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30Jul2019

Montgomery County Funders Meeting

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
9:00am - 11:00am
Community Health Center

Our next Montgomery County Funder meeting is Tuesday, July 30th from 9am to 11am at the Community Health Center (on the Abington – Lansdale Hospital campus) at 51 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, PA! 

22Aug2019

Delaware County Funders Meeting

Thursday, August 22, 2019
8:00am - 10:30am
The Foundation for Delaware County

Please join us for the latest update on what's happening in Delaware County: new partnerships, pro bono consulting for nonprofits, Delco Arts Week, and more!

08Aug2019

Funder & Nonprofit Happy Hour *SOLD OUT*

Thursday, August 8, 2019
5:00pm - 7:00pm
World Cafe Live

Please join us for our Funders & Nonprofit Happy Hour on Thursday, August 8, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:00PM at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street)!

09Sep2019

Creative Ways to Support Capacity Building

Monday, September 9, 2019
10:00am - 2:00pm
Friends Center

Please join Philanthropy Network's Small Funders Group and PEAK Grantmaking Delaware Valley Regional Chapter for a workshop on effective grantmaking practices to support capacity building, including a focus on grantee reporting. Lunch will be provided, and there will be time for networking with peers.

19Sep2019

Increase the Success in Succession Planning: Preparing for Future Leadership

Thursday, September 19, 2019
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Panasonic Building

The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers is excited to invite Philanthropy Network foundation members to a CEO succession planning seminar – at no cost to Network members. This seminar will include discussions on challenges to CEO succession planning, how to incorporate diversity and inclusion into your search, and best practices for a smooth transition.

20Sep2019

Regional Foundation Center Workshop

Friday, September 20, 2019
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Montgomery County Community College Library

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Bucks-Mont Collaborative have partnered with The Regional Foundation Center (RFC) and Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) on a session

23Sep2019

Participatory Grantmaking Session

Monday, September 23, 2019
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Join us for a session on participatory grantmaking on September 23rd where attendees will explore the potential for creating a learning collaborative for regional funders currently engaged in participatory grantmaking.

Grants Management Professional Competency Model

Published: 
06/2019

This toolkit defines the professional knowledge, skills, and abilities expected of grants management professionals regardless of area of specialization, the size of your organization or role within the field. By identifying both the functional responsibilities and the knowledge needed for success in every area of grants management, the competencies provide a comprehensive look at the profession. This model offers everyone working in grants management a pathway to professional success.

Talent Justice Toolkit

Published: 
06/2019

This toolkit presents easy-to-use resources to help nonprofits and funders take action to advance talent justice. The tools can be used by both nonprofits and funders to increase their investments in talent justice at all stages of the nonprofit career lifecycle.

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019

Seeking ways to maximize the social and economic returns of their place-based impact investments, foundations, CDFIs, private investors, and others are turning to collaboration.

Benchmarking Survey: Electronic Payments to Grantees

Published: 
04/2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to remote work has presented numerous challenges for nonprofits and foundations alike. With most grantees working off-site, foundations need to consider the most effective and cost-efficient way to get funds to them beyond mailing checks. This resource includes the results of a Philanthropy Network benchmarking survey of e-payment practices in relation to grantmaking and two discussion threads found on PEAK Grantmaking's Open Forum.

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.

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.

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.

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020

For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about identifying high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from the general lack of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations.

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

Published: 
11/2019

In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.

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.

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice

Published: 
10/2018

An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.

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