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.
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The Youth Philanthropy Internship Program and grant making process is funded by The Heinz Endowments and administered by The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. To learn more about the program, visit http://www.cfwestmoreland.org/community-leadership/youth-philanthropy-internship.
Program Resources: Jewish Funders' Learning Network 10/28/2020
Program Resources: Hybrid Meeting Basics on 01/11/22
The Ford Institute for Community Building, a program of The Ford Family Foundation, works to help community leaders learn how to implement local solutions based on principles of effective community building. This paper describes the development and work of the The Ford Institute for Community Building.
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On April 24 and April 25 more than two dozen funders from Western Pennsylvania hopped on a bus to learn more about Allegheny County’s vibrant immigrant and refugee communiti
"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.
In mid-October, GWP member Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council wil
Join GWP at our next Corporate Roundtable discussion where we will be joined by Carolyn Duronio, Partner at Reed Smith.
The Buhl Foundation, a longtime funder on the North Side, will partner with Comcast and Urban Innovation 21 to invest a total of $8.8 million in a new strategy to revitalize the concourse portion o
Great ideas, innovation, and sustainable solutions are what we all hope for when corporations and nonprofits come together to achieve a goal.