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Winter 2025: A Note from Christine Grumm and Stephanie Clohesy, on behalf of the 10 authors of The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy
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Books stop time for the reader.
In exchange for your attention, books animate a moment in time so that readers can get a sense of a complex landscape that is not otherwise visible or well-known.
The challenge of this book—despite its static form—is to describe a historical movement that is alive, surging, and still evolving.
On behalf of the 10 authors, here’s the preface by Stephanie Clohesy, former board chairman of the Women’s Funding Network, and Chris Grumm, past president and CEO of the Women’s Funding Network
It aims to immerse readers in the past while looking toward the near future to fully grasp the broader implications of a complex global movement whose influence spans multiple geographies of diverse communities and cultures, all driven by myriad goals and purposes.
This book breathes life into a world that might otherwise seem hidden from view by weaving together intersecting and shared journeys captured through a diverse ensemble of shared voices. The world of women’s philanthropy has many surprises and even more shocking truths that are revealed through acts of courage and defiance.
The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy is a book that will elevate your appreciation of what has been and still needs to be accomplished. It tells the story of the Global Women’s Funding Movement as its unique cause that parallels and supports women’s movements worldwide, serving as social justice innovators for women, girls, and gender-expansive people.
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Check out these findings by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy:
- Total charitable giving is expected to rise above the historical 10-year, 25-year, and 40-year annualized average rates of growth in both 2024 and 2025.
- Giving by households is predicted to grow but will trail the rate of growth for total giving.
- Giving by foundations is expected to experience strong growth, outpacing growth rates for total giving in 2024 and 2025.
- Giving by estates is anticipated to experience stronger growth in 2025, rising above the historical 10-year, 25-year, and 40-year annualized average rates of growth.
- Giving by corporations is also projected to grow but will lag historic rates of growth for this sector.
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Breaking Barriers: Can you share a pivotal moment when you felt you broke through a significant barrier as a woman of color?
Kimberly: Breaking through the entrenched “Old Boy” network at Foot Locker was a formidable journey where women, especially women of color, were conspicuously absent from leadership. Despite this backdrop of systemic exclusion, I found my answer not in seeking permission but in forging a path. I created a product design organization dedicated to apparel and accessories for the global market, which was a strategic move to carve out a space for diversity in thought, creativity, and leadership to flourish away from the oppressive norms of the status quo. (more…)
Spring 2024: On March 26, the Supreme Court heard arguments that sought to limit access to a widely used drug for medication abortions, reshape health care policy, and undermine the FDA’s regulation processes.
The following day, the nation also heard Women’s Marchers from across the country say unequivocally that partisan and politicized SCOTUS rulings on abortion are illegitimate. No matter the outcome of this sham case, medication abortion will remain accessible to all who seek it. At 11am, Women’s March activists, including senior leadership, were arrested while exercising their First Amendment rights to let the politicized Supreme Court know that, no matter what their decision is, we will make sure that medication abortion will be available to anyone who needs it.
At InkandescentWomen magazine, we hope to raise the voice of women everywhere. We are proud to support the mission of Women’s March is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. Women’s March is a women-led movement providing intersectional education on a diverse range of issues and creating entry points for new grassroots activists & organizers to engage in their local communities through trainings, outreach programs and events. Women’s March is committed to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.
Here’s what the strategic framework of the Women’s March includes. (more…)
October 2023: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — When I published the Fall 2023 issue of Inkandescent Women featuring female activists, I had no idea that a war would break out in the Middle East on Oct. 7. As a woman proud of my Jewish heritage, it is not the politics of this disaster that I am focused on. It is the devastation of the lives caught in the crossfire.
Early news reports explained: “Israel is reeling from an attack carried about by Hamas that has left more than 900 Israelis dead and more than 100 captured.”
In the week since more horrifying events have erupted:
- Israeli troops, including “infantry and armored forces,” carried out local raids in the Gaza Strip to eliminate the terror threat and try to locate hostages, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday.
- Israel has maintained its bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attacks that killed more than 1,300 people on October 7. It also has amassed more than 300,000 reservists along its southern border ahead of a potential ground incursion.
- Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is deepening with warnings people are at risk of starvation. According to the Palestinian health ministry, nearly 1,800 people have been killed in Gaza. The airstrikes have also displaced 423,000 people, the UN said.
- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Tel Aviv pledged full US support to Israel, stressing, “This is no time for neutrality, or for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable.”
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edited by Shanna Due and curated by Taylor Schulte and Justin Castelli.
