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Governance and Legal Best Practices: A Review for Funders
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 2:00pm
Join us for this one-hour webinar to hear a high-level overview of recent trends and best practices for foundation governance.
Foundations Facilitate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Partnering with Community and Nonprofits
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.
Brown Bag Lunch and Viewing Party - Adaptive Philanthropy: Flexible Giving to Maximize Results
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 12:00pm
... place including retention of a new team of more than 25 professional staff to execute the work of the Foundation as ...
Build a Better Southwestern Pennsylvania
A GWP communications document which shows how philanthropy helps to build a better Southwestern Pennsylvania.
What Funders Need to Know: The Connection Between Education and Housing
Communities thrive when people are housed comfortably, safely, and affordably. This is especially true for children. And when children thrive, their educational and other outcomes are more likely to be positive. Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers' What Funders Need to Know looks at the connection between stable housing and educational outcomes.
NCFP Webinar: Fellowship Programs: Honoring Family Legacy and Building Future Community Leaders
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 12:00pm
... the quantity of qualified and inspired volunteer and professional leaders through a suite of opportunities for ...
Equitable Community Development Tools for Funders: A Learning Series with Pittsburgh’s PLACES Fellows
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 12:00pm
Join us for a two-part learning series with PLACES Fellows Karen Abrams, Diversity & Community Affairs Manager at the Urban Development Authority of Pittsburgh, and Mac Howison, Senior Program Officer for Catalytic Funding at The Sprout Fund. Kate Dewey, President of The Forbes Funds, will facilitate the two sessions.
Equitable Community Development Tools for Funders: A Learning Series with Pittsburgh’s PLACES Fellows
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 12:00pm
Join us for the second in this two-part learning series with PLACES Fellows.
Keystone Policy Series: Combating Pennsylvania’s Opioid Epidemic
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 2:00pm
Join us for a discussion of federal, state and local policy initiatives around combating the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths and learn about opportunities for Pennsylvania funders to become involved.
Sustainable Pittsburgh Interviews Mark Lewis on Building a More Sustainable Pittsburgh region.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Mark Lewis, POISE Foundation, shares his insights on regional equitable development and its role in building a more sustainable Pittsburgh region.
Corporate Giving Webinar Series: Aligning Your Giving Strategy with Business Goals
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 1:00pm
During this webinar you will learn how three very different organizations determine key giving areas and measure the impact of their funding with creative approaches to better the communities they serve.
GWP Administrative Network Learning Session: Office 365, Mail Merges and IT Issues
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 12:00pm
... Network provides members’ administrative staff with professional development opportunities; information on trends ...
NCFP Webinar: Internal Evaluation and Learning
Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 12:00pm
... culture that values continuous improvement, feedback and professional development, and an integrated approach of ...
Taking Initiative on Capacity Building
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 10:00am
GWP members are invited to join this session to learn more about the progress of this capacity building initiative, share their own ideas, and explore opportunities to contribute to future efforts in strengthening nonprofit capacity.
Co-Creation: Viewing Partnerships Through A New Lens
"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.