Women and the charity sector

There is a profound – and often under-discussed – gender imbalance in the charity sector. While women make up 68% of the charity sector’s employees, they only make up between 56% and 63% of the sector’s CEOs. That falls to 35% of the CEOs of the largest charities and 46% of the CEOs of the oldest charities. While women are fractionally more likely to volunteer than men, last time it was measured, male trustees outnumbered female trustees by two to one. And while women are more generous than men – with 72% of women giving to charity, compared to 61% of men – the nature of wealth means that they are significantly less likely to be major philanthropists. Women account for fewer than 11% of high-net worth individuals, and correspondingly just seven women featured in The Sunday Times Giving List independently last year, compared to 69 men.

This report examines gender imbalance in the charity sector in detail.

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