Chicago Tribune | Groups' goal: Get women to give back

Chicago Tribune | Groups' goal: Get women to give back: "Groups' goal: Get women to give back

By Colleen DeBaise
Dow Jones Newswires
Published March 30, 2005


NEW YORK -- The women's philanthropy movement, slowly percolating for years, might gain steam with an aggressive new initiative.

Two groups, the Women's Funding Network and the Association of Women's Business Centers, plan to launch a multiyear campaign called 'Moving the Needle' to raise $100 million from women donors. The goal of the effort, to begin by early next year, is to cultivate female philanthropists and support causes that help women business owners and entrepreneurs"