These stories by award-winning financial advisors feature people from all walks of life―young and old, those in debt, and those with great wealth―and a wide variety of situations, from designing a desired lifestyle to dealing with catastrophe. They show how well-thought-out, personalized, and high-touch financial planning can truly impact lives for the better. These leaders in a growing industry remind us that financial planning is more than dollars and cents―it is about resourcing dreams and improving lives in the near term and beyond.
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Winter 2023: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — “If you can read this, thank a teacher,” writes Suzanne Capek Tingley, Veteran Educator, M.A. Degree, about her favorite bumper sticker in an article about the Three Reasons to be Thankful for Teachers, for Western Governor’s University.
WGU is home to educator Dr. Jennie Sanders, our cover story star in the Winter 2023 issue of Inkandescent Women magazine. So it seems appropriate to share Suzanne’s three reasons to be thankful for teachers: “their support, their kindness, their ability to teach kids, and of course, their dedication.”
These are Suzanne’s three examples of teachers who went above and beyond and proved why everyone should be thankful for this truly amazing group: (more…)
Dear Chef,
How comforting it is to end the year with a sense of relief. Yes, the world is still struggling with a devastating pandemic. Yes, we continue to reel from a caustic presidential election. And yes, we are all working to discover the new normal.
So what a blessing it is to look back on all that we’ve been through in 2020, pat ourselves on the back for making it through — and know in our hearts that a new year awaits, one filled with infinite possibilities!
With that goal in mind, we hope to shine a little light to your life with the release of our newest Inkandescent® Book title: Your What’s Next Journal.
Filled with insights from 12 industry leaders about what they see coming in their businesses and lives, our goal is to help you flip through the months of the year with their guidance and support.- Each month’s chapter also features interactive prompts to help you focus and center your:
- Mind (writing options from Hope)
- Body (a series of simple but effective yoga poses)
- Spirit (52 sets of affirmations)
- Soul (art ideas by Cynthia)
- Heart (healthy recipes from 12 of our favorite female chefs) — this is where you come in!
Our goal is to help readers fill the pages with their powerful thoughts and creative representations that will help them to go deeper into their psyche, and truly create the life of their dreams. Here’s where you come in! (more…)
Fall 2022: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — In this issue, we are celebrating the significant trend reversal where the book publishing industry is no longer run from the very top by a small group of men. This fact isn’t lost on journalists such as The Guardian’s Johanna Thomas-Corr and Irish Times reporter Finn McRedmond, who believes the reason for the shift is that women make up about 80% of those novel buyers.
“It follows, then, that it is perhaps likely that women like buying books written by women,” Finn muses, noting the increasing democratization of the publishing industry has also got something to do with it. “Publishing is no longer run from the very top by a small group of men. It is abundantly obvious (and stop me if you’ve heard this one before) that an industry dominated solely by men is more likely to favor the work of men, seeing them preferred over their female counterparts. But that women writers are enjoying such sustained prominence in the fiction market at the same time that more women are entering the publishing industry is further proof of this.” Click here to read more from Finn. (more…)
Summer 2022: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — The gift of finding your heart’s desire is what we all strive for. And as anyone who has been at it — for decades — knows, it takes time, patience, and faith to keep following your intuition.
That’s why it’s amazing to feature intuitive psychotherapist Kara Kihm and the guests of her weekly video and podcast show on the cover of this issue of Inkandescent Women magazine. Not only does each woman share her powerful journey, but she also provides insights and ideas into how we can each overcome obstacles.
“It’s never easy to face challenges, but the sweetness of getting to the place where you deeply know you should be is definitely worth the ride,” insists Kara, who has been following her path since getting divorced in 2016. Everything Kara thought she wanted from her life began to crumble around her. “As I stood amid the rubble, rather than crumble too, I decided to redefine it all.”
Read more: KaraKihm.com
A trip around the world came next, followed in 2021 by the publishing of her memoir Discovering My Wings. Scroll down to read the first two chapters of the book. And click here to learn more about what Kara is up to today: KaraKihm.com.
Thank you so much for taking the time to be part of our Truly Amazing Women project at Inkandescent Women magazine. We look forward to talking with you again in August! — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder, Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co.
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April-May 2022: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — I love this quote by critically-acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Angélica Allende Llona. Her books live in the genre of magical realism, including The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002). Based upon her personal experience and historical events, Isabel’s works pay homage to the lives of incredible women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. It’s hard not to adore a woman who understands the depth and breadth of what it means to harness your personal power in a magical manner.
The same is true of the women who grace the cover of this month’s issue of Inkandescent Women magazine featuring Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro. She shines a light on a dozen of the women she has featured on her popular TV and podcast show that celebrates Happy Hour every Friday at 5pm EST, Margaritas with Marguerita. (more…)
March-April 2022: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — We celebrate International Women’s Month 2022 with a quote by Susan B. Anthony about one of the greatest changes in women’s rights: The bicycle.
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel — the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”
Indeed, when modern bicycles were invented in the 1890s, it was a social revolution for women. As you’ll read in this month’s cover story featuring “Women in White Coats,” about three Victorian women who became the first female doctors, bicycles provided freedom of movement for women of the era who were idealized for virtues such as domesticity and motherhood. The bicycle afforded an accepted way to step outside and become a larger part of society — including when it came to business and politics. (more…)
January-February 2022: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — While I usually quote women in this passion project of mine, as we embark on the new year I was drawn to the words of the American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
An advocate of social reform, who was nevertheless suspicious of reform and reformers, Emerson achieved a tremendous reputation with his verse, corresponded with many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of his day — and during an off and on again career as a Unitarian minister delivered and later published several controversial sermons. He believed, “To trust oneself and follow our inner promptings corresponds to the highest degree of consciousness.” (more…)
November-December 2021: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine, and Cynthia de Lorenzi, founder, Success in the City, and co-author, Your What’s Next Journal — How comforting it is to end the year with a sense of relief. Yes, the world is still struggling with a devastating pandemic. Yes, we continue to reel from a caustic presidential election. And yes, we are all working to discover the new normal.
So what a blessing it is to look back on all that we’ve been through these last few years. Please pat ourselves on the back for making it through — and knowing in our hearts that a new year awaits, one filled with infinite possibilities!
With that goal in mind, we hope to shine a little light on your life by releasing our newest Inkandescent™ Publishing book: Your What’s Next Journal. (more…)
If you or someone you know is in need of help, the following is a list of resources from our experts:
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September-October 2021: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine (Image by Miki Jourdan, flickr.com creative commons) — Never underestimate the power of hundreds of thousands of women coming together to protest. Such was the scene on Oct. 2 when thousands of protesters marched at rallies in Washington and cities across the country decrying Texas’s recent ban on most abortions and warning that the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority could impose further restrictions in the coming months.
It has been nearly five years since the debut of the Women’s March when women from around the world walked the streets of Washington, DC, in protest of Donald Trump and all that he and his supporters stood for. We knew in our hearts and bodies that someday soon, our reproductive rights would be in jeopardy. Sadly, we were right. (more…)
July-August 2021: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — I love the month of July. Not only is it my birthday (July 8), the day I give thanks for every blessing I’ve ever received, but it is the month where we celebrate our freedom.
As the publisher of Inkandescent Women magazine and creator of the Truly Amazing Women project, I am on a mission to create a revolution: All women, everywhere, stand together and support each other in life, love, and the pursuit of everything that makes us happy, healthy, and in our power.
So it’s a pleasure to honor 8 women in the July-August 2021 issue who are standing up for what they believe in, making a powerful difference in the lives of many. (more…)
June 2021: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine — June is National Safety Month, and at Inkandescent™ we can’t think of a better way to shine a light on what it means to be safe — Mind, Body, Spirit, Soul, and Heart — than by giving a shout out to philanthropist Melinda Gates.
For the last 20 years, she has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, she insists: “Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear. If you want to lift a society, you need to stop keeping women down.”
While she has been in the news quite a bit this spring regarding her divorce from Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, what makes Melinda truly amazing is her ability to stand up for what she knows is right.
This month we honor Melinda Gates and encourage you to pick up a copy of her book: The Moment of Lift. “How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings — and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.”
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Welcome to the May 2021 issue of Inkandescent Women magazine: A note from Hope Katz Gibbs and Cynthia de Lorenzi, co-authors, Your What’s Next Journal — If you have been following our adventure of crafting monthly issues of Your What’s Next Journal, you know that we offer Affirmations that we recite ourselves to open our hearts and remind us of our blessings.
On the cover of the magazine this month: You’ll meet our new friend, movie maker Martine Melloul. She was introduced to us by our client Tracy Schott, an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has become an advocate to end domestic violence since producing her 2015 groundbreaking movie, “Finding Jenn’s Voice.” She interviewed Martine for one of her weekly podcast shows, and we all agreed we had to tell the story of this truly amazing woman on the May cover of the magazine. Click here to read that issue and meet some of Martine’s best pals in the movie business! (more…)
