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26Oct2017

Equity in Philanthropy Event

Thursday, October 26, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... that have been historically -and remain- underrepresented in grantmaking; Improving equity to promote justice, ... DiverseForce Sarah Martinez-Helfman:  President, Fels Fund & Board Member, Philanthropy Network Greater ... Click Here  to register.  Equity in Philanthropy Event ...
20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
... conversation to highlight the findings from the Impact Investing Landscape Scan , conducted and presented by Urbane ... about recommendations to move mission-aligned investing in Philadelphia from inspiration to activation.  Deborah ... of the  Boston Impact Initiative , an impact investing fund focused on economic justice, which means investing in ...

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
... learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in this country. The second was to use this information to ... with Black-led organizations (BLOs) and Black communities. In late 2015, BSCFN was birthed from a partnership between ...

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
... Study Show Foundations Adopting Responsible Investing Practices at Increasing Rate 2020-CCSF-cover.jpg ... Wilton, Conn. (August, 23, 2021) — Data gathered in the 2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of ... 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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... and better support their community. Mission-aligned investing pools resources from your local foundations to ... and grow racially equitable support.  Mission-aligned investing goes beyond grantmaking to align an ... change using a racial equity lens. This post (the first in a series) will outline Philanthropy Network’s goal, ...

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

Published: 
03/2017
... targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a “moral imperative,” they recommend at least a 25 percent increase in giving by the nation’s largest foundations over the next ... sustained, long-term investments to build infrastructure in seven key areas: Civic Engagement & Political Power ...

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019
... briefs designed to focus on elements of place-based impact investing that have surfaced in research and conversations with practitioners as ... deploying capital on the ground together through impact investing collaborations. Each brief presents the concept, ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018
In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through ... Grantmaking , we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making ...

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of ... endowment investments managed by investment firms based in the United States, amounting to $63.95 billion in invested ...

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving ... and solutions for advancing racial justice grantmaking in any philanthropic setting. Grantmaking with a Racial ...

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.

31Oct2019

2019 SPARX Conference

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing
Igniting the Power in Community October 31, 2019  |  7:30 AM - 3:00 PM  ... Penn's Landing 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM: SPARX Conference Check-in 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: SPARX Networking Breakfast 8:30 AM - ...

Talent Justice Toolkit

Published: 
06/2019
... both nonprofits and funders to increase their investments in talent justice at all stages of the nonprofit career lifecycle. In addition to this toolkit, Fund The People has also released a report that offers ... important findings on the challenges and opportunities of investing in intersectional racial equity in the U.S. ...
04Jun2020

The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?

Thursday, June 4, 2020
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... traumatic white supremacy over the lives of Black people in this country. What will it take for America to finally and ... Strategies Omar Woodard, Executive Director, GreenLight Fund Philadelphia Noelle Warford, Executive Director, Urban ... the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding (Stanford Social Innovation Review, 5/4/20) Petition to Congress: Emergency ...
18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... from both, the creative and the formulaic, to reach for innovation, build narratives, and make a social impact. She ... through completion. Jos holds a BBA with a concentration in Information Technology from Temple University’s Fox School of Business and an MFA in Media Communication Arts from the City College of New York ...
09Mar2020

Chat with an Expert #3: Daryn Dodson, Founder & Managing Director of Illumen Capital

Monday, March 9, 2020
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Webinar
... with an Expert,” an initiative of Walls Torres Group .  In partnership with Philanthropy Network’s Equity in ... lessons learned from his firm’s experience coaching fund managers on implicit racial and gender bias reduction, ... decisions.  For those of you interested in impact investing and/or the extent to which your financial portfolio ...
18Jun2020

32nd Annual Members' Meeting: Envisioning a Trust-Based Future for Philanthropy

Thursday, June 18, 2020
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual Convening
... Services Shanell Ransom , Program Officer, Samuel S. Fels Fund Nicole Kligerman , Director, Pennsylvania Domestic ... Alliance Now more than ever, it's critical that we invest in people and relationships as a means to driving a ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
... justice. Inspired by Sidney and Marcus’s conversation in July on white supremacy , this space is intentionally ... + create) a better future, ensuring we don’t settle for innovation as the future state but as an opportunity to ...
08Dec2020

2020 SPARX Conference

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 to Friday, December 11, 2020
Virtual Conference
... that participants exhibited throughout the four-day event. We look forward to building on the connections and ... started at SPARX 2020 to advance the movement in philanthropy to lead transformative, justice-oriented ... to think about ways we can each advance greater justice in our work, and make a personal and organizational ...

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