September 6, 2010
Women and Minorities Lag in Appointments to Top Fund-Raising Jobs
Claudia Looney, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Claudia Looney, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
It’s no secret that women overwhelm the fund-raising field, holding about three of every four development jobs. But they are much less likely to run the fund-raising efforts of America’s largest charities, a new Chronicle survey finds.
Fifty-two percent of top fund raisers at Philanthropy 400 organizations (The Chronicle’s ranking of the 400 largest charities by private-donation revenue) are female.
By contrast, the Association of
