A new report out from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute helps to distill some key traits that progressive women donors share. The report, entitled "Giving By and For Women," is a  first-of-its-kind study involving in-depth interviews with women donors who are focused on giving to women and girls.

"Acquisition of wealth gives these donors hyperagency," says the report’s conclusions, and this hyperagency is worth studying for the way it influences social change. The common traits that these donors exhibit are worth recognizing, since they form a particular pattern of life experiences and values that contribute to the focus of their giving.  The report also importantly notes that "these interviews are not generalizable to a larger population of donors."

So what do these gender equality-focused donors look like? An infographic accompanying the report outlines seven key traits discovered:

She learns philanthropy young. Early values of “giving what they could” exhibited by parents of participants influenced their choice to get into philanthropy.

She believes there is added value and impact to investing in women and girls. Women donors interviewed saw funding women and girls as the best return-on-investment for their philanthropy dollars.

Empathy is at the heart of her philanthropy. Study participants cited their own experiences of gender discrimination and social inequality as motivating their decisions to fund women and girls.

Read the full article about common traits among gender equality givers by Kiersten Marek at Philanthropy Women.