Welcome to Philanthopy & Women
Welcome to the homepage of Sondra Shaw-Hardy and Martha A. Taylor. Sondra and Martha are international leaders and visionaries in the women’s philanthropy movement. For almost twenty years, they have worked together to empower women to reach their full potential as philanthropists to effect change for the better in their communities, state, America and the world.
- How can women change the world through their philanthropy?
- What are the differences in women’s versus men’s giving that can increase philanthropy overall?
- What kind of world do women want and how can they achieve it?
They are activists, philanthropists, volunteers, researchers, speakers, non-profit founders, donor advisors, development officers and authors.
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2008 : Sondra Shaw-Hardy speaking on "Giving Circles" at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. |
Sondra Shaw-Hardy & Martha A. Taylor
Sondra and Martha’s objective has always been:
To create a women’s philanthropy movement in America that will increase philanthropy by women for all philanthropic endeavors forwarding the good of the world.
They revolutionized fundraising development and donor education by helping women find their “Philanthropic Passion” through discovering their “Values, Vision and Voice” (copyright).
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2008 : Martha Taylor on the Cover of Wisconsin Woman magazine |
In extensive interviews and focus groups throughout the U.S. for their first book, Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing the Potential of Women’s Giving, Sondra and Martha discovered and defined the characteristics of women’s philanthropy with their 6 C’s of women’s giving—change, create, commit, connect, collaborate and celebrate (copyright). The 6 C characteristics have been widely embraced by women, institutions, organizations, fundraisers and financial advisors.
They also developed the five-stage journey of a woman to become a philanthropist: Motivation (finding her passion); Knowledge (two-fold—about her own finances and projects in the non-profit sector to carry out her passion); Action (involvement with the organization); Leadership (becoming a philanthropic leader); and Legacy (passing her values on to the next generation).
These and results from their other studies about women and philanthropy have appeared in most leading national newspapers and magazines.
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Sondra and Martha co-founded the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) in 1991, now a program of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and serve as adjunct faculty for WPI.
Sondra Shaw-Hardy and Martha A. Taylor’s first book, Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing the Potential of Women and Philanthropy is regarded as “the field’s bible.” They are co-editors of a new book, The Transformative Power of Women and Philanthropy, and also have contributed to dozens of journals and magazines on topics surrounding women’s philanthropy.
Sondra and Martha combine their energy and experience to create focused strategies, presentations and programs in the areas of women and philanthropy to involve, cultivate and engage women as major donors and philanthropic leaders.
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