Fidelity® Charitable Gift Fund Study Finds Women Playing a Prominent Role in Shaping Future of Philanthropy

The Fidelity® Charitable Gift Fund study -- which looked at the giving behaviors and attitudes of more than 1,000 adults who donated at least $1,000 in 2007 and a subset that gave over $5,000 that year -- reveals key insights about high-income women and their giving tendencies. As a group, high-income women (those with annual household incomes of at least $150,000) are more likely than other donors to give publicly, rather than anonymously, the study found. They are more likely to use giving vehicles such as donor-advised funds, charitable-remainder trusts and private foundations; they are most likely to use securities for donations; and they also are most likely to want guidance from a financial advisor regarding charitable giving, the study found.