*Books marked with an asterisk are available for purchase at The Center on Philanthropy. Visit http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Products/product_list.aspx for details.

A Plan of One’s Own: A Woman’s Guide to Philanthropy. New Ventures in Philanthropy. Washington, D.C.: Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. 2002 Can be downloaded at: www.givingforum.org/resources/plan.pdf

Capek, Mary Ellen and Mead, Molly. Effective Philanthropy: Organizational Success through Deep Diversity and Gender Equality Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006

Clift, Elayne. Ed. Women, Philanthropy and Social Change. Medford, MA: Tufts University Press: 2005.

Clohesy, S.J. (2004). Donor circles: Launching and leveraging shared giving. San Francisco, CA: Women’s Funding Network. Can be downloaded from http://www.wfnet.org/resources/

*Gary, Tracy and Kohner, Melissa. Inspired Philanthropy: Creating a Giving Plan. Berkeley: Chardon Press, 2002.

Ginsberg, Lori D. Women and the Work of Benevolence: Morality, Politics, and Class in the Nineteenth Century United States. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1990.

*Grace, Kay Sprinkel. Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997.

Hicks, Zoe M. The Women’s Estate Planning Guide. Chicago: Contemporary Books. 1998.

*Kaminski, A.R. (2003). “Women as donors.” In H.A. Rosso and E.R. Tempel (Eds.), Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising (2nd ed.) pp. 200-214. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

McCarthy, Kathleen D. Noblesse Oblige. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1982.

McCarthy, Kathleen D., Ed. Lady Bountiful Revisited: Women, Philanthropy and Power. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers University Press. 1990.

Nichols, Judith. Transforming Fundraising: A Practical Guide to Evaluating and Strengthening Fundraising. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. 1999.

Rutnik, T.A., & Bearman, J. (2005). Giving together: A national scan of giving circles and shared giving. Washington, D.C.: Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. Download at: http://www.givingforum.org/givingcircles/

Shaw, Sondra C. and Taylor, Martha A. Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing the Potential of Women’s Philanthropy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 1995.

*Shaw-Hardy, Sondra. Creating a Women’s Giving Circle. Rochester, MI: Women’s Philanthropy Institute. 2000.

*Taylor, Martha A. and Shaw-Hardy, Sondra, Eds. The Transformative Power of Women’s Philanthropy. New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising. Jossey-Bass 50:2005.

Von Schlegell, Abbie J. and Fisher, Joan M. Women as Donors, Women as Philanthropists New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising. Jossey-Bass 2:1993

*Walton, Andrea, Ed. Women and Philanthropy in Education. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2005.

Washington Women’s Foundation. Giving. Learning. Leading. Together. Washington Women’s Foundation. Seattle. 2006.

Washington Women’s Foundation. Something Ventured: An Innovative Model in Philanthropy. Washington Women’s Foundation: Seattle. 2002.