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This is an opinion letter written by Harmon Curran attorneys for the Bauman Foundation, which spells out advocacy efforts that can and cannot be supported by a private foundation.
GWP’s mission is “to promote excellence in philanthropy – supporting an effective, growing philanthropic community that strengthens our region.” That mission remains important – but the
GWP Member and Senior Program Officer of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Michelle McMurray, received this year’s prestigious Emerging Leader in Philanthropy Award.
Giving USA released its 2017 numbers which show that giving has finally rebounded after the recession.
Join us for a GWP book club discussion of A Gift of Belief on February 1 from noon to 1:30 PM. Book Editor and chapter author Kathy Buechel and Project Coordinator Anne Marie Toccket will be joined by conversationalists Heather Arnet, Tony Macklin (a chapter author) Michelle McMurray, Kristy Trautmann, and Mark Lewis to comment on the lessons they’ve taken from this book.
Join us for a webinar on the launch of the Disaster Philanthropy Playbook.
Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations addresses those challenges and highlights those opportunities. The guide demystifies the process of designing and implementing an effective impact investing strategy, offering advice, tools, and real-world examples of impact investing by foundations with few or no staff.
NCRP reports that the current practice of strategic philanthropy typically favors short-term metrics, is largely disconnected from grantees and the communities these nonprofits serve, and usually lacks authentic feedback to inform the strategies. Unless grantmakers explicitly address the needs of underserved communities and invest in policy and community engagement – strategies long practiced by social justice philanthropists – they are unlikely to achieve their goals.
Our region takes great pride in its cultural assets, and the philanthropic community has a long history of making investments in them. Join GWP members who have an interest in supporting our regio
Check out a new series of podcasts that dive into the topic of CSR from many different perspectives. In Taking Care in Business, th
The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County has hired Mallory N. Reese, a Westmoreland County native as their new Development and Donor Services Officer.
GWP invites you to join in on the Corporate Funders' Learning Network first quarterly meeting of 2019
Join us for this webinar which will examine changing family composition, provide examples from families who have grappled with this changing definition, and receive tips for how your philanthropic family can adapt to the new normal.
Join this webinar where NCFP will share the results of research findings from their second ever Trends in Family Philanthropy study.
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise (PACE) collaborated with data scientist, Pete York to analyze the effectiveness of nonprofits.
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, Philanthropy Ohio, and Philanthropy West Virginia invite corporate members in the banking industry to join us for this first-of-its-kind peer exchange.
