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The New York Times reports that new generations of professionals are prompting some industry conventions to emphasize philanthropy and volunteer opportunities as part of annual meeting activities.
As the connection between social progress and business success becomes increasingly clear, corporations are dedicating efforts to stimulate social progress.
Join us for a two-part learning series with PLACES Fellows Karen Abrams, Diversity & Community Affairs Manager at the Urban Development Authority of Pittsburgh, and Mac Howison, Senior Program Officer for Catalytic Funding at The Sprout Fund. Kate Dewey, President of The Forbes Funds, will facilitate the two sessions.
As corporate philanthropy opportunities become more complex – shifting from grant awards to proactive giving alignment – Corporate Citizenship has released a report highlighting global trends for c
Lucy Bernholz has released Blueprint for 2017, which includes her annual list of buzzwords in the philanthropic sector for 2016.
Amazon has received more news coverage lately for its philanthropic efforts, a move that has raised questions about a major cultural shift.
An uptick in charitable giving using appreciated stocks is fueled by assumptions of lower tax rate under a Trump administration.
Join GWP for a demo of BigBurgh, the City’s new app that pulls together services that can help homeless and vulnerable residents by providing quick access to information on over 170 services that are good quality, free of charge, and welcoming to those without an address.
This program is for any new GWP members or ANY member who would like to learn more about your membership benefits.
Join us as Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald provide a briefing especially for GWP members followed by a networking reception.
The McCune Foundation is pleased to announce that Stephanie K. McCarthy has been hired as the organization’s Program Associate. Ms.
Join our funding colleagues as they address statewide education advocacy efforts currently underway; including current priorities and challenges, the role their organizations play in these initiatives, and opportunities for other funders to become involved.
If your employee volunteer efforts are falling short of your goals, this brief article may offer some insight. Public recognition for volunteer efforts is commonplace, but it may not motivate peo
The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University has released a useful snapshot of eleven trends to watch this year.
Led by the United Nations, the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in September 2015. With 17 broad SDGs and some 169 targets, it can be a challenge to put them into practice
A new study out of the University of Michigan finds that charitable lenders who belong to a team provide significantly more loans than those acting on their own.
In the final session in Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Dr. Gail Christopher discussed the role of philanthropy in addressing racism and racial inequity.
Based sardonically on Masterpiece Theatre, Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’s Structural Racism Theater introduces the viewer to concrete examples of structural racism and implicit bias. It’s edgy, dryly humorous, “shareable,” and an incredibly different direction for WRAG. The first episode, "The Pernicious Compromise," focuses on the timely topic of the Electoral College and its connection to the Three-Fifths Compromise.
In the third session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, focused on implicit bias.
