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At SPARX 2019, Liz Dozier talked about her journey from a troubled Chicago school to social-impact investing and shared lessons for social justice-minded do-gooders on what worked and what didn’t.
To date, Chester County-based funders have awarded over $1.5 million in immediate grants to Chester County based nonprofit organizations.
Developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia with support from William Penn and Lenfest Foundations, the dashboard is one of the first efforts to collect grants data from numerous pooled giving funds and share it publicly, mapped against demographic and economic data.
With new data about the financial health of Greater Philadelphia nonprofits combined with troubling trends due to COVID-19, it's clear that collaboration will be a vital strategy for both nonprofits and funders if the sector is to continue to provide essential services and stimulate innovation that advances social purpose.
Four additional organizations to receive more than $2.5 million in funding; additional grant awards to be announced in the coming weeks.
OACCE announced 934 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises will receive funding.
Recipients include artists and practitioners working in disciplines such as performance, film,
visual arts, literature, and community-based art forms.
Sherella Williams, Office and Grants Manager for Independence Public Media Foundation, shares her recent experience choosing a grants management system for her foundation and offers advice for other funders considering their GMS options.
In response to profound changes in recent years, area funders sought a conversation with nonprofit leaders about how best to support them in evolving their practices and strengthening their 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.
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.
The City of Philadelphia and PIDC announced the COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund, a more-than-$9 million grant and loan program designed to support Philadelphia small businesses, help maintain payroll obligations, and preserve jobs impacted by the spread of the virus.
With this latest round of funding, more than $13 million has been deployed in eight weeks to nearly 400 regional nonprofits addressing critical community needs.
The City of Philadelphia and the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation announced the launch of the Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund, which will implement a community-driven grantmaking process that focuses on geographic areas most impacted by the overdose crisis in Philadelphia.
114 music organizations in Greater Philadelphia will receive $1,128,500 in new single- and multi-year general operating support grants.
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.
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 that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.
While 99% of respondents to the Global Impact Investing Network‘s annual survey have historically said that they achieved their intended impact performance, the events of last year have shown that there is more work to be done and new, higher goals to be set.