The Nation - News from July 28, 1986
Dissatisfaction with charities’ neglect of their causes has spurred women to form fund-raising groups that collected nearly $4.8 million last year and set an $11-million target this year. “The popularity of women’s funds reflects women’s dissatisfaction with philanthropy’s spare nickel and dime,” said Elizabeth Wiener of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy in Washington. Programs for women received less than 4% of the $4.36 billion private foundations gave away in 1984.
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