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Resources from the Corporate Network Session: A Blueprint for Racial Equity in the Workplace and Beyond- Building a Just Future Together.
Program Resources: Using Data to Assess Your Grantmaking Practice on 11/09/2022
Resources from Arts Learning Session: Coordinating Strategies In Arts Education on 06/06/2019
The POISE Foundation recently announced the publication of their first position paper entitled, “Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment.”
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.
Program Resources from Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy on 11/16/2021
Resources: GWP Funder Briefing: Youth Risk Behavior in Allegheny County April 21, 2020
Resources from Living In A Material World: How To Prioritize And Manage ESG Issues on 10/3/2019
This document is the compilation of answers posed to network members prior to the 06.11.20 meeting.
The questions included:
Foundations Facilitate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Partnering with Community and Nonprofits, a report by the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, confirms that foundations can, in fact, facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through their grantmaking processes and their partnerships with nonprofits—and identifies eight specific practices for foundations to emulate.
Research shows that one of the greatest impediments to a prosperous future for all of Michigan's people is unequal access to resources. To help foundation leaders and their boards begin essential conversations about marginalized populations and determine the extent to which their organization's culture and grantmaking practices are aligned with a commitment to expanding opportunity in the communities they serve, CMF developed this discussion guide and self-assessment.
Resources for Assessing Grantees’ Financial Health And Long Term Sustainability Program 12-11-18
Resources from Administrative Learning Network Session: Secret Tech Weapons with Beth Z. on 06/05/2019
Program Resources: Effective Business Writing on 11/4/21
"Co-Creation" is a case study about the Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. The case study examines co-creation, an emerging systems change collaboration model which grew out of a funder-and-state partnership. This unique partnership led to the creation by executive order of a new and independent Office of Early Childhood, which was formally approved by the Connecticut State Legislature in 2013. The companion piece, "Taking on New Roles to Address 21st Century Problems," looks at co-creation from the perspective of a regional association of grantmakers.
This case study of the Council of Michigan Foundations' Peer Action Learning Network (PALN) is part of a report from New York University's Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action. It explores the power of learning communities to build connections and knowledge to increase organizations’ community impact.
Resources from Nonprofit Finance Basics session on 9/21/23.
Resources from Implementation Science 101 workshop held on February 20, 2019.
The results from our member survey around GWP member organization return to work plans
