Asking Women for Money

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Half Day)
Fee: varies (see chart)
Instructor: Joy Picus
Course Code: FR 83

Course Description
Women, as business and political leaders, remain an untapped source of philanthropic potential.  But asking women for money is a lot different than asking men.  Women base their contributions on different values.  Learn about the 6 C’s of Women’s Giving, and how women’s philanthropy is making a huge difference in the nonprofit world.

Instructor's Bio:
Joy Picus represented the West San Fernando Valley as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1977 to 1993. Her major public policy achievements were in the fields of garbage and hazardous waste, and especially in dependent care and the creation of a "family friendly" city.

Ms. Picus served for three years as Chair of the University of Wisconsin Foundation's Women's Philanthropy Council, where she was also a Foundation Board member. Ms. Picus serves on the boards of the California State University Northridge Foundation, the Valley Alliance of the Jewish Federation Council, and after 4 years as the President of Friends of the (Griffith) Observatory now serves as Chair of the Board. She formerly served on the Board of the Women's Philanthropy Institute, and the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, where she helped to create the Women Leaders United for Giving, launched in 2001. She has spoken on philanthropy and been a panelist at forums and seminars on the west coast, and throughout the country

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