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Created to educate women on finances and giving back to make a difference, the<br />
Women’s Philanthropy Board (WPB) impact has expanded over 20 years to influence<br />
children, youth, nonprofit professionals and college students, along with<br />
a men’s auxiliary. As the flagship division of the Cary Center for the Advancement of<br />
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, the WPB surpassed a million dollars in collective giving<br />
for its 20th anniversary celebration, hosting special events and creating an awards program<br />
to recognize outstanding philanthropists.<br />
The idea of creating WPB began in 2001 when the late Dean Emerita June Henton and<br />
her team from the College of Human Sciences attended a conference in Texas on the convergence<br />
of women, money and philanthropy. By 2010, women were predicted to become<br />
the primary wealth holders for the first time in the country’s history. Realizing the need for<br />
more financial education opportunities for women, Dean Emerita Henton and her team<br />
outlined a plan while in Texas that would become the WPB.<br />
After the team returned to Auburn, plans were further refined. In 2002, the mission for<br />
WPB was established with the goal to educate, enable and inspire women to develop their<br />
full leadership potential, achieve independence as financial decision makers and donators,<br />
serve as mentors for future generations of philanthropists, and broaden the base of financial<br />
support for the College of Human Sciences.<br />
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