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From Reaction to Action – Using all Resources to Inform Racially Equitable Corporate Philanthropy
The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report
The report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in Montgomery County, PA and explores eight major areas affecting the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; violence and safety; political participation; and women veterans.
Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer
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.
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
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.
Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
29th Annual Members' Meeting & Reception
JOIN US for Philanthropy Network's 29th Annual Members’ Meeting & Reception as we gather to celebrate the strength and diversity of our network, share updates about what’s new and notable in philanthropy in our region,
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
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.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
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.
Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Results of an online experiment suggest that underrepresentation of people of color in the realm of investing is not only a pipeline problem, and that funds led by people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as strong performers.
Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
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.
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses 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 communities.
Trauma-Informed Philanthropy, Volume Two
What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing
2017 Annual Capacity Building Conference
Southeastern Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
(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.










