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This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
"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.
Join GWP for an update from local experts on the state of addiction and opioids in our region.
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.
Seminal work on community foundations, published in 2005.
Despite a field replete with research, analysis, recommended policies and practices — not to mention an abundance of educational programs and frameworks for grantmaking to diverse communities — phi
As the date draws near for the 2020 Census and activity accelerates, we hope you will join GWP for the first update this year on the plans for the 2020 U.S. Census in Allegheny County, and what opportunities there may still be for private philanthropy to help promote an accurate count.
As the date draws near for the 2020 Census and activity accelerates, we hope you will join GWP for the next update this year on the plans for the 2020 U.S. Census in Allegheny County, and what opportunities there may still be for private philanthropy to help promote an accurate count.
We hope you will join GWP for the next update this year on the plans for the 2020 U.S. Census in Allegheny County, and what opportunities there may still be for private philanthropy to help promote an accurate count.
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.