Volunteering and Civic Life
Thursday, January 14, 2016
The Corporation for National & Community Service has released its annual Volunteering and Civic Life research report and interactive website.
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Citigroup Offering Young Bankers A Year Off For Service Work
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
... with Service Year, which creates opportunities for corporate-sponsored national service, Citigroup has selected ...
Dick’s Sporting Goods Stops Selling Assault-Style Weapons
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
In one of the strongest stands taken by corporate America, Dick’s Sporting Goods has announced it ...
CECP Releases 2018 Edition of Giving In Numbers
Friday, November 2, 2018
CECP’s annual report on corporate social investment, based on 2017 data, is now ...
Bobbi Watt Geer Named To Lead United Way
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
... pressing community issues and addresses them by bringing corporate and volunteer resources together. Bobbi Watt ...
Revitalizing Westmoreland Grants Increase Opportunities for Communities to Thrive in a Time of Uncertainty
Friday, June 24, 2022
The Revitalizing Westmoreland program has awarded over $162,000 in funding to eight projects focused on community revitalization.
Grants Manager Roundtable Resources
At GWP's recent Grants Manager Roundtable, Bethany Hemingway shared a document produced by Idealware which she found very helpful
Program Resources: Administrative Learning Network Session: Secret Tech Weapons
Resources from Administrative Learning Network Session: Secret Tech Weapons with Beth Z. on 06/05/2019
Resources: Administrative Learning Network Program 06-26-18
Resources from the GWP Administrative Learning Network: Best Practices In Organization Program 6-26-18
A New Anchor Mission for a New Century
Community foundations are beginning to deepen and shift how they work, adopting an anchor mission that seeks to fully deploy all resources to build community wealth. Moving into territory relatively uncharted for community foundations, they are taking up impact investing and economic development — some in advanced ways, others with small steps. This report offers an overview of how 30 representative community foundations — including The Seattle Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation — are working toward adopting this new anchor mission.
Assessing Grantees’ Financial Health and Long Term Sustainability - Program Materials
This is the power point presentation from the program in Febuary 2014 - Assessing Grantees’ Financial Health and Long Term Sustainability. Hilda Polanco, Founder and Managing Director of FMA, a leading consulting firm dedicated to strengthening nonprofits led the workshop, focused on providing grantmakers with the skills to understand their grantees' financial reality.
Philanthropic Paths: An Exploratory Study of the Career Pathways of Professionals of Color in Philanthropy
Low levels of diversity in the senior ranks of foundations have proven to be a stubborn challenge for the field of philanthropy. A report by Forward Change takes an important step toward a deeper understanding of the career pathways of professionals of color in philanthropy—how they enter foundations, how they advance across their careers, and what factors affect their advancement within the sector.
Building the Bench: How Funders Can Nurture Talent to Build Organizational Strength
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 8:30am
Join GWP for an interactive conversation about how to increase the impact of your grantmaking by ensuring your grantees have the diverse, high-performing and sustainable teams needed to achieve their program goals and missions.
White House Proposed Budget Abolishes Funding Agencies
Monday, February 12, 2018
President Trump recently forwarded his budget request for next year to Congress. It outlines the administration’s priorities for spending and spending cuts. Of particular interest to philanthropy
Living In A Material World: How To Prioritize And Manage ESG Issues
Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 8:30am
Which corporate citizenship issues are most important and is your ...
Sustainable Pittsburgh Interviews Mark Lewis on Building a More Sustainable Pittsburgh region.
Monday, July 31, 2017
... and inclusive work force as well as community. The Corporate Equity and Inclusion Roundtable (CEIR) has worked ...
Cone Communications Releases 2013 Social Impact Study
Thursday, October 3, 2013
... Communications describes American consumers’ demand for corporate support of social and environmental issues as ...
Pittsburgh arts advocates to highlight individual donations
Monday, September 29, 2014
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and The Pittsburgh Foundation are joining forces on Thursday, October 2 to sponsor the Arts Day of Giving, an 18-hour, online fundraising event.
Kenya T. Boswell to become President of BNY Mellon Foundation of SWPA
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
... Jeep Bryant, BNY Mellon’s global head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs. “This appointment is well-deserved ... distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ...