By Jacqueline Ackerman and Jon Bergdoll The big idea While most U.S. couples make charitable giving decisions together, the share of joint decision-makers is declining, according to a study we published March 16. About 62% of couples decide about their giving together, down from 73% in 2005, the last time anyone studied this behavior in… Read more »
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How do beliefs and identities influence women’s philanthropy? Let’s look at the research
Meet Heather O’Connor, the recipient of the 2020 Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. O’Connor is a former fundraiser and CFRE with 20 years of experience in health, education, and social service nonprofits. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and researches women’s charitable giving, philanthropic decision-making processes,… Read more »
New report offers first multi-year look at giving to women’s and girls’ causes
This week, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) released the Women & Girls Index 2020: Measuring Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Causes—our second annual report on the Women & Girls Index (WGI). The WGI is the only systematically generated, comprehensive index of charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls in the United States. The Index includes… Read more »
Four key takeaways from the 2020 donor-advised fund report
By Kristi Howard-Shultz In the wake of the twin crises of the global COVID-19 pandemic and an economic recession, how nonprofits perceive and interact with donor-advised funds (DAFs) is particularly important. DAFs have become an important tool for donors to respond to these crises. In fact, the four largest DAF sponsoring organizations, as well as… Read more »
New research shows U.S. households embraced expansive forms of philanthropy during the early months of COVID-19
This week, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) released COVID-19, Generosity, and Gender: How Giving Changed During the Early Months of a Global Pandemic, which explores how men and women gave in response to the pandemic and how their overall giving changed in spring 2020. The study uses data from a WPI survey on U.S. households’… Read more »