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Nearly $4 Million in Grants Awarded by Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF)

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Largest-Ever YEF Grant Cycle Will Support 110 Organizations Around the World

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF), an employee-funded, philanthropic organization, today announced its largest-ever grant cycle of nearly $4 million. Every year, donations from Yahoo employees, plus interest from investments, are awarded to eligible organizations through YEF grants. YEF is funding 77% of the grant applications it received in 2016, and the funds will benefit 110 nonprofit organizations around the world. (more…)

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Women donate less to charity than men in some contexts

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Given the chance, women are more likely than men to opt out of a request to give a charitable donation, a group of economists have found.

The issue of which gender is more generous has been debated for years. A new field experiment conducted by scholars at the University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley shows that when it’s easy to avoid making a donation, such as not responding to a door-to-door solicitor, women are less likely than men to give. (more…)

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