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Lacy, T.
"A Lesson for Women from '92." The Boston Globe. May 3, 1993. p(p): 21

Laurence, L.
"Taking on Heirs: A Philanthropic Network of Young Millionaires Believes You Can Be Too Rich." Savvy Woman. June 1990. p(p): 14

Lawrence, Lee
"Now, Women Give Time - and Money. Growing Coffers at Girls Schools." The Christian Science Monitor. July 19, 1996. p(p): 10

Leach, S. C.
"A Neglected Charity Grown; Only 4.8 Percent of Giving is Targeted At Women's Issues." The Christian Science Monitor. December 3, 1992. p(p): 9

"Learning to Think Big When Giving to Charity." The Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 24, 1992. p(p): 1C

Lederer, L.
"Funding Strategies for the Nineties." Ms. November-December 1991. p(p): 38

Lee, Christopher
Philanthropist Hamon donates $1 million to downtown library; gift will renovate 5th floor, add oil resource center." Dallas Morning News. February 24, 1998. p(p): 15A (Nancy Hamon's most recent gift)

Lee, H.
"Philanthropy and the Love of Power." The Independent. March 8, 1992. p(p): 26 (Review of Beatrice Webb: Woman of Conflict by C. Seymour-Jones)

Lee, Louise
"Family Legacy? A Walton Starts Small, has Big Dream." The Wall Street Journal. October 8, 1996. p(p): B1 (Alice Walton's investment bank, Llama Company)

Leech, M.
"Lady into Dynamo." The New Yorker. October 22, 1927. (Profile of Anne Morgan, club woman and philanthropist)

Leff, L.
"A Liberal Dose of Star Power." The Washington Post. December 10, 1994. p(p): D1 (Nonprofit organizer Margery Tabankin)

Lewis, D.
"Grassroots Support for Women; Boston Fund, Others Fill a Gap in Charity; Often Overlooked by Giant Corporations." The Boston Globe. November 16, 1992. p(p): 17

Lewis, Nicole
"Staging an End to Abuse" - Playwright Uses Art, Philanthropy to Fight Violence Against Women. Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 19, 2001, pp.9, vol.13, no.13. When Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues, a play that focuses on female sexuality, she never guessed that five years later it would have helped to raise more than $5 million for charities and invigorate the fight to end violence against women. http://www.philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v13/i13/13000701.htm (subscription required).

Lewis, J.
"Women in the Arts Sprouting a Wing with $1 Million Gift." The Washington Post. August 18, 1994. p(p): D1

"Lila Wallace, A Philanthropist with Magazine Fortune, Dies." The New York Times. May 9, 1984. p(p): A1 (Obituary of the co-founder and co-chair of Reader's Digest)

Lipman, Harvy
"Unbalanced Pay Scales" - New Study of Salaries at 75,000 Charities Finds Big Disparities Based on Employee's Gender, Group's Size and Type. Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 31, 2001, pp. 33, vol.13, no. 16. Women who hold senior jobs at nonprofit organizations are routinely paid less than men who hold the same position, a new study has found.
http://philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v13/i16/16003301.htm (subscription required).

Lipsman, Claire
"Soliciting Funds for Radcliffe, the Invisible, Rhetorical College." The Chronicle of Higher Education. June 6, 1997. p(p)B8 (Article by an alumna critiquing Radcliffe's fund raising efforts)

"Loaded! The Twenty Richest Women in the World." Harpers & Queen. March 1991. (Cover story)

Long, K.
"Fund Mission: Weird Science and Pet Projects - Multimillionaire Redmond Couple Seek Unusual Causes to Finance." The Seattle Times. December 28, 1993. p(p): A1 (Sandy Lerner and her husband, Leonard Bosack, of Redmond, WA)

Lorch, D.
"[Paulette] Goddard Leaves $20 Million to NYU." The New York Times. May 18, 1990. p(p): B1

Lothrop, G.
"Strength Made Stronger: The Role of Women in Southern California Philanthropy." Southern California Quarterly. Summer 1989. p(p): 143

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Maconochie, M.
"The 32 Richest Women in the World." Good Housekeeping. March 1994.

