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Giving while female: Women are more likely to donate to charities than men of equal means

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Research Associate of Philanthropy, Women's Philanthropy Institute; Doctoral student of Philanthropy, IUPUI Global Philanthropy Fellow, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI Tessa Skidmore is employed by the Women's Philanthropy Institute, which receives funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She also serves as Vice President of the Indiana Evaluation Association. Charles Sellen has received funding from Indiana University and from the Franco-American Fulbright Commission to conduct research on philanthropy. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Indiana University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisations View the full list The American poet Ambrose Bierce wrote in 1906 that a philanthropist is “a rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.” While this satirical descr

Women who are collectively donating to an all-girls school in Peru discuss their charitable giving in a Vienna, Virginia dining room. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images https://theconversation.com/giving-while-female-women-are-more-likely-to-donate-to-charities-than-men-of-equal-means-141518 https://theconversation.com/giving-while-female-women-are-more-likely-to-donate-to-charities-than-men-of-equal-means-141518 Link copied Share article Share article Copy link Email Bluesky Facebook WhatsApp Messenger LinkedIn X (Twitter) Print article The American poet Ambrose Bierce

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