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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.
29th Annual Members' Meeting & Reception
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.
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.
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
2017 Annual Capacity Building Conference
Essentials for Effective Philanthropy - Overview: Greater Philadelphia Grantmaking Landscape
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation #1 (4.9.18)
Census Update from the Bauman Foundation (1):
Citizenship Question
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Intro to Mission Aligned Investing for Small Funders
The joint Small Funders Community of Practice and Mission Aligned Funders Working Group session will offer an introduction to Mission Aligned Investing (MAI) and a discussion about the unique opportunities and challenges of MAI for small funders.
Chester County Funders COVID-19 Meeting
SPARX Conference
More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census
More than 300 national, state and local philanthropies across 38 states and District of Columbia join in calling on the Trump administration to withdraw a citizenship question from the 2020 census.
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.
Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations
Developed in partnership with United Philanthropy Forum and Northern California Grantmakers, this guide shares seven practices and 12 tools for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations who seek effective ways to mobilize resources to sustain their organization’s work.
Libraries Under Attack- How Funders Can Help Defy Bans and Discrimination
Hear from public librarians about the role their libraries play in their changing communities and the implications of being caught in the crosshairs of the culture wars, and what private funders can do to support these critical institutions as they cope with unprecedented threats.
34th Annual Members' Meeting
Network members are invited to join friends and colleagues online on Thursday, March 31st for the 34th Annual Members' Meeting.