Women and Minorities Lag in Appointments to Top Fund-Raising Jobs

Women and Minorities Lag in Getting Top Fund-Raising Jobs 1

Claudia Looney, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

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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

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