501(c) Success with Dr. Debra Mesch, Women's Philanthropy Institute

Join Debra Mesch, Ph.D., Director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at
the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, for a discussion on women as an undervalued asset for philanthropy.

Women are driving philanthropy in unprecedented ways, given their $5.15 trillion in assets, and the equal or higher amount they are inheriting due to the inter-generational transfer of wealth.  In most houses they make or influence philanthropic decisions.  

Dr. Mesch will explore the changing philanthropic landscape, what the research says about gender and philanthropy, and strategies that appeal to women. It's clear that engaging women in philanthropy is smart and transformative; women hold the key to philanthropy in the 21st century.

A program of the 501(c) Success National Speaker Series.


Full participation in this program is applicable for 1.0 points in Category 1.B –Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

Nonprofit Connect 501(c) Success Task Force
Jeffrey Byrne, Jeffrey Byrne + Associates, Inc.
Lewis Gregory, U.S. Trust
Barbara Head, KU Endowment
Sherri Lozano, JDRF
Laurie McCormack, Park University
Susan Melton, Saint Luke's Foundation
Bruce Scott, Bruce A. Scott Leadership Coaching
Mark Shuster, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
Susan Tideman, William Jewell College