"Making a Better World: Margaret Tyson Barnes." Women's Philanthropy. June 1994. p(p): 7

Malcolm, E.
"Loosening the Purse Strings." Worth. October 1994. p(p): 88

Manfredi, P. Reston
"Susan Lipton: Better To Give and Receive." Lifestyles. Summer 1996. p(p): 44

Marchetti, Domenica
"A Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots Up" - Tracy Gary, member of the Pillsbury family. Chronicle of Philanthropy, December 14, 2000, pp.8, vol.13, no.5. Ms. Gary, who made her first donation when she was 14, using $100 her mother had given her to set up a charitable giving account, has been hooked on philanthropy ever since. She has given away $2 million of her inherited wealth and income, while devoting her career to teaching other donors, as well as family foundations and financial-services companies, how to give wisely and how to become active in philanthropy beyond making gifts. http://www.philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v13/i05/05000801.htm (subscription required).

"A Donor's Alternative Energy" - Oil Heiress Swanee Hunt. Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 8, 2001, pp.9, vol. 13, no. 10. When Swanee Hunt was a 30-year-old deciding what to call her new charitable foundation, she considered leaving out her last name. She didn't want to go out of her way to remind anyone that her father was H. L. Hunt, the eccentric Texas oil tycoon who was known for he extreme right-wing political views and his disdain for philanthropy. Then she started her foundation named the Hunt Alternatives Fund. http://www.philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v13/i10/10000901.htm (subscription required).

"A Rosie Outlook on Giving." Chronicle of Philanthropy,
November 29, 2001, pp. 7, vol. 14, no. 4. Much of the money raised by the For All Kids Foundation since its start can be traced back to entertainer Rosie O'Donnell. Over five years, the foundation has raised a total of $50 million to help child care organizations.
http://www.philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v14/i04/04000701.htm

Martin, Nita
"The Power of Women." Corporate Philanthropy Report. July 1997. p(p): 1 ("Women have long been a force in corporate contributions offices at major companies but some observers believe that, until recently, men in executive offices continued to direct in general terms where the money would go. That is changing...")

Mason, D.
"Women Take Lead in Helping Women." St. Petersburg Times. April 25, 1992. p(p): A1

Matchan, Linda
"Pay it Forward Venture Capitalism, Women Contribute to a Charity Revolution." Boston Globe November 15, 2000. A recent article in the Boston Globe examines the growth of charitable giving circles as a philanthropic vehicle for women donors in the Boston area. Giving circles, which are described by the Globe as a cross between a book club and an investment club, allow donors to invite friends and colleagues with similar interests in social issues to give collectively to organizations of their choice.

Matthews, A.
"Alma Maters Court Their Daughters." The New York Times. April 7, 1991. p(p): 40

Matthews, W.
"Giving Money Away the Right Way." Working Woman. March 1994. p(p): 27

McCarter, J.
"Daughter of Her Father." The New Yorker. July 15 and 22, 1939. (Profile of Helen Clay Frick, Director, Frick Library)

McCarthy, K.
"Parallel Power Structures: Women and the Voluntary Sector." Giving USA Update. March/April 1989. p(p): 6

McCarthy, R.
"So Many Capable Women with Such Drive." The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. March 3, 1992. p(p): C6

McCormick, E.
"Laundry Owner Donates Money to Bay Area Charities." The San Francisco Examiner. June 15, 1995. (The late Margaret Frances Wosser's estate gift to assist people with AIDS, drug addiction, and homeless people throughout San Francisco)

McCoy, C.
"Green for Greens: Seattle's Bullitt Sisters Tip Balance of Power in Environmental Wars." The Wall Street Journal. June 21, 1994. p(p): 1 (Article on Harriet Bullitt and Patsy Bullitt Collins and the Bullitt Foundation's work)

McCullom, R.
"Women's Groups Continue to Feel Shortchanged by Grantmakers." Chicago Donor's Forum. July/August 1990. p(p): 6

McDonnell, K.
"Women and Philanthropy." Philanthropy Matters. Fall 1992. p(p): 8

McGovern, S.
"Charity Begins at Home." The Gazette (Montreal). August 18, 1995. p(p): D6 (Avon Canada's campaign against breast cancer)

McKenna, S.
"Profile: Walteen Grady Truely." Newsday. September 22, 1992. p(p): 26

