An Update on Homelessness in Allegheny County
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 12:00pm
Join us again to hear an update from Marc and his staff on the status of these changes and learn about next steps for the coming year.
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Corporate Roundtable with Carolyn Duronio, Esq.
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 12:00pm
Join GWP at our next Corporate Roundtable discussion where we will be joined by Carolyn Duronio, Partner at Reed Smith.
Giving In Numbers 2016 Edition is Released
Saturday, October 1, 2016
CECP’s survey of 272 companies finds corporate community affairs professionals increasingly taking a leading role in business strategy.
What Aristotle Can Teach Firms About CSR
Monday, September 12, 2016
The author of this piece in Harvard Business Review contends that businesses should consider Aristotle’s teachings on “virtue ethics” – i.e.
Why Your Small Business Needs #GivingTuesday
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Companies of all sizes can advantage of #GivingTuesday (the Tuesday after Thanksgiving) a recent philanthropic movement that has gained tremendous momentum the past few years.
When Employees Want To Volunteer But It’s Tough To Leave The Office
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
From the CauseCast blog, here is a way to promote convenient volunteering: host it at your office. You may download an e-book for more in-office volunteering options.
Building a Culture of Capitalization in Your Organization
Building a Culture of Capitalization in Your Organization, is written for nonprofit arts organizations and shares findings from NFF's study of 36 capital grants made by the Kresge Foundation between 2010 and 2012.
Recommendations for Capital Grantmakers
Recommendations for Capital Grantmakers, is written for arts funders who are looking to make smart and impactful investments.
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities
This whitepaper examines the latest data to identify trends in social justice philanthropy among family foundations.
Agenda Setting: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Influencing Public Policy
Donating money to modify public thinking and government policy has now taken its place next to service-centered giving as a constructive branch of philanthropy. Many donors now view public-policy reform as a necessary adjunct to their efforts to improve lives directly. This book was written to help donors navigate the obstacles of public-policy philanthropy.
Leveraging Social Sector Leadership
Strong leadership is critical for effective social sector organizations, yet the sector chronically underinvests in its leaders. This publication synthesizes findings from new research conducted by the authors and offers recommendations for grantmakers.
2015 State of the Sector Surveys
Under-resourced communities are going without because nonprofits can't meet demand. Americans —particularly those in low-income communities—are still struggling to secure jobs, affordable housing, and healthcare. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2015 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey focuses on the underlying causes of these dynamics by exploring the programmatic, financial, and operational issues facing nonprofits across the U.S.
Learning Together: Actionable Approaches for Grantmakers
This publication takes an in-depth look at what it means to open our learning and evaluation practices to grantees, other funders, community members, government agencies and others involved in the work.
How Can We Help Our Grantees Strengthen Their Capacity for Evaluation?
There is widespread and growing recognition in the nonprofit sector about the importance of evaluation — not only for measuring impact, but also for improving programs and better serving communities. While grantmakers generally see evaluation as necessary, most are not yet investing enough resources in this area.
Tools for Steering Committee Working Groups
This toolkit includes a number of tools for Steering Committee Working Groups as they form, determine strategic direction, develop implementation plans, and identify measurement indicators.
Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations
Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations addresses those challenges and highlights those opportunities. The guide demystifies the process of designing and implementing an effective impact investing strategy, offering advice, tools, and real-world examples of impact investing by foundations with few or no staff.
Fiscal Sponsorship: An Overview For Funders and Nonprofits
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 2:30pm
Fiscal sponsorship, when executed correctly, can be of great value as an alternative to starting a nonprofit. It can also produce cost efficiencies through shared administration and reduce the num
Creating A New Kind of Philanthropy Network
Monday, December 5, 2016 - 4:30pm
Committing private resources to a public good used to mean pretty much one thing: a gift to a public charity. Today, people interested in philanthropy can use all kinds of ways to create public be
Communities for a Lifetime Roles for Philanthropy
Philanthropic organizations of all shapes and sizes are well positioned to support Communities for a Lifetime (CfaL). This issue brief explores four roles for philanthropy in advancing CfaL work.
Philanthropy Advocacy Playbook
This publication provides information on 11 benefits and conversation-starters about philanthropic advocacy and lobbying. Specifically, it answers your questions about legal rules and provides concrete examples, templates, resources, and tips.