A Smart Investment in Human Capital
This case study examines the experience of the Corporation for Supportive Housing as it worked with the nonprofit consultancy AchieveMission to understand and adopt better human capital management
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Building a Culture of Capitalization in Your Organization
Building a Culture of Capitalization in Your Organization, is written for nonprofit arts organizations and shares findings from NFF's study of 36 capital grants made by the Kresge Foundation between 2010 and 2012.
Recommendations for Capital Grantmakers
Recommendations for Capital Grantmakers, is written for arts funders who are looking to make smart and impactful investments.
Discovering the Activation Point
Check out the Activation Point, where you will find best practices for planning for persuasion, tailored to the unique needs of social change organizations.
McAuley Ministries Invests In Oakland Land Trust
Monday, June 4, 2018
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. has been awarded a $300,000 grant from McAuley Ministries to develop its nascent land trust in West Oakland.
GWP Funder Briefing: Census 2020 Update
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 8:30am
Join GWP for the most recent update on the plans for the 2020 U.S. Census in Allegheny County, and what opportunities there may be for private philanthropy to help promote an accurate count.
New Strategy Guide for CSR Professionals
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
FSG, a leading consulting firm, has released A CSR Strategy Roadmap, a new guide for CSR professionals and corporate foundation leaders. Its three modules – Alignment and Visioning, Strategy and D
FISA Foundation a National Leader on Disability Issues
Thursday, October 7, 2021
In an interview with The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Kristy Trautmann, CEO of FISA Foundation shared how the foundation has shifted its grant making, and rewritten its mission statement and strategic plan to ensure to put racial justice at the center of its work.
Mission In Action Community Grant Program Announced
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
POISE Foundation in partnership with the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh will award more than $2.1 million to nonprofits working toward eliminating racism and empowering women.
Program Resources:Tech Sparks Session #2: How to Take Care of Yourself (and Others) with Technology
Program Resources:Tech Sparks Session #2: How to Take Care of Yourself (and Others) with Technology 6/24/22
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.
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.
Program Resources: Analysis of Regional Capacity Building
Program Resources: Funder Discussion: Analysis of Regional Capacity Building on 05/18/23
2014: It Was A Very Good Year
Thursday, April 16, 2015
While total charitable giving has not yet reached pre-recession levels, two new ... Index tells a similar story. In Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report , nonprofits reported that overall giving grew more than 2 percent in 2014 – with online ...
Program Resources- Administrative Learning Workshop: Conversations That Matter
Resources from Administrative Learning Workshop: Conversations That Matter 05/21/2020
Investment Managers
Investment managers and financial institutions offering asset management
Build a Better Southwestern Pennsylvania
A GWP communications document which shows how philanthropy helps to build a better Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Forbes Introduces Philanthropy Score To List of Richest Americans
Thursday, October 4, 2018
... are. The score is based on an estimate of total lifetime giving, excluding pledges or announced gifts that have yet to ... , and George Soros, who tops the list in terms of lifetime giving as a percentage of total net worth at 79 percent, or ...