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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.
Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace
Philadelphia's Lenfests receive Carnegie Medal for their extraordinary philanthropy
Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia
Deepening our Experience in Lower North Philadelphia - A Guided Tour of Communities in and around Philadelphia’s 22nd Police District
Food Funders Meeting #1- Reality Bites: Hunger on the Rise in Philadelphia and What We Can Do About It
Race, Class, AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
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.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.
Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?
Creating the Future: How Philanthropy Can Solve for Tomorrow’s Challenges Today
What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing
Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity
The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals
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.