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Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.
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.
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.
Benchmarking Survey: Electronic Payments to Grantees
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to remote work has presented numerous challenges for nonprofits and foundations alike. With most grantees working off-site, foundations need to consider the most effective and cost-efficient way to get funds to them beyond mailing checks. This resource includes the results of a Philanthropy Network benchmarking survey of e-payment practices in relation to grantmaking and two discussion threads found on PEAK Grantmaking's Open Forum.
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.
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.
Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia
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.
Delaware County Funders Meeting
Creating a Data-Informed Community for Our Work
Pensions & Investments: It's racial bias, not merely an issue of access
New research shows that Black fund managers must overcome racial bias to win institutional money and are judged more harshly as top performers.
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.
The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals
Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+
Achieving Greater Truth and Impact: Unpacking Power Dynamics in Measurement and Evaluation
The power dynamic between community organizations and funders can block information that could both drive better decision-making and fuel more investment in communities most in need.
Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector
Please join us for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's next Arts & Culture Funders Group session on Tuesday, May 14th, 1:00-3:00 PM, at Philanthropy Network offices (230 S. Broad Street, Suite 402, Philadelphia, PA 19102).
Community-led Philanthropy during Crisis: How Giving Circles of Color Can Transform Traditional Philanthropy
Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management
Hear from The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) to learn about models for engagement and the types of external consultants available in the ecosystem for advancing mission-alignment, integrating impact investing, and incorporating racial equity in endowment practices.
Deepening our Experience in Lower North Philadelphia - A Guided Tour of Communities in and around Philadelphia’s 22nd Police District
Philanthropy Network’s Small Funders and Place-Based Funders affinity groups, in partnership with City of Philadelphia’s Office of Grants, invite you to join us for a site visit and tour of Lower