Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation
Glenmede's Laura LaRosa talks about gender-focused investing strategies to support women and promote gender equality.
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Glenmede's Laura LaRosa talks about gender-focused investing strategies to support women and promote gender equality.
At its first quarterly book club event, members of EPIP Philly discussed "Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance" by Edgar Villanueva.
For foundations not sure how to get started with impact or mission-aligned investing, a first step is to look for opportunities in their own backyard by investing in CDFIs and supporting a local social enterprise.
Donor collaboratives are being used to fund creative solutions to some of today’s most complex social problems.
The City of Philadelphia in partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund announce grants of $15,000 to 30 grassroots organizations and community groups.
"We don’t see ourselves as any kind of public health organization; we’re just doing what needs to get done to serve our communities the most."
In this post, we share reflections on what we heard from members at our annual meeting in March 2022 and steps we are taking to move us forward on the path toward our aspirational North Star.
As one of eight funders who partnered to deliver a half-day workshop for their grantees, Diana Doherty shares valuable lessons about the challenges and benefits of funder collaboration.
Creating a pooled fund of flexible capital could help resuscitate our arts ecosystem and build a more sustainable future for the arts and cultural sector post-COVID-19.
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.
A new study from BoardSource found board diversity hasn't improved in the past two decades, but two local foundations - Seybert and Leeway - are taking steps to make their boards more representative of those they serve.
With the deep and ever-widening economic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 crisis, it's time we come together to invest in strategies and policies that decrease and eventually eliminate the gender and racial wealth gap.
Last week I sent you an email providing a factsheet about the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a summary of a funder briefing on the topic, and additional related materials.
What philanthropy needs is not a new framework, but a new endgame, racial liberation, which requires an intentional and laser-like focus on breaking systems of oppression that are based in white supremacist culture.
In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking, we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making power to the very communities impacted by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models of participatory grantmaking.
While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform show promise, they also often face challenges. This series of case studies found that that collaborations required "a credible and compelling rationale" as well as committed local advocates.
This new comprehensive research primer from Aspen Institute EPIC draws on extensive review of the research literature, engagement with more than 100 experts, and analysis of federal survey data.
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.
Echoing Green and Bridgespan teamed up to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding.