This study of family foundations in 2008 summarizes key findings regarding how many active family foundations are planning to spend down or exist in perpetuity (or have not yet made a decision), and examines their motivations and decision-making.
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Perpetuity or Limited Lifespan: How Do Family Foundations Decide?
Increasing Regional Preparedness: Lessons from Disaster Giving
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 8:30am
... topic of disasters. Following the webinar, we will host a roundtable discussion to 1) share your organization’s ...
Stay Fit While You Sit: Ergonomics for a Healthier You
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 2:00pm
... This series is brought to you by GWP’s Administrative Roundtable, but is open to all members. Stay Fit While You ...
GWP Administrative Learning Network: Office Management Tips and Tricks
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 12:00pm
... the year to discuss all of this and more! This will be a roundtable session where you will learn from each other, so ...
Administrative Learning Network: Computing Tips, Tricks, and More!
Thursday, August 11, 2022 - 12:00pm
Back by popular demand! Don't miss this learning roundtable where IT Consultant, Gina McGrath, will teach us ...
Changing Hearts and Minds: How philanthropy helped love win
n 2004, a group of foundations came together to create a funder collaborative in support of Freedom to Marry’s state-by-state strategy to win marriage equality. Over the following 11 years, this unique collaborative and its funding partners invested a total of $153 million to support a wide range of activities across the country to change hearts and minds on a massive scale — and ultimately to deliver a historic win for equality and love.
An Update on Human Services in Allegheny County
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 3:00pm
... proposed budget and the implications for providers and funders here. We will also have an opportunity to discuss ... Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services. Funders will also hear about Foster America’s Fellowship ...
Fast Forward Podcasts with Corporate Philanthropy Leaders
Saturday, May 20, 2017
From our colleagues at Minnesota Council on Foundations, here are two audio interviews with corporate philanthropy experts on how they continue to improve their work.
Virtual Watch Party - 15th Annual Budget and Tax Briefing: Navigating the Challenges Ahead Together
Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 11:15am
... Tax Briefing in Washington, DC. This briefing provides funders with a unique opportunity to learn about and ... budget and tax work matters to national, state and local funders. This year, GIST is joining with local ...
Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current Practices and the Role of Foundations
... relevant to their goals? How do they want their foundation funders to be involved in their diversity efforts? In ... nonprofits and what demographic information nonprofits and funders alike are collecting — and how that information is ...
Connecting Race, Class AND Gender: “Intersectional” Funding
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 9:00am
... health, education, and labor force participation. Yet many funders doing important racial equity work often overlook ... six books on gender theory and politics, her new book for funders is “Gender Norms & Intersectionality: Connecting ...
Changing Philanthropy In Rural America
Thursday, January 2, 2020
... are often overlooked when it comes to investment by major funders, according to a recent federal report . Mary ... Mary and Lora are Co-Chairs of the Appalachia Funders Network , a nonprofit group founded in 2010, which ...
From Big Ideas to Big Change
... their work and missions -- yet grantees continue to give funders low marks when it comes to fostering a clear ...
GWP and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Join PAPeopleCount Campaign
Monday, November 23, 2015
... nonprofits, community foundations, United Ways and other funders to advocate for full funding of human services in ...
How to Make Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Work
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
... Omidyar Network — offers a new resource guide to help funders and interested stakeholders assess whether a ...
Philanthropy has a Role in Promoting Equity
Saturday, July 23, 2016
... are asking peers and colleagues not to give up hope. Local funders like The Heinz Endowments have done work on issues of ...
Finding a Foothold: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability
... provides a benchmark for nonprofit news organizations and funders to develop new strategies and models for future ...
Maker to Market: Pittsburgh’s Regional Opportunities
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 3:30pm
... vision for the Maker Movement in Pittsburgh. Many local funders already invest in Remake Learning , which promotes ... skills as part of STEM/ STEAM education. On March 14, funders will have the opportunity to hear the results of a ... this “maker to market” vision and solicit local funders’ input. Their presentation will be followed by a ...
Keystone Policy Series: Combating Pennsylvania’s Opioid Epidemic
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 2:00pm
... initiatives and learn about opportunities for Pennsylvania funders to become involved. Speakers: Joni Schwager , ... KEYSTONE POLICY SERIES How They Do It: Pennsylvania Funders on Engaging the Public Sector Philanthropy ... Network Greater Philadelphia to inform all Pennsylvania funders about how their colleagues are working on selected ...
Jewish Association on Aging: A new 21st Century Public-Private Model for Senior Care
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 9:00am
... details will be provided upon registration. The Jewish Funders Learning Network is an informal network of ... are formed that carry beyond network activities Funders have somewhere to go to safely and productively raise ... and discuss questions and concerns with their peers Funders with common interests and approaches can form ...