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Food Funders Meeting #1- Reality Bites: Hunger on the Rise in Philadelphia and What We Can Do About It
Southwest Philly 2019: Tour of the Neighborhood and What We Can Do Next
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
Mission-Aligned Investing Meeting: What to Expect During a Pitch Meeting
Live Webcast Watch Party & Debrief: Federal Policy, Budget and Revenue Outlook – What’s in store during the 115th Congress?
COVID-19: Nelson Foundation's Grantee Communications
Proactive communication with your grantees is essential during times of disaster. The Nelson Foundation has kindly agreed to share some of their COVID-19 grantee email communications with Philanthropy Network membership.
Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking
In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking, we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making power to the very communities impacted by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models of participatory grantmaking.
Self-Dealing: A Concise Guide For Foundation Board and Staff
An overview on the self-dealing law, including definitions, common problem areas, exceptions, penalties, and resources.
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.
Benchmarking Survey: Electronic Payments to Grantees
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to remote work has presented numerous challenges for nonprofits and foundations alike. With most grantees working off-site, foundations need to consider the most effective and cost-efficient way to get funds to them beyond mailing checks. This resource includes the results of a Philanthropy Network benchmarking survey of e-payment practices in relation to grantmaking and two discussion threads found on PEAK Grantmaking's Open Forum.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
Small Foundations and the New Administration: State & Federal Laws to Watch
Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism
2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.