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Changing Hearts and Minds: How philanthropy helped love win
n 2004, a group of foundations came together to create a funder collaborative in support of Freedom to Marry’s state-by-state strategy to win marriage equality. Over the following 11 years, this unique collaborative and its funding partners invested a total of $153 million to support a wide range of activities across the country to change hearts and minds on a massive scale — and ultimately to deliver a historic win for equality and love.
Putting Racism on the Table: The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing Racism (video)
In the final session in Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Dr. Gail Christopher discussed the role of philanthropy in addressing racism and racial inequity.
Putting Racism on the Table: Implicit Bias with Julie Nelson (video)
In the third session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, focused on implicit bias.
Putting Racism on the Table: Mass Incarceration with James Bell (video)
In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), James Bell, founder and executive director of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, focused on mass incarceration.
Putting Racism on the Table: The Racial Mosaic of America (video)
In the fifth session in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, discussed the experience of nonblack racial minorities in America, the implications of demographic change, and the urgent need to invest in equity.
GWP Food Funders' Virtual Roundtable
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 12:00pm
... with peers, share known needs as well as strategies and resources, discuss policy responses, and explore potential ... to the crisis. Please let us know of any topics and/or resources you would like to have covered during the session ...
Webinar: Changing Our World Strategic Community Engagement Toolkit
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 2:00pm
Learn about a 16-week guided strategic planning process for community engagement to help companies develop thoughtful strategies that leverage corporate assets to benefit the community, developed and coached by Changing Our World.
Viewers to Volunteers Website Lets Users Direct Corporate Dollars
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
A new website will permit online viewers to help direct where a corporation’s charitable dollars will go.
Strengthening Black Families: A Case for Philanthropic Investment
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 9:00am
... Cherie M. Collins Sims, Consultant Derric Heck, Program Manager, The Center that C.A.R.E.S. *Light breakfast and ...
PACE Announces Grantees in Two Funding Programs for 2015-16
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise (PACE) is a nonprofit funder and management support organization formed in 1968
Enthusiastic Response To WCCF Workshop
Monday, January 22, 2018
Over eighty representatives from nearly sixty local charitable organizations attended a capacity building grants workshop on January 17 at the Southpointe Golf Club. The workshop was hosted by the
BlackRock CEO Tells Companies To Contribute To Society
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
... Fink, CEO of BlackRock – a $6 trillion dollar asset manager -- sent a letter to CEOs of public companies with a ...
The Pittsburgh Foundation Begins Search For New CEO
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Max King has announced his upcoming retirement and the 18-member board of The Pittsburgh Foundation is embarking on identifying its next president. In the the first phase of what is expected to be
Why CEOs Are Still Missing The Point On Social Impact
Friday, March 15, 2019
In Fast Company, Phillip Haid notes the results of a new survey by Chief Executive magazine, which found many CEOs to be more focused on sales than on social issues. Haid argues
Emergency Action Fund Awards $8.3 Million For COVID-19 Response
Monday, May 11, 2020
The Emergency Action Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded 228 grants to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and community health care providers to assist the most vulnerable residents of our region who are facing the immediate demands of the unprecedented public health and economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traci Johnson Selected for ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellows Program
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Traci Johnson, Program Officer, POISE Foundation has been selected to join the 2021-2022 class of ABFE's Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program (CLFP)
The 2014 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey - Deadline extended to August 1
Friday, July 18, 2014
... This annual survey is one of the field’s most requested resources and GWP encourages all members to participate. To ...
Provoke Thought
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
... Parker urges the “hacker elite” to spend their resources early in their lives; keep their philanthropic ...
How to Make Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Work
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
A report released in November by international nongovernmental organization Global Development Incubatoroffers a new resource guide to help funders and interested stakeholders assess whether a multi-stakeholder initiative is the best strategy.