McLarin, K.
"Radcliffe Alumnae Get Tough with Harvard." The New York Times. Education Life section. January 7, 1996. p(p): 19 (A group from the 1950's starts a drive to withhold donations until more women get tenure at Harvard)

McLaughlin, J.
"Peabody-Mason Fund Gives BSO $600,000." The Boston Globe. (Gift from the Peabody-Mason Music Foundation established in 1950 to the Boston Symphony Orchestra)

McMillen, Liz.
"New Women's Funds Tend to Shun Contributions to Colleges in Favor of Support for Activist Organizations." The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 27, 1988. p(p): A32

"Study Finds Alumnae of Women's Colleges Give More Generously." The Chronicle of Higher Education. October 5, 1988. p(p): A37

McWhirter, Nickie
"Charity: Men's Perception of 'Need' is Truly Illogical." The Detroit News. 1994.

"The 'Me' Generation Turns to Philanthropy." The Seattle Times. June 5, 1994. p(p): B10 (Editorial; highlights Martha Kongsgaard's work with the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe)

Menschel, Ronay
"Women as Contributors to Higher Education." Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. 1993.

Mercer, Joye
"Gallaudet U. gets $3 Million from Estate of A Woman No One on Its Campus Knew." The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 5, 1996. p(p): A43 (Olive Swindell's estate gift)

"Colleges Pleased by a Series of Large, Out-of-the-Blue Donations." The Chronicle of Higher Education. February 2, 1996. p(p): A29 (Discussion of the gifts of Anne Scheiber, Oseola McCarty, Olive Swindells, and Dorothy Benjamin)

Metzendorf, D. and Cnaan, R.
"Volunteers in Feminist Organizations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Spring 1992. p(p): 255

Meyer, M.
"Take Notice." The Houston Chronicle. September 6, 1992. p(p): 2

Meyeroff, W.
"Purse Strings: Courting Philanthropists to Look at Charity in a Different Light." The Chicago Tribune. March 29, 1992. p(p): 12, Womanews section

Michaelson, Judith
"A Quiet Force; Dorothy E. Leavey loves sharing her millions with the needy and the deserving - especially children. But much of it is done anonymously. She doesn't like the fuss." The Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1994. p(p): E1

Mile, L.
"Woman Power." Washingtonian. May 1994. p(p): 65

Miller, J.
"Old Money, New Needs: New York's Brooke Astor." The New York Times Magazine. November 17, 1991. p(p): 40

Miller, Robert
"Foundation makes Dream Come True in Million Dollar Mission." Dallas Morning News. March 2, 1997. p(p): 3H (Dallas Women's Foundation and its work to raise the endowment)

Mills, Steve
"Diana's Visit to Spin Fundraising Gold[:] When Princess Talks, Philanthropies Benefit." The Chicago Tribune. May 30, 1996. p(p): 1

"Minnesota's Leading Business Women." Corporate Report Minnesota. August 1989. (Cover story)

Mitchell, L.
"Fund Arms Women for Financial Struggles." The Arizona Daily Star. December 21, 1992. (Creation of the Southern Arizona Women's Fund)

Mollner, Carol
"Women's Funds Are Healthier Than Reported." Chronicle of Philanthropy. June 4, 1998. (Letter to the Editor).

"More Women Found on Corporate Boards." The New York Times. September 28, 1995. p(p): D9 (Story about Catalyst's latest report)

Morris, B.
"Executive Women Confront Midlife Crisis; It Is A Time Of Reckoning For The First Big Generation Of Women To Hit The Age Of 40 In A Business Suit. But For Many Career Women, Even Talking About It Carries A Whiff Of Betrayal." Fortune. September 18, 1995. p(p): 60 (Cover story)

Morris, H.
"'Quiet, Cultured Lady' Leaves S.C. Schools $54 Million; 12 Colleges Share Latest Gift in South." The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. July 30, 1992. p(p): D10

Muchnic, Suzanne
"The Kindness of Strangers." The Los Angeles Times. August 30, 1996. p(p): F1 ("Anonymous Was A Woman provides $25,000 no-strings grants to 10 female artists. The process - from donors to nominations to selection - is kept a secret.")

Mullinex, D.
"Women in Philanthropy Forum November 17." The Indianapolis Star. October 31, 1993.

