Introducing Pennsylvania Foundation Stats

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Who’s on the Webinar Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Jenny Nielsen, Director of Programming Barb Taylor, Executive Director Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Kurt Bauman, Executive Director Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers Sidney Hargro, Executive Director Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Davis Parchment, Manager, Knowledge Services Foundation Center Who’s on the Webinar

The PA Foundation Stats Partnership Philanthropy Serving Organizations: Networks that strive to strengthen, advance, lead, inform and support the philanthropy sector

Our Mission Strengthen the social sector by advancing knowledge about philanthropy in the U.S. and around the world.

Our history “The foundation should have glass pockets” Russell Leffingwell, Chair of the Board, Carnegie Corporation Larry --- history commonality in context of closing space and our history

DATA IS STILL BEING COLLECTED 2015 2016 2017 DATA IS STILL BEING COLLECTED

Pennsylvania Foundation Stats

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER Assume EVERYTHING will be published Protect Personal Information Avoid Acronyms Avoid Foundation Speak Specify Paid/Authorized Focus on grant descriptions SHARE AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE!

What grant details to share? Encouraged Required Recipient name Recipient city Recipient state Grant description Fiscal year Grant amount Transaction ID Recipient address Recipient postal code Recipient EIN Grant program area Subject(s) Population(s) served Geographic area served Grant duration or grant start/end dates

A GOOD GRANT DESCRIPTION Anatomy: WHAT: What is the primary objective of the grant? HOW: How will the objectives of the grant be achieved? WHO: Which group or groups are meant to benefit from the grant? WHERE: What geographic location(s) is the grant meant to serve? @fdncenter #map4good

Grant Descriptions http://blog.glasspockets.org/open-990-series/ “I have found making this journey is worth it. Because, after all, behind every grant lies a story waiting to be told and a community waiting to hear it. So, let’s get our stories straight!” Detailed grant descriptions go a long way in allowing us to classify your information properly and better tell the story of your work. Gretchen Schackel, Grants Manager at the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, offers helpful tips to address the pain points of writing grant descriptions in her TransparencyTalk blog post: “No Pain, No Gain: The Reality of Improving Grant Descriptions.” Her conclusion: “I have found making this journey is worth it. Because, after all, behind every grant lies a story waiting to be told and a community waiting to hear it. So, let’s get our stories straight!” http://blog.glasspockets.org/open-990-series/

Q & A Kurt Bauman, Executive Director kbauman@nepa-alliance.org Jenny Nielsen, Director of Programming JNielsen@gwpa.org Barb Taylor, Executive Director Btaylor@gwpa.org Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Kurt Bauman, Executive Director kbauman@nepa-alliance.org Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers Sidney Hargro, Executive Director sidney@philanthropynetwork.org Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Davis Parchment, Manager, Knowledge Services cdp@foundationcenter.org Foundation Center Q & A