Generosity and Gender

Provides inspiring stories collected from interviews with more than 50 philanthropists Uses a six-step process--Awareness, Assessment, Alignment, Action, Acknowledgement, Achievement-- to offer suggestions for fundraisers on how to implement and engage more women donors

Features the lessons learned from successful programs in traditional organizational settings such as healthcare, higher education, and the environment

Provides inspiring interviews with more than 70 philanthropists and leaders of women's organizations Uses a six-step process to offer suggestions for fundraisers on how to implement and engage more women donors Features lessons learned from successful programs in healthcare, higher education, and the environment

Autorentext

Lois A. Buntz is a veteran fundraiser, nonprofit executive, and educator. As a highly successful CEO of a midsized United Way, she has coordinated numerous annual and endowment campaigns raising more than $110 million dollars in 12 years. She has coordinated two capital campaigns, totaling $16 million dollars and helped build nonprofit facilities, including a Human Services Campus. As a nonprofit consultant she provides strategic planning and fund development services and helps develop and implement women's philanthropy initiatives.

Inhalt

Chapter One: Awareness-The New Faces of Philanthropy.- Chapter Two: Awareness Built a Social Movements.- Chapter Three: Awareness: How Women Give.- Chapter Four: Assessing your Donors.- Chapter Five: Assessment: Is Your Organization Ready for Women's Philanthropy?.- Chapter Six: Alignment- Helping Donors Find Their Passion.- Chapter Seven: Action: Making It Happen.- Chapter Eight: Action: The ASK.- Chapter Nine: Acknowledgment: Mystery, Myths and Magic.- Chapter Ten: Achievements: Healthcare, Higher Education, Environment.- Chapter 11: Achievements: Women Investing in Business and Leadership.- Chapter 12: New Trends.- Chapter 13: Diversity and Philanthropy: Engaging Women of Color and the Next Generation.- Chapter 14: A Call to Action.