PR Newswire
Women at virtually every income level are more likely to give to charity and to give more money on average than their male counterparts, after controlling for education, income and other factors that influence giving, new research from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University finds.
“Looking at giving across five different income groups, which range roughly from $23,000 to $100,000 a year, it is clear that it is not only wealthy women who give,” said Debra J. Mesch, Ph.D., director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute. “Women across nearly every income category give significantly more than their male counterparts – in many cases, nearly twice as much.”
Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time. Previous studies of gender and philanthropy have relied on data related to giving by households and married couples, making the effects of gender on giving difficult to identify. Women Give 2010 analyzed only giving by households headed by single people in order to examine gender differences.
Researchers controlled for factors that affect philanthropic behavior such as income, age, race, education, number of children, and more to allow direct comparisons between men and women.
The study compared and controlled for different types of singles. Never married and divorced women were more likely to give and to give more than males of the same marital status; however, widowed men give more than widowed women, the study found.
In every income bracket except for one, women give more than men. The most dramatic differences are in the lowest, middle, and highest brackets where women give almost double the amount of men. The exception is women in the second lowest income bracket ($23,509 to $43,500), who give 32 percent less than men.
“These findings have the potential to affect both donors and charities significantly,” Mesch said. “Women may not realize they are giving more than men because their giving patterns differ. Understanding the power of their giving may encourage more women to consider the difference they can make with their giving. Nonprofits may see this as a reminder to pay closer attention to the philanthropic power of women and the importance of developing fundraising strategies that will appeal to their priorities.”
wat about us umarried ppls? i think we are included in the women, but we r girls who arent married and we give too!
I think it doesnt matter. we all give, each in our own way
women give the panhandlers a few cent more than the men give them, cuz the men are less naive and know that it is being used for drugs,
but whe it comes to giving big money to shluchim or organizations men give much more than women
I always thought it was just my personality, i feel like i cant spend any of my hard earned money on silly extras (which might be neccessaties) but as soon as someone comes knocking on my door, i suddenly become very generous. i reason that they need it more than me and a big mitzvah shouldnt hurt. so everyday, five dollars here, five dollars there, i cant help it!!!!!!!! but Hashem repays, cuz i am not poor yet!!!! by the way, i am the breadwinner and i am woman!!!!!
Women are way more calculated and therefore give less in the amount that they give.
we already know that – women are malchus, which characteristically gives to whats lower than it…
Who paid for these idiotic Studys?
It happens to be that a lot of the woman
i know, are a lot cheaper when it comes
to tzedakah than men, and the husbands are afraid to tell their wifes that they gave tzedakah.
Well I guess its a study (by feminisim) so it must be true.
the study was done on households headed by single people so they’re not relying on their husbands.
not to mention, in many cases women are making more than their husbands.
my former one go sara yeah kiddo
it’s not “my husband’s $$”, it so happens that I’m the “breadwinner” for my husband, child, and myself.
the girl in th picture is my classmate
Women are simply afraid of aggressive pan handlers , WOMEN Bewere! Most are not Jewish , very agressive ,are richer than you are, go around the corner see the cars they drive they collect because they are forced to feed their Drug adiction, look in their eyes you will see a drug addict ask your mashpia , its a sin to give money to a Drug addict Give your husbands precious hard earned tzedokoh money to Benjy Stock , you will feed a Real hungry family in our own neighborhood . I have seen Ladies give $20.00 dollar bills as… Read more »
I don’t give away my husband’s money, I happen to work very hard like most women I know and give my own $ to Tzeddaka when someone is in need.
i thought they figured this out a long time ago….
that”s why they make auctions every other weekend for the ladies. we”ll empty out out pockets, write bigger checks…much faster than the men. we are just different…
Of course they do!
When a man man gives Tzedokah he’s giving his own hard earned money.
When a women gives money, she’s giving away her husbands money.
Much easier to part with something someone else worked hard for.
What are some good fundraising strategies?