Three-Part Series: The Future of Pennsylvania's Nonprofits
This three-part series examines the challenges and opportunities facing Pennsylvania nonprofits. Across three sessions, expert speakers share insights on the economic contributions of nonprofits, the impact of federal policy changes, and the implications of state and federal budget decisions, providing practical knowledge to strangthen advocacy, inform strategy, and support sector sustainability.
A partnership between:
Registration is being managed by Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania. To learn more about each session and register, click on the individual session(s) below.
Session 1 – Monday 10/6, 12-1 PM via Zoom
2025 Economic Impact of Pennsylvania's Nonprofits Report
Session 2 – Tuesday 10/21, 12-1 PM via Zoom
Federal Cuts, Freezes, and Agency Downsizing: PA Nonprofit Impact
Session 3 – Monday 11/3, 12-1 PM via Zoom
State & Federal Budget: PA Nonprofit Impact
___________________________________________________________________________________
Four-Part Series: Who Controls the Story Controls the Future: How Philanthropy Can Build Narrative Power That Lasts
Click here to register (registration is for all sessions)
Narratives shape policy, sway elections, and determine whose voices are heard or silenced. Media is not just a communication tool: it is civic infrastructure, as essential to democracy as roads and schools. Yet the systems that shape our shared understanding are collapsing, consolidating, or being strategically captured.
This four part Media Learning Series designed in partnership with Independence Public Media Foundation is for funders who recognize that the fight for justice, equity, and democracy is also a fight over the stories we tell, and who gets to tell them. Through four dynamic sessions, we’ll explore how media and narrative power underpin every funder’s work, regardless of sector. Participants will move from conceptual understanding to actionable strategies for funding community-driven media and narrative ecosystems that can endure and adapt over time. (Click on a session to learn more about the individual session)
Session 1 – Weds 10/8, 12-1 PM via Zoom
Who Tells the Story?: Media, Power, and Philanthropy’s Role in Shaping the Narrative
Session 2 – Weds 10/22, 12-1 PM via Zoom
How Narrative Fuels Organizing, Movement-Building, and Policy Change
Session 3 – Weds, 11/5, 12-1 PM via Zoom
Building Community Information Power from the Ground Up
Session 4 – Weds, 11/19, 12-2 PM via Zoom
Taking Action, Learning, and Adjusting: Building a Media Funding Practice that Lasts
Click here to register (registration is for all sessions)
___________________________________________________________________________