June 23, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Case for Better Philanthropy: The Future of Funding for Women and Girls says that foundations and nonprofit groups should develop new arguments for helping women and girls. Instead of simply supporting programs to rectify inequities between men and women, like unequal compensation or access to education, the report says that grant makers might want to consider how gender affects the effectiveness of their grant making. For instance, boys and girls learn at different paces and in different ways, so support for after-school programs could take into account those differences and develop ways to equalize the experiences of all students. The report is the product of a two-year research project by Women & Philanthropy, an organization that works to improve the effectiveness of grant making for women and girls.
Publisher: Women , 1629 K Street, N.W., Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20006-1633; (202) 887-9660; fax (202) 861-5483; http://www.womenphil.org; 32 pages; free for members; $25 for nonmembers.
