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22Sep2021

Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
NOTE: Philanthropy Network members who would like to sign-up for this event on/after September 21st, please ... for small, women and minority owned entities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has developed several new businesses ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... 2019) Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the Walls ... Network Greater Philadelphia convenes and connects the funders as catalysts for positive action, innovation, and ... forum for learning and collaboration. The Network brings funders together with community partners and leaders to spark ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and to preserve and highlight the region’s unique ...

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the ... of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among ... by investment firms based in the United States, amounting to $63.95 billion in invested assets (“Analyzed AUM”). ...
12Oct2018

2018 EQUITY Symposium: Laying the Foundation for Racial Equity in Grantmaking

Friday, October 12, 2018
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Asian Arts Initiative
... event is open to Philanthropy Network members, non-member funders, and invited guests of Philanthropy Network. CLICK ... well-being organization. He also serves on the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers Racial Equity Working ... of the University of Akron (OH). He especially enjoys connecting people. Anthony Simmons  serves as the Manager ...

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

Published: 
10/2018
... evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more ... of current day philanthropic endeavors. What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice ...

Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for Grantmaking , to give us some insights about how and why the fund was ... Black-led organizations are unique and pressing. The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on a range of systemic ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... an online experiment with actual asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of ... so, how these biases manifest. We asked asset allocators to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a ... people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational culture.  These ... participation in six hours of capacity-building coaching to advance their understanding of systemic inequities.  In ... the understanding and investment by these Chester County funders: Chester County Community Foundation, The Fund for ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... Foundation (IPMF), announces grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital ... led by underrepresented communities and with a commitment to justice. IPMF collaborated with the HealthSpark Foundation ... and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund to award $2.3 million to 47 organizations through its ...
15Mar2019

Race, Class, AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, March 15, 2019
10:30am - 2:00pm
Friends Center, Rufus Jones Room
As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable philanthropic sector, Philanthropy ... book is titled, “Gender Norms & Intersectionality: Connecting Race, Class & Gender.” Join this interactive, ... race, class, and gender to improve equity and efficacy for funders and grantees. Concrete suggestions for doing race- ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... Equity Institute , a series of learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize and mitigate the deeply rooted inequities ... the understanding and investment by these Chester County funders: CCCF Grantmaking Fund for Chester County Social ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... PA, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers invite funders and practitioners to join us on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:15 PM to ... public-school students — lacked adequate funding in 2018-19, with a shortfall of at least $4.6 billion. The state’s ...

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 ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit organizations serving Black ... Facebook, which selected Philadelphia Foundation as its regional partner in the company’s $20 million “Supporting ... nonprofits with operational and capacity-building support to enable strong leadership, resilient operations and ...

FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens

2022 Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Network and PNY Members only is specifically designed to bring together trust-based philanthropy principles with ... this exciting new partnership, members have reached out to learn more as they decide whether it’s right for them. To help share this information across the network, we put ...
25May2022

Centering Equity in Financial Due Diligence - Session 1

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... served as an essential component of grantmaking in which funders seek to understand and mitigate risk in their investments.  When ... due diligence as a means to exclude organizations, many funders are adapting their approach with an eye to lessening ...

With $16 million gift, gay causes get a big boost

Friday, October 20, 2017
... When he was in his mid-20s, Mel Heifetz made a pledge to himself that if he ever became successful, he would give ... be the gay community. Successful he was, and now, about to turn 82, the Center City real estate investor is ... On Friday, Heifetz announced that he has gifted them to the Philadelphia Foundation , which will in turn sell them ...
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14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... Network Greater Philadelphia's next Arts & Culture Funders Group session on Tuesday, May 14th, 1:00-3:00 PM, at ...

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