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Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Giving

Since 2005, U.S. grantmakers committed more than $1 billion for relief, recovery, and rebuilding in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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GWP Learning Session - Awake To Woke To Work: Building A Race Equity Culture
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 12:00pm
... and suggesting actions participants can take to get started.  Participants will also learn: The research and resources Equity in the Center provides to support leaders ... practices, and systems to achieve race equity. He started his career in education, where he advised higher ...
Co-Creation: Viewing Partnerships Through A New Lens

"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.

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Perpetuity or Limited Lifespan: How Do Family Foundations Decide?

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.

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Private Capital Public Good

How the government can partner with impact investors to unleash new capital, talent and energy for maximum impact.

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Using Predictive Analytics & Machine Learning to Improve Social Sector Outcomes

Using machine learning and big data from nonprofit IRS 990’s, foundation and other charitable giving, zip code level economic data, and population demographics, we can predict, among other things, which nonprofits will be financially healthy and why. Join us for a workshop with Pete York, evaluation expert and data scientist, who will share how these methods can help program officers, leaders and managers discover precisely what works, for whom and to use on-demand insights to achieve better outcomes. 

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Local and National Funder Collaborations

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.

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Session #2: Unrestricted Funding, Doing the Homework, Streamlined Paperwork
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 1:00pm
... and issues we support; and  simplifying and streamlining applications and reports in service of relational approaches ... and flexibility for nonprofits to focus their time and resources where they are most needed, it also helps funders ... own trust-based journey. Click here for the recording and resources from session one . Click here to register for ...

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