About

Elizabeth Dale is a Professor in the Department of History and the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law. Professor Dale was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship and will be on leave during the 2022-2023 academic year. Her academic background and professional experience reflect a focus on historical and legal scholarship, contributing to her roles within both the Department of History and the College of Law. She can be contacted via phone at (352) 273-3387 or email at edale@ufl.edu.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Gender studies
• Labour economics
• Psychology
• Public relations
• Law
• Criminology
• Demographic economics
• History
• Economics
• Econometrics

Selected publications

• High-Net-Worth Donors

  2025-01-01

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• LGBTQ+ donors as a philanthropic constituency

  Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025-08-21

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  LGBTQ+ donors are a distinct and emerging philanthropic constituency in higher education. This chapter explores how LGBTQ+ donors engage with higher education institutions and how these institutions have adapted their advancement strategies to cultivate them. Drawing on existing research and interviews with advancement professionals, the authors explore who LGBTQ+ donors are, their motivations for giving, and how their philanthropy manifests in the higher education context. Key findings indicate that LGBTQ+ donors are influenced by both identity-based factors and broader philanthropic motivations, and campus climate and student experiences play a significant role in LGBTQ+ alumni giving. This research contributes to the growing scholarship on LGBTQ+ philanthropy in higher education and offers valuable insights for advancement professionals, including the importance of recognizing intersectionality, aligning institutional values with LGBTQ+ equality, and refining data collection practices to better engage LGBTQ+ donors.

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• Adopting Community-Centric Fundraising: Findings from a National Study

  2025-01-01

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  This national study examines the adoption of Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) practices across U.S. nonprofit organizations. Proposed in 2019, CCF is a set of principles developed by people of color to align fundraising with movements for race, equity, and social justice (CCF, 2024). Based on survey responses from 283 organizations and in-depth interviews with 14 fundraising professionals, the research revealed both promising developments and persistent challenges in transforming established fundraising approaches.

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• Burn it to the ground: Queer theory, (hetero)normativities, and binaries in nonprofit organizations

  Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2024-08-15 · 4 citations

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• Community Representation, COVID-19, and the Challenges of Shifting Grantmaking Power:

  Georgetown University Press eBooks · 2024-11-23

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• LGBTQ+ philanthropy

  Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023-12-05

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  The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance is the ultimate reference guide for those interested in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. Each insightful entry includes a definition of the concept, practical applications in nonprofit organizations, and discussion of current issues and future directions.

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• Sexual harassment

  Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023-12-05

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  The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance is the ultimate reference guide for those interested in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. Each insightful entry includes a definition of the concept, practical applications in nonprofit organizations, and discussion of current issues and future directions.

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• Donations by top 50 US donors dropped sharply to $16 billion in 2022 – Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mike Bloomberg and Warren Buffett lead the list of biggest givers

  2023-02-14

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• Why is fundraising seen as women's work?

  2023-04-17

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  The foundation of fundraising is based on interpersonal relations, skillful communication, and managing emotions and motivations, in essence, a set of job functions that personify “traditional” female characteristics and traits. Fundraising work mirrors a number of these so-called female occupational characteristics including a caring, relational approach; an emphasis on communication; a need to put others before yourself; and the production of events that draw on hospitality and entertaining-type skills. Within fundraising, the most economically rewarded tasks are those directly related to securing gifts at the highest dollar amounts. Finally, a gender analysis cannot ignore the recent trends of both nonprofits and funders to place greater emphasis on adopting more business-like practices and the values of the private sector, which reflect the masculine bias of society at large. In addition to values, the language of fundraising is also male-oriented.

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• LGBTQ PHILANTHROPY

  2022-03-04 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Will Hanley

  Florida State University

  75 shared

• Felice Batlan

  75 shared

• Elilzabeth Dale

  New York University Press

  25 shared

• Debra J. Mesch

  8 shared

• Una Osili

  8 shared

• Jacqueline Ackerman

  7 shared

• Heather A. O’Connor

  Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

  5 shared

• Markus D. Dubber

  University of Toronto

  4 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  University of Chicago

• Other

  Chicago Kent College of Law

Awards & honors

• NEH Fellowship