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 ...
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Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Published:
04/2018
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation (1): Citizenship Question On March 26, Commerce Secretary ... administration, respectively, explain the issues in this op-ed and why adding the question is a problem.
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 five years, with emphasis on strengthening the ...
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.
Philadelphia Impact Investment Landscape Scan
Published:
05/2019
In July 2018, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia engaged Urbane Development through a grant from The Barra Foundation to assess the impact investing ecosystem in the Philadelphia area. Through a series of interviews, ...
How to think about power (especially if you have some)
Published:
02/2019
In this case study of the Chorus Foundation, Farhad Ebrahimi ...
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #3 (5.1.18)
Published:
05/2018
... to oppose the citizenship question will cost around $2 million with around $500,000 being needed quickly. I’m ... 2020. I have learned since engaging on the census issues over the past couple of years that it takes a team effort, ...
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.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
Published:
06/2019
(Executive Summary) A group of local hospitals and health systems convened to develop this first-ever Southeastern PA (SEP) Regional CHNA with specific focus on Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography
Published:
07/2019
How has place-based family philanthropy evolved over time? Rather than look first to comparing the ... place are sustaining (or not sustaining) that commitment over generations. Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family ...
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.
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Published:
05/2019
... Dodson IV, and Jennifer L. Eberhardt Summary: Of the $69.1 trillion global financial assets under management across ... hedge funds, real estate, and private equity, fewer than 1.3% are managed by women and people of color. Why is this ... asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of funds led by people of color, and, if ...
Advancing Frontline Employees of Color
Published:
01/2020
... changing due to automation. Approximately nine million of the country’s 24 million frontline employees—entry-level employees who ... expectations for companies to embrace a more active role in society and lead with an ambitious corporate purpose, ...
Evidence on the Financial Performance of Impact Investments
Published:
11/2017
... performance of impact investments. The report evaluates over a dozen studies—produced by a wide range of ... the financial performance of investments in three common asset classes in impact investing: private equity, private debt, and real ...
Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations
Published:
04/2019
With more than 30,000 new private foundations established in the U.S. in the past 20 years, it is vital that early-stage ... growth, in the past 20 years and that hold at least $350 million in assets. Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have ...
"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding
Published:
12/2017
... for arts & culture, served on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, and was the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on ... and build alternatives to systemic racism and capitalism, in the memory of our ancestors, for the benefit of black ... that are "building power by engaging community in planning and strategy," and works with primarily white-led ...
2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report
Published:
11/2019
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized ...