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Reflections on the election and our purpose

And still hope rises
Thursday, November 7, 2024
... journey, we've spent valuable time with many of you—through conversations, surveys, strategy committee ... and more—exploring a core question: What is the Network's purpose?   Among the most resonant and consistent themes ... across our region and nation had a wide range of reactions to the results, we can all appreciate not only how divided ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... (November 2, 2020) – Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, elected officials, community leaders, and residents joined ... Chester Public Arts Commission (PAC), and Zukin Properties to unveil the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market Street in West Chester, P ...

Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not

Thursday, June 29, 2017
Via HuffPost  | by Elizabeth Killough , Director, Untours Foundation There’s a lot of judgment these days about your endowment. You use it only to grow more money when it could be doing that and much more. ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia ... Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our Bonds” at its ... Martinez, Lead Muralist. “This mural is a testament to community philanthropy,” Ramos said.  “We knew that ...

No Time for Complacency: Preparing Foundations for a More Turbulent Future

No Time for Complacency
Published: 
04/2019
Leaders in every sector are struggling to plan for a future in which social, digital, political and ... In this report, Paul J. H. Schoemaker and George S. Day, research faculty at the Wharton School of the ... Gill, Vice President of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, examine the ability of foundations to detect and ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... in ways that serve the greater good. Or, maybe it’s their belief that funding programs and supporting ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... One year ago, catalyzed by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s initial investment, Engage R+D and Equal Measure launched ... among funders and small/mid-sized evaluation firms to consider ways we could work together differently to deepen ...
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Chester County Funders Lunch & Learn

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
11:15am - 12:30pm
West Chester, PA
... us after the conclusion of the Chester County Community Foundation039;s  Nonprofit Resource Expo  for a funders-only lunch where ...

Changes to charitable deduction will hurt PA and NJ nonprofits

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
... would cause significant reductions in charitable giving to local nonprofits. Despite technically preserving the ... the world, contributing an estimated $390.1 billion to U.S. charities in 2016, according to Giving USA’s 2017 Report ... Pedro A. Ramos is president and CEO of  the Philadelphia Foundation.  president@philafound.org . The Inquirer’s ...