Munk, N.
"The Best Man for the Job is Your Wife." Forbes. November 20, 1995. p(p): 148 (Article about women "thrust by fate into running their deceased husbands' businesses...")

Murphy, Meg
"Million Dollar Gift Surprises Agency; Woman's Bequest to Help the Disabled." The Chicago Tribune. May 27,1997. p(p): 1 (Blanche Killian's gift to the Northpointe Acheivement Center, serving people with developmental and mental disabilities)

Murphy, T.
"Bingham Will Shuts out Daughter; Publishing Matriarch Felt Sallie Divided Family." The Cincinnati Enquirer. June 23, 1995. (An article taken from The Courier Journal about Mary Caperton Bingham's will.)

"Mystery No More. The Grand Forks Angel Has A Name: Joan Kroc." People magazine. May 1997.

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Nash, A.
"Woman Who Overturned an Empire." Ms. June 1986. p(p): 44 (Article about Sallie Bingham)

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. "Women and Philanthropy Analyzed: National Action Agenda Developed." Responsive Philanthropy. Winter 1994. p(p):6

"Native American Women's Philanthropic Conference Opens at KwaTaqKuk Resort: Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie Offers First Keynote Talk." Char-Koosta News. July 9, 1993. p(p): 3

Nelson, J.
"The Fortune that Madame Built." Essence. June 1983. p(p): 84 (Madame C.J. Walker, cosmetic entrepreneur)

"'Two Dollars and a Dream;' C.J. Walker: Making Waves and a Fortune." The Washington Post. February 21, 1988. p(p): Y5

Nemy, E.
"From Pink Lipstick to Pink Ribbons." The New York Times. February 2, 1995. p(p): C1 (Evelyn Lauder)

Newman, Andy
"Lottery Winner Is Giving Her Millions Away." The New York Times. November 10, 1997. p(p):1 (Eleanor Boyer, winner of the New Jersey Lottery, is giving the entire gift to her church and other local non-profits.)

Newman, L.
"A Philanthropist Reaches Out for Other Philanthropists." The Chicago Tribune. February 7, 1993. p(p): 2 (In the Womanews section; Tracy Gary as well as the group Chicago Women in Philanthropy)

Nicklin, Julie
"Raising Money from Older Women Requires New Strategies, Colleges Find. " The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 9, 1998. p(p):A52 ("Many control significant wealth but have little experience in making financial decisions.")

Nielsen, Waldemar
"The Role of Women in the Future of Philanthropy." The Chronicle of Philanthropy. February 22, 1994. p(p): 45

Noble, Barbara Presley
"Women Seeking a Working Agenda." New York Times. February 5, 1995. p(p): 23

"Noteworthy Aim for Foundation." The Newark Star-Ledger. January 30, 1995. p(p): 18 (The Gerda Lissner Foundation's goal of discovering female singers of great promise.)

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O'Connor, Colleen
"Strong Foundation; In matters of money, a Dallas women's group has cause to celebrate." The Dallas Morning News. November 8, 1995. p(p): 5C

O'Neill, M.
"Decades as Icon; Now, Freedom." The New York Times. February 9, 1995. p(p) C1 (Interview with Gloria Steinem)

Openshaw, Jennifer
"Pulling Their Own Purse Strings." CASE Currents. March 2002, pp.40, vol.28, no.3. Advancement Officers Can Better Court Women by Understanding Their Attitudes and Knowledge About Wealth.
http://www.case.org/currents/2002/march/openshaw.cfm

"Oprah Winfrey donates $1 Million to Spelman College." Georgia News in Brief. November 7, 1995.

"Oprah's $3M Beacon." The Boston Globe. September 15, 1994. p(p): 66

Oring, S.
"You Need Money to Make Change." The Chicago Tribune. August 23, 1995. p(p) 1

Ostrander, Susan and Fisher, Joan
"Women Giving Money/Women Raising Money: What Difference for Philanthropy?" In Taking Fundraising Seriously: Cultures of Giving, edited by Dwight Burlingame. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Ostrander, Susan
"Donors Need to Learn What Collaboration Really Means." Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 8, 2001, pp.72, vol.13, no.10.Discussion of collaborative grant making, including women's giving circles. http://www.philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v13/i10/10007301.htm (subscription required).

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Padgett, J.
"Shaking the Money Tree; Women's PACs and Donor Networks: A Contact List." Campaigns & Elections. September 1994.

