Dr. Elizabeth Dale’s presentation will focus on understanding the diversity of who contributes to philanthropy and how gender and sexual identity can serve as a motivation and barrier to philanthropic participation. Identity-based philanthropy scholars have found that marginalized and minority communities approach and participate in philanthropy differently.

Dr. Dale is an assistant professor in the Nonprofit Leadership Program at Seattle University. She received her Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Her research focuses on the philanthropic practices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and couples, women’s giving and funding for women’s and girls’ causes, and the intersection of gender and philanthropy.

Co-sponsors: Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Gender and Sexuality Resource Center; Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

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