A recent report from a senior volunteer leader for the United Way. All across the USA, 131 United Ways have developed women’s leadership councils. Ever year, more than 56,000 women volunteers in women’s leadership councils raise more than $155 million JUST FROM OTHER WOMEN.
Women change the world for the better!
The National Women’s Leadership Council of United Way Worldwide (NWLC) is the largest women’s philanthropic organization in the world. NWLC just celebrated having raised $1 billion dollars from women during the last 10 years, half of it during the economic downturn 2007-2011. That’s amazing!
The United Ways that have instituted Women’s Leadership Councils have an overall gain in their local annual campaigns ranging from 4% to as high as 12%. It’s a market-based and carefully researched fact: involve women in leadership, philanthropy and advocacy and watch things grow.