TRACY GARY

• Changemakers
• Resourceful Women
• The Women's Foundation of San Francisco (The California Women's Foundation)
• The International Donor Dialogue Network (Grantmakers Without Borders)
• The Women's Funding Network
• The Women Donors Network
• The Women's Forest Sanctuary
• The Middendorf Breath Center

• The Human Rights Foundation
• The International Development Exchange
• The Women's Philanthropy Institute
• Vanguard Public Foundation
• Tipping Point
• Media Alliance
• KQED-Public Radio and Television
• World College West
• The Older Women's League
• The National Network of Grantmakers
• The Women's Forest Sanctuary
• The Working Assets Charitable Giving Board

• Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award from the Women's Funding Network
• Women Who Changed the Rules Award
• Women in Development Award
• Stick Your Neck Out Award, from the Giraffe Society
• 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, from Women's Enews as one of four Women Who Changed the Rules for Nations
• Leading Catalyst Award, from The Women's Philanthropy Institute
• Women's Leadership Award from the Astraea Foundation

• The Today Show
• Oprah Winfrey
• Time Magazine
• The New York Times
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Washington Post
• The Dallas Times
• The Chicago Tribune
• The San Francisco Chronicle
• Lear's
• Ms. Magazine
• New Age Magazine
• Success Magazine
• Town & Country Magazine
• International Herald Tribune
• Chronicle of Philanthropy Women's Enews

• Champions of Change: How Women Philanthropists are Changing the World
• Women, Philanthropy and Social Change, An Anthology
• We Gave Away a Fortune
• Reinventing Fundraising
• Charity Begins at Home
• Like a Second Mother
• Robin Hood Was Right
• The Cultural Creatives
• The Giving Family

Tracy Gary's bio (~250 words)
A donor activist and philanthropist for more than 25 years, Tracy Gary educates and supports donors, family foundations, financial service organizations and nonprofits about the stewardship of money, leadership, and philanthropy. At the heart of it, Ms. Gary discovers what is important to those she educates and supports. Then Tracy assists in resourcing and connecting dreamers and dreammakers and the advisors that can help to manifest their capacities.

Available for public speaking and private consultations, Ms. Gary works as a philanthropic and legacy advisor for a wide array of groups including American Express Financial Services; New York Life; the Institute of Noetic Sciences; regional grant making associations; private, family, and community foundations, donor networks, and grassroots community groups. Traveling all 50 states and numerous international locations, Tracy promotes service and impactful giving broadly.

She works as an active consultant to many groups, including The Global Fund for Women, Threshold Foundation, the National Network of Grantmakers, TV Free America and numerous family foundations. She contributes 100% of her net proceeds to community-based philanthropy through Changemakers and other long-time priorities in her family giving plan.

Ms. Gary graduated from Miss Porter's School. At Sarah Lawrence College, Ms. Gary earned a B.A. in Mythology.

Tracy Gary co-authored Inspired Philanthropy: Creating a Giving Plan (Berkeley: Chardon Press, September, 1998) which is now being distributed by Jossey-Bass and released its expanded second edition in August 2002 and an Ebook in February 2004. A new expanded edition, under the title of Inspired Legacies will be released in 2007