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Three pieces from The Forward that were referenced during a recent meeting.
The annual Council on Foundations-Commonfund investment report for private and community foundations is now available.
Program Resources: Smart Grant Reporting on May 4, 2022
Low levels of diversity in the senior ranks of foundations have proven to be a stubborn challenge for the field of philanthropy. A report by Forward Change takes an important step toward a deeper understanding of the career pathways of professionals of color in philanthropy—how they enter foundations, how they advance across their careers, and what factors affect their advancement within the sector.
On June 20, GWP members heard from Michelle Figlar, executive director of Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children, and Betty Lisowski, executive director of Riverview Children's
In this Forbes blog post, John Lechleiter (CEO of Eli Lilly and Company) traces the evolution of philanthropy from conventional giving to the expanded concept of creating shared value. As he point
As recently reported in the Post-Gazette, Colcom Foundation has focused its national grantmaking on the environmental consequences of immigration over the past two decades.
Whatever your company’s objectives for its giving and CSR initiatives, chances are that investing in children and youth – the employees of tomorrow – is among them.
In the final session in Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Dr. Gail Christopher discussed the role of philanthropy in addressing racism and racial inequity.
In the third session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, focused on implicit bias.
In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), James Bell, founder and executive director of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, focused on mass incarceration.
In the fifth session in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, discussed the experience of nonblack racial minorities in America, the implications of demographic change, and the urgent need to invest in equity.