Panas, Jerold
"Why Women Don't Give" - Eight Reasons Why Women Don't Give As Much As Men. Contributions, May-June 2001, pp.1, vol. 15, no. 3. The author interviews philanthropist Ruth Ann Harnish, former radio broadcaster, TV anchor and newspaper columnist in Nashville.

Panas, Jerome
"Are Women Donors Really That Different From Men?" The Chronicle of Philanthropy. April 5, 1994. p(p): 43 (Book review of Women as Donors, Women as Philanthropists)

"Partnership Aims to Help Disadvantaged Women." Fund Raising Management. September 1994. p(p): 53

"Peg Yorkin Gives $10 million for Bold Feminist Action to Send Wake-up Call to American Women; Gift Marks Largest Contribution for Women's Rights Ever." Business Wire. October 2, 1991.

Pender, K.
"New Socially Responsible Fund Promotes Women." The San Francisco Chronicle. September 29, 1993. p(p): D1 (Women's Equity Mutual Fund)

"People of Vision: Nellie B. Snavely." The Cleveland Foundation Quarterly Report. Fall 1993.

Perry, Tony
"Kroc's $25-million World Peace Offering' Widow of McDonald's Magnate Gives Start-Up Donation for Institute at University of San Diego to be named after Mohandas Ghandi." Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1998. p(p): B2 (Joan Kroc's gift to establish the Mohandas Ghandi Institute of Peace and Justice.)

"Philanthropist Leaves Hospital its Largest Gift, $2.1 Million." Long Beach-Press Telegraph. February 8, 1995. p(p): B1 (Mary Van Camp's gifts to various California nonprofits)

Philbin, M.
"The New Fundraising: Putting Your Money Where Your Mission Is." National Network of Women's Funds Newsletter. April 1994.

Phillip, M.
"A Campus of Her Own." Black Issues in Higher Education. January 12, 1995. p(p): 9 (Ruth Simmons, the new president of Smith College)

"Planned Parenthood Receives $1.4 Million Pew Grant To Develop Prenatal Care Network." PR Newswire. August 1, 1995.

"Planet Hope Sponsors 'Hoops for Hope: Planet Hope Night at the Forum' benefit for homeless children and their families." Business Wire. March 18, 1994. (Kelly Stone and actor Sharon Stone's nonprofit organization Planet Hope)

Pogrebin, L.C.
"Contributing to the Cause." The New York Times Magazine. April 22, 1990. p(p): 22

"The Power of Money." Radcliffe Quarterly. December 1991. p(p): 2

Prest, M.J.
“Indiana Woman's Philanthropy Was A ‘Carefully Constructed Tapestry'.” Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 3, 2005. p(p.): 24, vol. XVII , no. 10 (Sally Reahard, an heiress to Eli Lilly stock and a lifelong philanthropist never forgot the time she spent as a young woman in Charleston, S.C. where she developed a strong and immediate affinity for the city's environmental and historic preservation efforts).
http://philanthropy.com/

Preston, Caroline
“Textile Heiress Seeks to Reward Service to Others Through Scholarships.” Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 3, 2005. p(p.): 23, vol. XVII, no. 10 (Mignon Smith, a member of a wealthy textile manufacturing family from Alabama, intends to carry on her parents' “legacy of learning” through scholarships for civic-minded students in Alabama).
http://philanthropy.com/

Prussel, Deborah
"Leno Fights for the Rights of Afghan Women." Profit. April/May 1999. p(p): 5-7 (The work of Mavis Leno "to raise awareness and fund a grassroots campaign to demand an end to the Taliban's inhumane treatment of women")

"Puget Sound Receives $2 Million from a Lifelong Tacoma Resident." PR Newswire. October 20, 1995. (A gift from Virginia Wheelock Marshall's estate pays off the debt remaining on the University's student union.)

Purdy, Matthew
"Lawyers Are Feeding on an Heiress's Vision." New York Times. January 24, 1997. p(p): B1 ("Money Doris Duke meant for charity is making a lot of other people rich.")

Putnam, L.
"Elisabeth Mason and the Kukula Foundation." Radcliffe Quarterly. June 1994. p(p): 16 (Elisabeth Mason's work with children in Limon, Costa Rica)

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