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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Covestro LLC has been awarded the 2016 STEM Mentoring Award for "Excellence in Corporate Culture" by by US2020,
Join us for this session, during which we will learn more about the journey of the local colleagues who have signed onto the Disability Inclusion Pledge and how our region can be better poised to move toward a future of inclusion and equity for all.
Explore information, stories, profiles and how-to resources about racial, ethnic and tribal philanthropy.
This white paper provides an introduction to social media for associations and nonprofits and includes case studies and other resources.
Access official tax information and resources for charities and other nonprofits from the Internal Revenue Service.
The opioid epidemic affects Pennsylvanians from every walk of life. Rich, poor, black, white, young, or old – the opioid crisis is unprecedented in its reach and devastation.
The nation’s opioid crisis did not result overnight. A “perfect storm” has been brewing and sweeping our nation for decades and Pennsylvania is being hit hard.
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.
An update for Pennsylvania funders on national, statewide and local activities currently being undertaken – and where philanthropy can continue to play a role – to ensure a fair and accurate census
Join us for GWP’s 2020 annual business meeting, followed by a dynamic and moving discussion during which panelists will share their thoughts on how to eliminate poverty through trust, empowerment, and movement-building.
A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been to translate insight and learning from grantmaker intermediaries involved with the Social Innovation Fund and share them with the broader philanthropic community. The fifth guide in the Lessons Learned series presents the benefits and challenges of partnerships between local and national funders, and highlights key considerations for both kinds of funders to foster success in their collaboration.
Many funders now have online portals where they accept applications for grants and only a handful of funders accept the actual form.
In Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together, GrantCraft look at how funders approach building capacity with grantees. Through examples from foundations ranging in size, mission, and geography, we explore various strategies for capacity building and the types of awareness that funders can choose to incorporate in decision making to facilitate informed, thoughtful judgments about strengthening organizations.