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National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021
... community foundations representing combined assets of $115.4 billion, the Study is believed to be the most comprehensive ... private foundations reported an average return of 13.1 percent in 2020 while participating community foundations ... absolute return, market neutral, long/short, 130/30, event-driven and derivatives.) Community foundations reported ...

Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

As part of Philanthropy Network's Mission-Aligned Investing Cohort, philanthropic leaders are learning together how to align their assets with their mission and invest in the community using a racial equity lens.

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... five percent — including through mission-related investments, or MRIs, and program-related investments, or ... mission-related investing happened in March 2016 with a $1 million investment in  Reinvestment Fund’s  core loan ... back its principle, but it’s getting paid interest — 1.25 percent — along the way. Learn more about that ...
18Apr2019

Family Philanthropy Webinar Series: Impact Investing: Dipping Your Toes or Going All In

Thursday, April 18, 2019
12:00pm - 1:30pm
... and donor advised funds that seek to align their investments with their grantmaking mission. An increasing ... username and password is required to register for this event. Contact Cathy Fong if you need assistance, or contact ...
25Oct2018

Mission-Aligned Investing Meeting: How to work with your investment advisor

Thursday, October 25, 2018
8:45am - 11:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Join us for an exciting session focused on how to work with your investment advisor to align your assets with your mission. 

 

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019
... social and economic returns of their place-based impact investments, foundations, CDFIs, private investors, and ...
20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for an exciting conversation to highlight the findings from the Impact Investing Landscape Scan, conducted and presented by Urbane Development, and to learn about recommendations to move mission-aligned investing in Philadelphia from inspiration to activation.

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019

ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE), recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy.

31Oct2019

2019 SPARX Conference

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing
... Philanthropy Network's SPARX Conference is the premier event for regional funders, nonprofits, social investors, and ... to spark collective impact opportunities and align investments for greater impact.

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... Foundations”) and included only endowment investments managed by investment firms based in the United ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018

In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking, we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making power to the very communities impacted by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models of participatory grantmaking.

04Feb2020

Essentials for Effective Philanthropy - Overview: Greater Philadelphia Grantmaking Landscape

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
9:00am - 12:00pm
Free Library of Philadelphia - Regional Foundation Center
... Funding and Philanthropy Trends Gifts to Charity Dropped 1.7 Percent Last Year, Says ‘Giving USA’.pdf Gifts to ... Promise of Impact Investing.pdf (Harvard Business School) 4. Impact_Investing_Glossary.pdf 4. Impact_Investing_Glossary.pdf   (Urbane Investing) 5. ...

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.

Douty Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary, releases new funding guidelines

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Philadelphia, PA (August 1, 2019) – Since 1968, The Douty Foundation has awarded ... typically those with annual operating budgets of under $1 million. Organizations that received grant funding from ...
08Dec2020

2020 SPARX Conference

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 to Friday, December 11, 2020
Virtual Conference
... Tuesday, Dec 8 - Friday, Dec 11, 2020 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us at ... that participants exhibited throughout the four-day event. We look forward to building on the connections and ...

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