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Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
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.
100+ gather for Philanthropy Network's 35th Annual Members' Meeting
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation (1):
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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
ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE), recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy.
Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer
This new comprehensive research primer from Aspen Institute EPIC draws on extensive review of the research literature, engagement with more than 100 experts, and analysis of federal survey data.
The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report
The report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in Montgomery County, PA and explores eight major areas affecting the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; violence and safety; political participation; and women veterans.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
(Executive Summary) A group of local hospitals and health systems convened to develop this first-ever Southeastern PA (SEP) Regional CHNA with specific focus on Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
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.
Benchmarking Survey: Electronic Payments to Grantees
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.
Keystone Policy Series: Census 2020 (4.11.19)
An update for Pennsylvania funders on national, statewide and local activities currently being undertaken – and where philanthropy can continue to play a role – to ensure a fair and accurate census count.
The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
Essentials for Effective Philanthropy - Overview: Greater Philadelphia Grantmaking Landscape
Courageous Unleanring: GEO’s 2023 Learning Conference
What's Next for OST: The End of COVID Relief, Shifting Funding Priorities, and Post-Primary Considerations
Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about identifying high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from the general lack of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations.