustrates that African Americans are not new or emerging donors. Instead, he… Read more »
The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), in partnership with Elizabeth Dale, Ph.D. ’16, of Seattle University, released a new study this week. All In for Women & Girls explores the characteristics of women’s fund and foundation donors—the vast majority of whom are women—and finds that these donors stand out in a number of ways. Why… Read more »
I recently came across a thought-provoking article: Is philanthropy driven by altruism, ego, or the human desire to cheat death? The title immediately piqued my interest – at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, we have read and written a lot about what drives philanthropy for women and men. The article reviews some research about why people… Read more »
Andrea Pactor, interim director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), and Rafia Khader, program manager at Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, sat down recently to discuss their collaborative efforts for INspired to Give: Women, Faith, and Philanthropy, a special program in Indianapolis on Thursday, November 8. What prompted the idea for this project? RK:… Read more »