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.
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Resources from the GWP Program- Community Development Learning Network: What Makes A Healthy Neighborhood? 6-19-18
Program Resources: Tech Sparks Session #1: Don't Let Cybercrime Ruin Your Year on 3/18/22
This Keystone Policy call involved a discussion about Health Policy.
In early August, members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia(PNGP), Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania (GWP) and
The annual Council on Foundations-Commonfund investment report for private and community foundations is now available.
Resources from Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the Pittsburgh Region 6/10/2020
Resources: GWP Funder Briefing: Youth Risk Behavior in Allegheny County April 21, 2020
Resources from Implementation Science 101 workshop held on February 20, 2019.
This study of family foundations in 2008 summarizes key findings regarding how many active family foundations are planning to spend down or exist in perpetuity (or have not yet made a decision), and examines their motivations and decision-making.
Resources from Corporate Learning Network Virtual Roundtable 05/28/2020.
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.
The United Way of SWPA sent out a survey to 1,600 Nonprofit Organizationss in the 211 system asking what immediate needs they have due to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
In early 2021, GWP partnered with Community Centered Evaluation and Research (CCER), a woman-owned consulting firm, to advance the organization’s internal and external racial equity efforts.
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- Crisis and Collaboration Reimagining the Future of Arts Funding 11/19/20