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In only a short half-century, women have taken their places as creative forces for shifting the constructs of families and communities and are shaping the world they want. This new wave, the women effect, is about the extraordinary willingness of women to be open in the face of great loss, grief, hope, and fear, and to transcend personal difficulties and anxiety to serve their communities and make change happen. But these stories aren’t just about “them”; they are about you as well.

Challenging you to create a lasting legacy and take a great leap forward for the love of humankind, Women, Wealth, and Giving draws from the combined experiences of Margaret May Damen’s career as a Certified Financial Planner®, investment advisor, and endowment gift planning design specialist and that of Niki Nicastro McCuistion’s as a nonprofit founder, CEO, and consultant.

Written both for boom-generation women—born between 1943–1964—who want to create a formalized and strategic giving plan, as well as for fundraisers and development officers who need to better understand the giving culture of women boomers, Women, Wealth, and Giving will inspire you to impactful, intentional action resulting in personal and community change.

If you want to make a difference by leaving a legacy of hope, love, and compassion for future generations, you have a common destiny with forty-three million of the wealthiest, healthiest, and best-educated women to hit midlife. This uplifting book shares the stories of some of these wise women and how they have found fulfillment through giving. Their stories serve as a call to action of how you also can enrich your life when you give of yourself and your spirit, of your time and your blessings.

Women, Wealth, and Giving invites you to open a window in your heart, to kindle a flame, and to light your spirit with a passion for living a purposeful life. There is no better time to become a torchbearer for compassionate change and light the way for others to follow.

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    " Men should read this book too..."
    To begin with, this is an intelligent book - no small praise in the growing pantheon of efforts to explain philanthropy. While the idea of giving money to worthy causes will probably always be linked to words like "goodness" and "altruism," it often doesn't survive a critical analysis, particularly among those not intimately linked to nonprofits, because the feelings, mushy on their own, are usually unconnected to useful or concrete motivators. Which is, in its way, an irony of Women, Wealth, and Giving. Its main message circles around values and feelings, and yet it conveys concrete ways for women to make the most of who they are to help society. Margaret May Damen and Niki Nicastro McCuistion, in a way most current writers of philanthropy and the nonprofit world do not or cannot, have merged underlying passions with an intellectual authority to explain why women need to see themselves as donors separate from men.
    - Douglas E. White
    President & CEO of Charities Today
    Co-editor-in-chief of Giving Magazine.
    Author of “The Art of Planned Giving: Understanding Donors and the Culture of Giving (Wiley & Sons)

    Women, Wealth, and Giving is an inspiring story of how we enrich our lives on every level when we give to others. It is a call to action, for each one of us to get involved, to join hands and hearts in collaboration with others, to share, to give what we can, to volunteer, and to strengthen our commitment to our communities. Join me in making a deep bow to our writers for gathering the wisdom found here and showcasing these inspired women. May we all seek to join them and, by doing so, create a lasting legacy and makes a great leap forward for the love of humankind.
    - Tracy Gary
    Author, Inspired Philanthropy
    Founder, Inspired Legacies

    In Women, Wealth, and Giving, Damen and McCuistion document the tremendous influence and power boomer women exert today in philanthrapy. Their interviews and stories reinforce current research at the Center on Philanthrapy and among researchers around the country that boomer women have the potential to change the world.
    - Debra J. Mesch, PhD, Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

    The book we've all been waiting for-the untold story of boomer women changing the world and themselves through philanthropic expression. This book is both an inspiration to boomer women and a wonderful acknowledgement of the transformational role they have served in both the growth and diversity of philanthropy today.
    - Ellen Remmer, President/CEO, THe Philanthropic Initiative, Inc.

    Praise for Women, Wealth, and Giving