Funders Learning Series

Federal Budget and Tax Outlook Briefing for Grantmakers

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Publication date: 
02/2016

Each year, Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce (GIST) and Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF) co-sponsor an Annual Budget and Tax Briefing for their members.  This year, to increase the reach of this discussion to grantmakers who are unable to travel to Washington DC, the keynote address from this annual briefing, featuring Bob Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, was made available to GWP members via live webstream.

Below you will find a copy of his presentation.

Serving Undocumented Immigrants in PA: A Statewide Funders Briefing

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Publication date: 
12/2015

On December 1, Grantmakers of Western PA, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Foundation, and Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC) hosted a webinar to share information about recent developments in meeting the needs of PA's population of undocumented immigrants.

Participants discussed:

Food Systems Innovations in Philadelphia

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Publication date: 
06/2015
On June 1 - 2, members of Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania (GWP) and Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaborative (PHFC) had the unique opportunity to connect with funders across the state and learn about innovative efforts underway in Philadelphia to improve local food systems.

Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment

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Publication date: 
06/2015

The POISE Foundation recently announced the publication of their first position paper entitled, “Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment.”

On June 26th, GWP members had the opportunity to take a deeper look at the framework of this paper and discuss POISE’s rational behind their shift to a family-centered approach and the Strengthening Black Families (SBF) program strategy as a promising case example. 

Nonprofit Capitalization: Taking The Plunge Together

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Publication date: 
04/2015

The Philanthropy Forum at GSPIA, GWP, The Forbes Funds and Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) are collaborating to present a series of programs focused on investing for greater impact.  The first session, held in January 2015, explored the topic of impact investing/mission investing.  In this second session, held in March 2015, we considered deeper capitalization strategies.

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