The Women’s Philanthropy Institute is recognized internationally as the preeminent center for the study and education about women’s philanthropy. Its mission is to further the understanding of women’s philanthropy through research, education, and knowledge dissemination.
The seeds from which the Women’s Philanthropy Institute grew germinated in 1991 when Sondra Shaw Hardy and Martha Taylor established the National Network of Women as Philanthropists (NNWP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. NNWP served as a clearinghouse of information on women’s philanthropy and dedicated to education for philanthropists, development professionals and nonprofit leaders. NNWP changed its name to the Women’s Philanthropy Institute and became incorporated as a free-standing nonprofit in 1997. Over the next six years, WPI provided more than 200 workshops and presentations across the United States reaching more than 15,000 women donors and philanthropy professionals. WPI became part of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in January 2004.
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