Low levels of diversity in the senior ranks of foundations have proven to be a stubborn challenge for the field of philanthropy. A report by Forward Change takes an important step toward a deeper understanding of the career pathways of professionals of color in philanthropy—how they enter foundations, how they advance across their careers, and what factors affect their advancement within the sector.
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Resources from GWP Corporate Funders’ Learning Session: Partnership Management on 06/20/2020
GWP Program resources: Family Philanthropy and Donor-Advised Funds 06/02/2021
Speaker Tony Macklin
Investment managers and financial institutions offering asset management
Program Resources from Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy on 11/16/2021
Seminal work on community foundations, published in 2005.
Program Resources: Foundation Strategies for CTC and EITC Expansions on 08/18/2021
In early 2021, GWP partnered with Community Centered Evaluation and Research (CCER), a woman-owned consulting firm, to advance the organization’s internal and external racial equity efforts.
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.
This case study of the Council of Michigan Foundations' Peer Action Learning Network (PALN) is part of a report from New York University's Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action. It explores the power of learning communities to build connections and knowledge to increase organizations’ community impact.