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New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia nonprofits

Friday, October 27, 2017
Via Generocity | By  Albert Hong  / STAFF   Here’s the thing: When looked at broadly or in ... nonprofits. The report, funded by  The  Philadelphia Foundation  and produced by management consulting firm  ... The Financial Health of Philadelphia Area Nonprofits .” New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia ...

Wells Fargo Appoints New Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Executive Director

Aisha Miller
Monday, January 14, 2019
... - January 14, 2019 –  Aishah Miller has been named the new Executive Director of The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation, a role she officially assumed at the end of last ... us as the Executive Director of the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation and CDC,” said Greater Philadelphia Region Bank ...
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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 grants to small grassroots ... said Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of The Douty Foundation. “As we begin our 51st year, our desire to ... September 16 th deadline.  Additional information on the new guidelines can be found here  or contact Jennifer Leith ...

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

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's what it's learned so far. ... of the process  on its website .  Wahl said the Barra staff got the green light from its board to explore projects ...

Patricia Kind Family Foundation announces Black-led Organization grant award winners

Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The Patricia Kind Family Foundation (PKFF) initiated a new grant cycle specifically for Black-led organizations in Philadelphia. The Foundation made a concerted effort to reach out and to ...

Chester County Community Foundation “Food for Thought” Board Trustee Edition Goes Digital This September

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, August 20, 2020
... August 20, 2020) : This fall, the Chester County Community Foundation is proud to invite nonprofit board and staff members “Back to School” to join Food For Thought: ... by Karen Simmons and Michael DeHaven CPA; “Corporate and Foundation Funding: Taking the Temperature as We Look ...

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
... net of fees.) L onger-term returns were mixed for the two foundation types: Private foundations reported an average ... ASSET ALLOCATION SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE Private and Community Foundation Allocations Differ Asset allocation changed little ... is outsourced also rose, reaching 88 percent of private foundation portfolios and 93 percent of community foundation ...

Glenmede’s Nina L. Cohen Appointed to Exponent Philanthropy Board of Directors

Nina L. Cohen
Thursday, October 11, 2018
... pleased to announce Nina L. Cohen, Director of Endowment & Foundation Advisory , has been appointed to the Exponent ... Services and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern New Jersey, where she previously served as president. She is ... only one dedicated to serving foundations with few or no staff, philanthropic families, and individual donors. Our ...

Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... schools, to health clinics, to arts venues. The Barra Foundation discovered a great onramp to local investing in a ...  is a $90-million foundation, with three full-time staff, that invests in the Greater Philadelphia region. At  ... grant can help orient investment decisionmakers to a new way of thinking about deploying financial resources. Some ...

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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family Foundation , and Elizabeth Killough, and the Untours ... and get practical advice.  Also having Board members and staff together “in the room” is critical.  The Executive ... determined. Our hope is that this group not only discovers new ways to support their mission, but identifies ...

Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Via Generocity  | By Julie Zeglen, Staff.    Nationally, the diversity of nonprofit boards ... make leadership reflect the people you're serving. Seybert Foundation Board of Directors When BoardSource’s most ... longtime board members to roll off and make room for new members. “No matter what your board’s diversity is, ...

Future-focused takeaways from the 2017 Philanthropy Network conference

Friday, November 3, 2017
By  Albert Hong  / STAFF via Generocity  What a year, huh? Last ... missions — our north star — while finding new and creative ways to work together in order to amplify ... Sidney Hargro, who became Philanthropy Network’s new ED this past July, kicked things off by asking conference ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First Hospital Foundation (now Philadelphia Health Partnership) Uncertainty, ... months, we have found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation (with $45 million in assets), how can we most ...

Hurricane Dorian: How to Help

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... inform your giving. News (9.9.19) The AmerisourceBergen Foundation Commits $75,000 to Support Communities Impacted by ... as Hurricane Dorian approaches North Carolina. The New York Times has published an article sharing multiple ways ... relief. Hurricane Dorian Relief Funds The  Miami Foundation  has a Hurricane Dorian relief page with a number ...

Donor Collaboration: How NPT Philanthropists are Working Together to Increase Impact

Donor Collaboration
Monday, October 21, 2019
... Fund” established at NPT by the  William Penn Foundation  (WPF), which has made a commitment of up to $100 ... mitigate debt for future generations, the Neubauer Family Foundation, together with the Pennsylvania Treasury ... with NPT to work with other donors to fund an innovative new program— Keystone Scholars —introduced by State ...

Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... Joe Pyle President, Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation Dr. Arthur C. Evans   steps down  Friday after ... is president of the  Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation @PyleJoe Read more about  The Public's Health . ...