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Census 2020: What’s at Risk and What Can Philanthropy Do Now? 5-29-18
Resources from GWP Program Census 2020: What’s at Risk and What Can Philanthropy Do Now? 5-29-18
Stemming the Tide of Eviction in Allegheny County
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 12:00pm
... to evict or be evicted. In this special event for the funding community, eviction research project leaders Jane ... development, and Michael Yonas, Dr.Ph , vice president for public health, research and learning, will provide a ... a head start in coordinating efforts to create an eviction-prevention system. The recommendations from the report ...
Critical Needs online giving event raises record $1.3 million
Thursday, May 25, 2017
... Tuesday, 3,144 donations totaling $616,000 from the public poured into the PittsburghGives.org donation portal. ...
Statewide Rapid Response Webinar on Family Separation and Detention in PA - What Pennsylvania Funders Need to Know 08-07-18
This webinar highlights the current situation of separation and detention, how current and past policies are impacting communities and families in Pennsylvania, and will highlight immediate and long term actions funders can take.
On the Brink of Promise, The Future of Community Foundations
... and Gabriel Kaspar. Community foundations are important funding partners at the local, sometimes even the ...
Critical Needs Fundraising Alert Announced For May 7
Sunday, March 31, 2019
... incentive pool of $738,000 to help bolster giving from the public. Funds will be raised for 190 nonprofit organizations ... donation of $25 or more will trigger additional funding from the incentive pool, which is comprised of ...
Brookings Thinks Pittsburgh Can Become A ‘Global Innovation City’
Friday, September 22, 2017
A new report from the Brookings Institutionsuggests Pittsburgh could recreate its heyday of steel, where it was an industry leader, around its current industries of tech and life sciences.
United Way Impact Grants Awarded to Over 100 Organizations
Monday, July 17, 2023
The latest round of funding for the United Way Community Impact grants has awarded funding to 110 nonprofit organizations. The grants are going ... 360 applicants down to the final 110 grantees. Final funding recommendations were approved by the United Way’s ...
Ten Basic Steps to Starting a Giving Circle
... many times will the group meet? How will we determine our funding focus? Where do we hold meetings? Is there a limit on ... funds. Establish a Donor Advised Fund at a Community or Public Foundation. Create a public foundation. Write ... the group. Step Four – Establish an Issue/Focus Area This step may take significant discussion. Encourage ...
New IRS Guidance: A Briefing from Carolyn Duronio, Esq
On May 16th, Carolyn Duronio, partner at Reed Smith and a national expert on exempt organizations, filled GWP in on the ramifications of the IRS’s new guidelines governing program-related investments.
Igniting the Spark: Creating Effective Next Generation Boards
The National Center for Family Philanthropy and Youth Philanthropy Connect, a program of the Frieda C. Fox Foundation, have joined together to bring new resources to the field of philanthropy focused on engaging the next generation of donors and family members. Igniting the Spark: Creating Effective Next Gen Boards is the first publication of its kind, offering a comprehensive overview of the growing practice among family foundations and donor advised fund holders of using next generation boards.
Program Resources: Our Region’s Affordable Housing Crisis: An Essential Primer
Program Resources: Our Region’s Affordable Housing Crisis: An Essential Primer
Presenter: Christopher Corbett- Senior Housing Planner
Heinz Endowments Invests Nearly $7 Million To Advance Equity In The Region
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... Board of Directors approved more than $6.7 million in funding for equity-focused projects in the Pittsburgh region, ... was launched at the end of 2018. The current round of funding is divided into three areas: advocacy and policy, ...
Advancing Black Arts Initiative Receives $2 Million Grant From MacKenzie Scott
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
... grants by novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The funding was announced today in her blog post. Advancing ... $2.74 billion in grants from Ms. Scott. In announcing the funding, she said that she and her husband chose high-impact ...
United Way of Allegheny County Launches “I Care”
Sunday, May 24, 2015
... United Way of Allegheny County convened leaders in the public and private sectors to strategize about preventing ...
The Pittsburgh Foundation Releases Report on Eviction in Allegheny County
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... housing advocates, city and county government officials, public- and private-housing landlords and tenants – for the ... recommendations for creating an countywide eviction prevention system and offers opportunities for further ...
Program Resources: FBI Session: What Funders Need to Know about Cyber Security
Resources from GWP FBI Session: What Funders Need to Know about Cyber Security on 2/13/2020
Disrupting Pathways to Juvenile Justice for Black Youth in Allegheny County
Friday, November 13, 2020 - 12:00pm
“Pittsburgh's public schools refer more students to police than 95 ... for addressing these issues and discuss ways the funding community can help prevent the entry of youth into ...
Stewardship Principles for Corporate Grantmakers
... stewards of their philanthropic resources, to uphold the public trust, and to practice their philanthropy in ways that ...