July 24, 2008


Ethics in grantmaking

Mary Mountcastle Care and transparency are paramount when grantmakers decide to get involved with the nonprofits they are passionate about.

Women's Voices

Women’s investments can do ‘double duty’

Through ‘socially responsible investing,’ women’s investments can do double duty: make a difference while making money.

Women Givers

Teaching as social work

Teach for America teacher Kathryn Smith has gone on to a career in social work – two fields she says are tightly connected.


Women's Causes

North Carolina nonprofits serving women and children

Women traditionally give their time, talent and treasure to nonprofits that support women and children. Here’s a list of nonprofits in the state that serve women and children.

Giving Well

Don’t drown grantees in paperwork

Funders of all sizes need to revisit application and reporting mechanisms to ensure we are using our time and our grantees’ time effectively.


Women and Giving features news and information about women givers, effective giving, and causes women support.

Women and Giving News: In Brief

  • Employees of RPM Wood Finishes Group, Hickory, collecting non-perishable personal, household products July 1-18 to benefit clients of Women’s Resource Center, Hickory.
  • Jessica Laney, South Mecklenburg High School senior, received $10,000 Tere Berigan scholarship from Assistance League of Charlotte.
  • Mary Stevenson, accountant, Touche Ross & Co., named accountant, John Rex Endowment, Raleigh.
  • Patricia Brown and Malcolm McDougal Brown received 2008 Giannini Society Award from N.C. School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, for service to School of the Arts.
  • International House seeking host homes for delegation of 10 Kyrgyzstan women from July 18 - Aug. 8 in Charlotte; contact Lara Printz at lprintz@ihclt.org.
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