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Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer
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.
The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report
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.
Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
Hurricane Dorian Relief Resources
How African-American-Led Organizations Differ from White-Led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organizations in Philadelphia
Cybersecurity Essentials for Philanthropy Series: White Paper: Building a 360° Security
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table
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.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies
Pensions & Investments: It's racial bias, not merely an issue of access
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation (1):
Citizenship Question
Philadelphia Impact Investment Landscape Scan
Through a series of interviews, roundtables, and a short survey, Philanthropy Network and Urbane Development gathered input from key stakeholders in the Philadelphia region who are involved (or want to be involved) in impact investing in order to better understand their priorities, needs, and challenges and to identify key opportunities to facilitate further impact investments in the region.