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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.
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.
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.
Introduction to Finding Grants
Introduction to Finding Grants
2020 Census
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.
Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
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.
Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America
What philanthropy needs is not a new framework, but a new endgame, racial liberation, which requires an intentional and laser-like focus on breaking systems of oppression that are based in white supremacist culture.
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.
Alliance for Health Equity launches Community-Designed Solutions Challenge for Greater Coatesville
The Alliance for Health Equity is excited to announce the launch of the Let’s Talk Allyship: Community-Designed Solutions Challenge. This is a five-part series developed to invest in Coatesville’s community voice and capacity-building efforts.
Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’
Learning in Philanthropy: A Guidebook
What’s Next for COVID-19 Relief for Nonprofits?
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.
Ace in the Hole: Bringing Together our Learnings on the ACE Act
Guidance for Place-Based Funders to Address Political Violence Before and After the 2020 Election
This guide is designed to help local place-based funders invest quickly in leaders and organizations who are poised to address the threat of political violence around the United States election in 2020.