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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.
34th Annual Members' Meeting
Network members are invited to join friends and colleagues online on Thursday, March 31st for the 34th Annual Members' Meeting.
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.
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.
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation (1):
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Live Webcast Watch Party & Debrief: Federal Policy, Budget and Revenue Outlook – What’s in store during the 115th Congress?
Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce (GIST), a national funders’ network focused on low-income families, sponsors an annual budget and tax briefing in Washington, DC. This briefing provides funders with a unique
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.
More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short
More than 500 philanthropic organizations, alarmed by the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to “drastically cut short” 2020 census operations amid a surging coronavirus pandemic, urged the U.S. Census Bureau not to rush the significant enumeration and data processing that remain unfinished.
Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
Essentials for Effective Philanthropy - Overview: Greater Philadelphia Grantmaking Landscape
Chester County Funders: Spotlight on the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund- Lessons Learned from the 1st Year
Join your colleagues located or providing funding in Chester County for the next meeting of the Chester County Funders.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
100+ gather for Philanthropy Network's 35th Annual Members' Meeting
29th Annual Members' Meeting & Reception
JOIN US for Philanthropy Network's 29th Annual Members’ Meeting & Reception as we gather to celebrate the strength and diversity of our network, share updates about what’s new and notable in philanthropy in our region,
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Results of an online experiment suggest that underrepresentation of people of color in the realm of investing is not only a pipeline problem, and that funds led by people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as strong performers.
35th Annual Members' Meeting
Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #2
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.