Thirty years ago this year The Women’s Bean Project started with $500 and a cup of bean soup. The idea that founder Josey Eyre had in 1989 was to transform the lives of homeless women in Colorado Springs to employed workers living independently with their families. So Eyre bought $500 in supplies to make bean soup mix and quickly sold $6,000 in mixes on the initial investment.
Read MoreWhen Rebecca Stavick moved from a very small town in South Dakota to Omaha in 2010, she didn’t know a soul.
Read MoreDesigner Prabal Gurung apparently said it best in a recent New York fashion show: “There has always been a strange sense of antagonism between fashion and powerful women, a belief that women must sacrifice femininity to gain power, authority and respect, and that fashion especially is too frivolous for serious women. “
This is not the case for nonprofits looking for fundraising avenues.
Read MorePhilanthropy is what makes the greatest missions in the world possible. But what makes for a great nonprofit? And how do female leaders in nonprofits change the world?
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