Resources from Program: GWP Learning Session - Awake To Woke To Work: Building A Race Equity Culture on 06/11/2019
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Beyond the Grant presentation from 2019 CF Gathering.
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.
Resources from the GWP Program- Community Development Learning Network: What Makes A Healthy Neighborhood? 6-19-18
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.
This is the webinar recording, slides and transcript from the NCFP Webinar: Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact
Resources from Arts Learning Session: Coordinating Strategies In Arts Education on 06/06/2019
This Keystone Policy call involved a discussion about Health Policy.
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.
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.
2021 Annual Meeting Materials and Resources from 12/07/2021
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Program Resources: Aligning Practices with Values: Redesigning Due Diligence to Promote Equity 10/18/2022
Program Resources: Workplace and Employment Law Trends for 2023 on 05/25/2023
Program Resources: Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Funding Local Food Systems on 04/19/23
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.
Program Resources: Delusional Altruism- Why Philanthropists Fail To Achieve Change and What They Can Do To Transform Giving 05/19/2022
Resources from Implementation Science 101 workshop held on February 20, 2019.
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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.