Assessing Women’s Philanthropic Strength
May 18, 2009

Women are directing more money toward “charities focused on women and girls and the environment and less on education and health institutions,” according to Andrea Pactor, the associate director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University.  In a larger context, women now control almost 60 percent of the nation's wealth, while occupying about half the managerial and professional jobs in the United States., according to research from OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. Read Shelly Banjo’s full Dow Jones Newswire Column at:

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