Self-Dealing: A Concise Guide For Foundation Board and Staff
An overview on the self-dealing law, including definitions, common problem areas, exceptions, penalties, and resources. Self-Dealing: A Concise Guide For Foundation Board and Staff ...
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Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
Published:
01/2020
(209 pages, PDF) While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform ... All Hands Raised (Multnomah County, Oregon) — and found that they helped bring together local partners despite ...
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
Published:
03/2017
... The case statement, co-authored by ABFE President and CEO Susan Taylor Batten and Hill-Snowdon Executive Director Nat Chioke Williams, indicates that less than 2 percent of funding by the nation’s largest ... targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a “moral imperative,” they ...
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
... conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... these regions? How are institutional philanthropic funds that go to Black-led organizations being used? Who are some ...
2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report
Published:
11/2019
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board ... in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual ... a clear divide in the sector between foundations with a social justice focus and those with another focus. To that ...
Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations
Developed in partnership with United Philanthropy Forum and Northern ...
Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table
Published:
06/2020
... teamed up to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding. Their work revealed two of the ... holding back philanthropy’s efforts to help advance social change are rooted in race. One is understanding the role of race in the ...
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 ... who want to drive their work into more ambitious territory that includes power building and structural transformation. ... and solutions for advancing racial justice grantmaking in any philanthropic setting. Grantmaking with a Racial ...
Fellowship Industry Report
Published:
12/2020
In 2020, ProFellow, the leading online resource for ... Industry Report with the aim of creating a report that was reflective of the industry’s current status, needs ...
Pensions & Investments: It's racial bias, not merely an issue of access
Published:
08/2019
By DANIELLE WALKER | New research pokes holes in the theory that the lack of diversity in asset management ... of access or outreach to minority talent in the field, and that Black fund managers must overcome racial bias to win ...
The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report
Published:
04/2019
... study, conducted by the West Chester University Center for Social and Economic Policy Research, to provide a valuable tool for individuals and organizations interested in improving the well-being of women in Montgomery County. The report is an in-depth baseline ...
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 ...
Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer
Published:
01/2020
One in three US households—nearly 100 million people—struggle with housing costs that jeopardize their financial security. The problem is ...
Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies
Anchor institutions can play a vital role in strengthening and connecting local economies, and can ... and refine their strategies for working with anchors. In each of the profiled communities—Albuquerque, Baltimore, ... roles to embrace their roles as conveners and leaders in their communities. Anchored in Place: How Funders Are ...
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
... the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local ... the work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have joined to form place-based networks, or anchor ...
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Published:
04/2018
... administration, respectively, explain the issues in this op-ed and why adding the question is a problem. Over ... next few weeks we will be sending you three or four emails that contain important information about the next steps on ...
How to think about power (especially if you have some)
Published:
02/2019
In this case study of the Chorus Foundation, Farhad Ebrahimi ...
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 aligned with the values and intentions of ...
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 performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from ... 50% of the $8.62 billion is invested with firms that are both women- and minority-owned; thus, the sum of the ...
Keystone Policy Series: Census 2020 (4.11.19)
Published:
04/2019
An update for Pennsylvania funders on national, statewide and local activities currently being undertaken – and where philanthropy can continue to play a role – to ensure a fair and accurate census count.