01/E. Affinity Groups
Record Group Term
Identifier: 01/E
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Independent Sector Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS046
Overview
Independent Sector (IS) was founded in 1980 as a coalition of corporate, foundation and voluntary organizations for the purpose of encouraging charitable giving, volunteering and nonprofit activities in the United States. Its mission is to promote, strengthen, and advance the nonprofit and philanthropic community to foster private initiative for the public good. By 2004, the organization maintained a membership of approximately 500 of the nation's leading nonprofit agencies and funders of...
Women & Philanthropy
Collection
Identifier: MSS066
Abstract
Women & Philanthropy incorporated in 1977 with the purpose of elevating the status of women as decision makers in philanthropy and increasing the amount of funding for women and girls’ programs. The organization’s research-based advocacy served as the foundation for its agenda. Providing evidence that women were under-represented in a variety of key areas in the field of philanthropy, Women & Philanthropy developed ways to combat the problem and while providing a resource for women in...
Found in:
Philanthropic Studies Archives
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Women & Philanthropy