"Fulfilling

Philanthropy:

Matching

Your Gifts

with

Your Goals."

Gail R. Shapiro, Ed.M., Principal

Gail Shapiro created her charitable giving consulting practice in 2002 after 25 years in the non-profit sector. Her experiences as a director of development, project manager, grant proposal writer and teacher, executive director, and strategic planning and program planning consultant, as well as lifelong volunteer, help to inform her desire to promote more fulfilling philanthropy.

Ms. Shapiro and her staff help individuals, couples, families and small business owners define their giving mission and goals. She works with financial planners, private bankers, attorneys, and other financial advisors to help them better assist their clients. She is especially interested in matching potential donors with smaller charities.

She was the founder and president of Womankind Educational and Resource Center, Inc., Wayland, and the co-creator of Womankind’s Financial Literacy Project, designed to develop and provide economic literacy training for women. She is the editor of and contributing author to the Project’s handbook, Money Order: The Money Management Guide for Women (Simon & Schuster).

In March 2002, Ms. Shapiro was named as a Daily Point of Light by President Bush for her many years of volunteer service to the community. Formerly the project administrator of the Harvard School Health Education Project at the Harvard School of Public Health, she is the co-author of two other books and numerous articles.

Ms. Shapiro is available for speaking engagements and workshops. Topics include:

• Fulfilling Philanthropy: Matching Your Gifts With Your Goals
• Women and Philanthropy
• Financial Literacy for Women
• Introduction to Grant Proposal Writing

Ms. Shapiro holds a B.A. degree from Framingham State College, and an Ed. M. from Harvard University.

Gail Shapiro