Study: Giving to women's and girls' groups totals 1.6%

• Date: 01 February 2021
• Published date: 01 February 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30935

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DOI: 10.1002/nba

Study: Giving to women’s and girls’ groups totals 1.6%

New research from the Women’s Philanthropy In-

stitute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School

of Philanthropy shows that giving to women’s and

girls’ causes totaled about 1.6% of all charitable giv-

ing in the United States in 2017, the latest year for

which data is available.

The Women & Girls Index 2020: Measuring Giving

to Women’s and Girls’ Causes found that almost 47,000

U.S. organizations dedicated to women and girls re-

ceived roughly $7.1 billion in charitable contributions

from individuals, foundations and corporations in

2017. That’s an increase of 9.4% year-over-year, and up

36.4 % from 2012 levels, which is about the same level

of growth reported by other charitable organizations.

However, certain types of WGI organizations

experienced considerably higher growth rates, the

report said. For example, support for reproductive

rights organizations increased 85.2% from 2012 to

2017, and 33.7% in 2017 alone—more than triple the

rate of other WGI organizations.

Government support for women’s and girls’ organ-

izations also saw higher growth than the sector as a

whole. Government grants for these groups increased

by 34.4% from 2012 to 2017, signicantly more than

the 14.6% rate of growth in government grants to

other charitable organizations, the report said.

Other nancial measures—such as total revenue,

asset values and expenses—grew more slowly for

women’s and girls’ organizations during this time,

the report noted.

According to Jeannie Sager, director of the WPI,

the ndings highlight the need for more nancial

investments in nonprots serving this population.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately

affected women and particularly women of color. In

light of this, women’s and girls’ causes—particularly

those addressing the intersection of race, gender and

other areas of inequality—will need more resources,”

Sager said in a statement announcing the ndings.

“The WGI’s insights can kickstart discussion and

action to generate philanthropic support for these

critical organizations.”

For more information, the report can be accessed in

full at https://bit. ■

According to pledge organizers, the newest

signatories are already deeply engaged in phi-

lanthropy, providing support for a wide range of

causes including COVID relief, climate change

and sustainability, education, medical research,

humanitarian disaster relief, gender equality and

social justice.

For more information, visit https://givingpledge.

org. ■

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