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Seminal work on community foundations, published in 2005.
About the PLACES (Professionals Learning About Community, Equity and Smart Growth) Fellowship Program:
Compiled by Wayne Jones. Not for distribution outside of GWP membership.
Program Resources: Grants Managers Learning Network on 2/2/2222
During a GWP session on March 31, we learned about two related strands of research that have shaped the understanding of the Pittsburgh Promise and the support systems needed to prepare students to use the scholarships.
Collaboration is the key to building a healthy and strong family, organization, and community. Join NCFP and family philanthropists as they discuss this important topic.
This is the webinar recording, slides and transcript from the NCFP Webinar: Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact
Program Resources: Effective Business Writing on 11/4/21
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.
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.
Program Resources: Foundation Strategies for CTC and EITC Expansions on 08/18/2021
In early August, members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia(PNGP), Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania (GWP) and