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Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 5: Combating Pennsylvania’s Opioid Epidemic
Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 4: Financially Distressed Municipalities
NCFP Webinar: New Giving Circles Research
New information from the Johnson Center plus community foundation examples.
Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+
Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management
Hear from The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) to learn about models for engagement and the types of external consultants available in the ecosystem for advancing mission-alignment, integrating impact investing, and incorporating racial equity in endowment practices.
Re-envisioning Philadelphia’s Homeless Services System
This is a funders briefing and discussion on the Office of Homeless Services Strategic Planning and Re-design Effort. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services (OHS) invite you to engage in a dialogue about effective strategies to reduce and end homelessness in Philadelphia and the many roles funders can play in addressing this challenge.
Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
Webinar: Introducing Pennsylvania Foundation Stats
Regional Roundtable: Native American Heritage Month
Philanthropy Network's Regional Roundtable series provides community leaders, non profit leadership and people with lived experience with a platform to educate members and other on pressing issues, in our region.
Achieving Greater Truth and Impact: Unpacking Power Dynamics in Measurement and Evaluation
The power dynamic between community organizations and funders can block information that could both drive better decision-making and fuel more investment in communities most in need.
Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy
Arts foundations and nonprofit leaders are increasingly aware of diversity and equity issues in the nonprofit cultural sector. However, despite this awareness, arts funding is getting less equitable, not more. Just 2 percent of all cultural institutions receive nearly 60 percent of all contributed revenue – up 5 percent over a decade. Funding inequities are systemic and local patterns mirror national ones.
Take-Aways from the 2022 Member Pulse Survey
Conducted between January 27 and March 4, Philanthropy Network's 2022 Member Pulse Survey pointed to some high-level trends around the practices and priorities of regional funders.
Montgomery County Funders
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and the Montgomery County Funders invite members who are located or fund in Montgomery County to join us for our next convening.
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National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady
The annual Council on Foundations-Commonfund study found that private foundations reported an average 13.1 percent return on their investment assets last year, and that 33 percent of foundations to increased their giving over 2019.
NCFP Webinar: Spending Up: A Discussion on Perpetuity
In the 2015 Trends Study, NCFP found that nearly three-quarters of all family foundations are still considering whether they want to limit their philanthropic lifespans.
Equity in Philanthropy Event
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) remains a major issue, that members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, indicate they want to learn more about and work towards. But it's not so simple. DEI means different things to different people. And, strategies to advance DEI are not so clear for many of us.
Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice
Join the Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice for updates and open sharing with your peers. Please bring updates about how your grantmaking has evolved over the last year. We’ll also discuss ideas for future sessions.
Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy
As tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were being distributed for emergency COVID-19 response in this region, the William Penn and Lenfest Foundations funded Philanthropy Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to gather and examine data about the relief grantmaking.
The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event
Published every five years, The Fund’s Blueprint Report is the first and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County.