Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women's Funds

June 2009

The first of its kind, this report by the Foundation Center and the Women's Funding Network examines giving patterns and trends among larger private and community foundations and the distinctive contributions of women's funds to philanthropy. Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women's Funds finds that foundation giving targeted to benefit women and girls climbed 223 percent between 1990 and 2006 (after adjusting for inflation), compared to an overall giving increase of 177 percent.

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