Oct. 14, 2024: Meet 12 women helping us put our money to good work

Monday Morning Magic from Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. — We are excited to share with you the Fall 2024 issue of Inkandescent Women magazine: The Giving Back Issue, which shares with you a dozen women who are leaders in the philanthropic movement.

Did you know: Total charitable giving is expected to rise above the historical 10-year, 25-year, and 40-year annualized average rates of growth in both 2024 and 2025, according to the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Giving by households is predicted to grow but will trail the rate of growth for total giving. Giving by foundations is expected to experience strong growth, outpacing growth rates for total giving in 2024 and 2025, and giving by estates is anticipated to experience stronger growth in 2025, rising above the historical 10-year, 25-year, and 40-year annualized average rates of growth.

Dien Yuen, founder, Daylight

To become more philanthropically inclined, meet: 

• Dien Yuen, founder of Daylight — Working to maximize philanthropy’s potential for transforming lives by advancing the sector’s training, research, professionalization, and diversity, Daylight’s team is on a mission to
  • Empower practitioners with contemporary, accessible learning opportunities, and launch the first accelerator for BIPOC philanthropic advisor-entrepreneurs, 
  • Connect advisors, and organize and elevate this segment of the profession.
  • Understand the sector better with new research on philanthropic influence.
  • Boost the capacity of social justice organizations, as well as advisors, with specialized expertise and services.
  • Check out Daylight’s podcast show, Illuminate Philanthropy, on the Inkandescent Radio Network.
  • Become an Impact Philanthropy Advisor: Click here to learn more about Daylight and discover how you can be part of it’s  program: daylightadvisors.com
• Shelly Kurtz is the author of This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators.
  • Shelly explains, “Our planet has never been smaller. Technological advancements have compressed time and space, making the world more immediate and interconnected.
  • But a shrinking planet is not without its challenges: climate change, food shortages, pollution, and war are persistent headwinds. We need strategies and tools that promote stability and growth, and we need technology that is more inclusive, trusted, and focused on community goals.”
  • This Little World seeks to inspire those who wish to explore the rich and rewarding world of social innovation. It’s a practical, step-by-step guide to innovation opportunities that will enrich an organization’s capacity for transformation and impact.
  • With insights from leading social innovators, This Little World demonstrates how “tech for good” organizations use social innovation strategies, emerging tools, and sustainable practices to support environmental causes, humanitarian initiatives, accessibility, and more.
  • Learn more: thislittleworld.org
•  The 10 international authors of the new groundbreaking book, The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy, by Christine Grumm, Ndana Bofu-Tawamba, Ruby Bright, Stephanie Clohesy, Musimbi Kanyoro, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ana Oliveira, Laura Risimini, Jane Sloane, and Jessica Tomlin.
  • Explore the inspiring, never-before-told story of the Global Women’s Funding Movement — considered the women’s movement’s greatest secret – and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of money to free themselves from oppression.
  • “This book is an important read for those interested in focusing the power of philanthropy on leveraging systemic social justice victories and gender equality gains,” Christine Grumm insists, noting that the long-practiced “Feminist Funding Principles” imparted by the authors is a recipe for the feminist alchemy needed to transform society for the betterment of all.
  • Brimming with feminist epiphanies, this social justice playbook is an urgent call for women’s collective leadership to guide humanity through the gravest of challenges, overcoming patriarchy’s multi-millennium reign through the uprising of women leaders and philanthropists. Founded during the second-wave women’s movement of the early 1970s, small groups of women worldwide, independent of each other, had the same epiphany: it will take a movement of women to raise the money needed to fund women’s freedom.
  • Learn more about the book at the website Inkandescent created this fall for the authors: uprisingofwomeninphilanthropy.com

And that’s just the beginning. Click here to read about the other women helping us do good by spreading the wealth in the Fall 2024 issue of InkandescentWomen.com.

Until next Monday: May you feel inspired to share your wealth with the causes that make the world a better place. — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder and president, Inkandescent® Inc. Inkandescent.us

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