By committing a relatively small amount over a period of years, one can establish an eventual memorial that will significantly exceed the total value of similar cash gifts over a lifetime. Barbara Labadie is Chairman of Labadie Capital Management, a Troy-based investment management firm. She specializes in socially responsible investments, creating portfolios according to highly specific social parameters by screening stocks based on a company's record on such issues as labor practices, equal employment opportunities and environmental sensitivity. To demonstrate her sincere commitment to these principles, her firm donates 5 percent of her fees to a charity chosen by each client. An interest in women's issues has run throughout Ms. Labadie's life.
Women have to learn how.
My purpose is to educate and help women evolve to do this. Ms. Labadie supports the Michigan Women's Foundation because its mission of women's self-sufficiency is consistent with her own goals. She understands the value of the Foundation's endowment as a security for the future. Her gift will be designated to the MWF endowment fund, which will provide unrestricted grantmaking funds for programs for women and girls. I just set examples.