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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 ...
13Jul2017

NCFP Webinar- Mission Investing: Resources and Advice for Family Philanthropy

Thursday, July 13, 2017
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Webinar
... username and password is required to register for this event. Contact Theresa Jackson at ...
29Jan2019

Mission-Aligned Investing Meeting: What to Expect During a Pitch Meeting

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
9:00am - 11:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Join us for an interactive conversation on questions you may want to ask as a mission-aligned investor!

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

Evolving ideas
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 ...
29Mar2017

Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 3 Investing in Change: Foundation Support for Lobbying and Other Advocacy

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Webinar

Philanthropy professionals in Pennsylvania understand how state policy affects the nonprofit sector, and many have a history of engaging and educating state policymakers.   Even given private foundations’ constraints on lobbying, there are numerou

22Nov2019

Mission-Aligned Investing Meeting

Friday, November 22, 2019
11:00am - 12:30pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... to discuss the importance of knowing how a foundation's investments reflect their values and can ultimately further ... and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. Objectives (1) Follow-up on conversation started at the SPARX meeting on ... Discover a way to find out more about your investments (4) Preview of the Mission Aligned Investing Cohort CLICK HERE ...
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.

17May2018

NCFP Webinar: Family Philanthropy Services: Making the Case, Measuring the Impact

Thursday, May 17, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
... Offering these family philanthropy services requires investments in staff capacity, organizational culture, ... community foundations made the internal case for those investments? How have they made the case to professional ... username and password is required to register for this event. Contact Theresa Jackson if you need assistance.   ...
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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.

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