Distribution Planned for Tree of Life Donations
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
An independent panel has shared their recommendations on how to distribute funds collected after Tree of Life attack.
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U.S. Community Foundations Support Those Impacted By COVID-19
Monday, March 30, 2020
Community Foundations are mobilizing funds to provide critical support to those who are facing challenges such as lost income, housing and food instability.
Keystone Policy Series: Health Policy Advocacy
This Keystone Policy call involved a discussion about Health Policy.
GWP Corporate Member Coffee Talk (Q1)
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 8:30am
Bring your coffee or tea and join us for conversation! Together, we will explore challenges, learn from one another, and discover new strategies to maximize philanthropic impact.
POSTPONED - Funding That Works: Nonprofit Talent Investment
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - 10:00am
Note: This session has been postponed until 2023. We'll be in touch with more details soon!
Early Childhood Funders Alliance Event: The Power of Partnership
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (All day)
The Early Childhood Funders Alliance, powered by GWP, is hosting an in-person workshop for funders interested in local early childhood initiatives.
Shifting to Build More Equitable Practices - From Grantmaking to Evaluation to Vendor Relationships
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 2:00pm
The act of shifting philanthropic practices resides across your entire organization. Join a panel of your peers who have been able to shift their way of working in order to build something new or open up a new possibility in their work.
Excellence in Philanthropy: If You Can Describe It, You Can Measure It
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 10:00am
Join us as we will discuss the results of GWP's "Defining Excellence in Philanthropy" survey and examine what our funding community considers to be “excellence."
Remembering Henry Hillman
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Henry L. Hillman, who quietly gave of his time and money to become one of the most generous benefactors in the city of Pittsburgh’s history, died Friday, April 14 at the age of 98.
Allegheny County DHS Is Featured In New York Times
Monday, February 5, 2018
Allegheny County DHS has released a statement expressing concerns with the New York Times article which profiled DHS’s development of a predictive risk modeling tool to assist in its child welfare call screening decisions.
Returning to the “New Normal”: A Review of Critical Employment Issues
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 2:00pm
Join us for this overview of some of the most critical issues in employment law and an opportunity to ask questions about how to successfully navigate the return to in-person work.
A Conversation on Badging and Alternate Credentialing
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 3:30pm
Join GWP for an overview of the credentialing landscape today, looking at a number of alternative methods and how they are being used here in Pittsburgh currently, and how they might play an increasing role in education in the near future.
New Research: The Philanthropy Outlook 2015-2016
Thursday, February 26, 2015
A new publication, The Philanthropy Outlook, from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University shares a research-based forecast of how much philanthropy can be expected to grow over the next two years. It covers giving by individuals, foundations, estates and businesses, and provides contextual analysis of the factors that can affect each kind of philanthropy. It may be downloaded free of charge here.
Purpose and Profit: Supporting Social Enterprise in Our Region
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 3:00pm
Join us as Patty Morrissey discusses the leadership lessons she has learned about integrating social impact work into a for-profit enterprise, with local experts weighing in on how government, philanthropy, non-profits, for-profits, incubators and citizens can best support social enterprise in our region.
Big Idea: Tiny Houses
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 12:00pm
... evepicker.com and the Tiny House Journal at cityLABpgh.org . This meeting is sponsored by the Community ...
Laying New Groundwork for the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs: One Philanthropist’s Approach to Investing for Social Change
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 1:30pm
Join Jean Case, Chairman of the National Geographic Society Board of Trustees and CEO of the Case Foundation, as she explores the burgeoning impact investing field.
The 2016 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey Is Now Open
Thursday, June 30, 2016
... To learn more and take the survey contact research@cof.org . The 2016 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey Is ...
Educate and Empower: Tools For Building Community Wealth
How do low-income communities learn to advance economically and build wealth? Low-income communities and communities of color, in challenging structural economic and social inequality, have historically grappled with tensions inherent to development. Who participates in, directs, and ultimately owns the economic-development process? In creating and sustaining new, inclusive economic institutions, how do community members cultivate and pass on skills, commitment and knowledge—especially among those who have long faced barriers to education and employment? And how should communities strike an appropriate balance between utilizing local knowledge and accessing outside expertise?