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Document Retention Policy Samples
These are sample documents of Document Retention policies to use as a guide in preparing your organization's Document Retention Policy.
Community Foundation Job Descriptions
Sample job descriptions for President and CEO or Executive Director positions at community foundations.
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
Program Resources- Administrative Learning Workshop: Conversations That Matter
Resources from Administrative Learning Workshop: Conversations That Matter 05/21/2020
Program Resources: Tech Sparks Session #1: Don't Let Cybercrime Ruin Your Year
Program Resources: Tech Sparks Session #1: Don't Let Cybercrime Ruin Your Year on 3/18/22
COVID-19 Return to Work Plans
The results from our member survey around GWP member organization return to work plans
Collaboration and Connection: How Foundations Partner Effectively to Address Their Community's Information Needs
Addressing a community’s information needs is a critical aspect of supporting a vibrant and healthy democracy. As community and place-based foundations increase their participation in this work, they realize they cannot do it alone.
Program Resources: Arts Funders' Learning Session: Coordinating Strategies In Arts Education
Resources from Arts Learning Session: Coordinating Strategies In Arts Education on 06/06/2019
2014 Annual Meeting Materials
The 2014 GWP Annual Meeting was held on November 14 at Google Pittsburgh offices in Bakery Square. These are the documents included in the packet for the business portion of the meeting.
Common Grant Application Form/Common Grant Report Form
Many funders now have online portals where they accept applications for grants and only a handful of funders accept the actual form.
A Conversation on Capitalization and Community Program Materials
Resources from GWP's 12/3/2013 program, A Conversation on Capitalization and Community
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.
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.
Equity, Real Costs, and Impact Webinar
Program Resource for Equity, Real Costs, and Impact Webinar
Foundations Opioid Report
Compiled by Wayne Jones. Not for distribution outside of GWP membership.
Program Resources: Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the Pittsburgh Region
Resources from Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the Pittsburgh Region 6/10/2020
Keystone Policy Series: Education Advocacy
On this call, funding colleagues addressed statewide education advocacy efforts currently underway; including current priorities and challenges, the role their organizations play in these initiativ
Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment
The POISE Foundation recently announced the publication of their first position paper entitled, “Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment.”
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.