Eight Heads Are Better Than One
As one of eight funders who partnered to deliver a half-day workshop for their grantees, Diana Doherty shares valuable lessons about the challenges and benefits of funder collaboration.
As one of eight funders who partnered to deliver a half-day workshop for their grantees, Diana Doherty shares valuable lessons about the challenges and benefits of funder collaboration.
With new data about the financial health of Greater Philadelphia nonprofits combined with troubling trends due to COVID-19, it's clear that collaboration will be a vital strategy for both nonprofits and funders if the sector is to continue to provide essential services and stimulate innovation that advances social purpose.
Following the launch of the Black Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for Grantmaking to give us some insights about how and why the fund was created and what the foundation hopes to achieve through this initiative.
In this post, we share reflections on what we heard from members at our annual meeting in March 2022 and steps we are taking to move us forward on the path toward our aspirational North Star.
VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn asked their nonprofit partners to share their perspective on the funder-grantee relationship. Here is their honest feedback.