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ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
ComNet19.png By Karen Race Forty years ago or so, Frank Karel ... to take a step deeper into the experience by signing on as a Community Ambassador. As one of 49 Ambassadors, I was ... of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators ...
12Feb2019

Equity in Action: Building Social Capital

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Esperanza Arts Center
North Philadelphia is seeing a rejuvenation in its Arts and Culture scene with the recent ... new Arts Center as we hear from funders and nonprofits on: the inequities of arts funding and how to address it ... to follow. Click here to register! Equity in Action: Building Social Capital ...

Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... from Honolulu to Providence, R.I. — working across a range of fields, including social policy, community ... and more. Dwayne is a former Peace Corps volunteer, serves on the boards of  The Kynett Foundation ,  Philanthropy ... have been expanded, because the Foundation knows that building a Culture of Health requires all of us in every ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... Following the launch of the Black Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil ... own work in the community and from the data that there’s a need for this kind of support. Black-led nonprofits have ... grants will fund general operating support and capacity building. The applications will be considered on a rolling ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... provide selected nonprofits with operational and capacity-building support to enable strong leadership, resilient ... invest in their resilience and leadership,” said Pedro A. Ramos, President and CEO, Philadelphia Foundation. “The ... Differ from White-led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organization in Philadelphia ...

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the ... justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices ... work into more ambitious territory that includes power building and structural transformation. Through reflections ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
... (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the ... largest foundations is specifically targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a ... foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure for Black-led social ...

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 ... two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black social change ...

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

Published: 
11/2019
... for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people ... orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity ... in aggregate form. The results of the DAPP Survey revealed a clear divide in the sector between foundations with a ...

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 ... philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally ...

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about ... its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector ...
16Feb2017

Arts and Culture Funders Roundtable: DEI in the Regional Arts and Culture Sector

Thursday, February 16, 2017
8:45am - 11:30am
Philadelphia, PA
... Roundtable that will help members to explore and gain a shared understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the regional arts and culture community.
16Jul2020

Philanthropy’s Imperative: How to Discuss White Supremacy with Staff, Boards, and Nonprofit Partners

Thursday, July 16, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
Staying silent is not an option. Join us for a conversation to discuss ways funders can begin discussions ... and CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) on July 16th from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. This event is supported by: ...  (Philanthropy Network, 6/4/20) Session recording:  Community-led Philanthropy during Crisis: How Giving Circles ...
22Sep2021

Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
Setting the Table is a webinar series inviting guests to the proverbial table to ... speakers will explore the impact of systemic inequity on people and communities and envision a more just and ... the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network focused on building a diverse and powerful social sector; and the ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of ... my work as a storyteller and cultural producer existed on the fringes of news. In fact, for many years, my work as a ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ...

Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
... over the past two years, our leadership team has reflected on the foundation’s past, its mission and on its future. ... has been: Should the foundation continue in perpetuity as a private foundation or can our modest assets join with ... to the greatest extent possible in this moment and to building a more robust, collective, aligned bank of resources ...

Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
... Board of Directors When BoardSource’s most recent report on the state of America’s nonprofits came out with the news ... surprised. The  Urban Affairs Coalition  CEO spends a lot of her time thinking about the issue of board and ... this spring because CCPF’s goals in positive community-building through education matched those of the church. “I ...

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