Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset
Monday, August 3, 2020
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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.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce first-round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients
Friday, May 21, 2021
The Fund awarded its first round of grants totaling $365,150 to 49 individuals and nonprofit organizations working to increase COVID-19 education, vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in their communities.
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.
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.
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.
Fellowship Industry Report
Published:
12/2020
In 2020, ProFellow, the leading online resource for information on professional and academic fellowships,partnered with IREX to produce the 2020 Fellowship Industry Report.
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.