Our Funders and Partners

Funders

Wharton Alumni William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Claneil Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation
Leon Lowenstein Foundation Trustees' Philanthropy Fund of Fidelity Charitable Campbell Soup Company Ford Foundation

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Partners

We partner with a range of organizations to get the best answers for donors, to make our content accessible and actionable, and to move the field of philanthropy to the next level. These include:

  • Researchers, nonprofit implementers, policy-makers, think-tanks, foundations
  • Individual donors, family foundations and family offices, philanthropic intermediaries such as philanthropic advisors, donor advised funds, wealth managers
  • Social impact initiatives

Specific examples of these partnerships include:

The Center is delighted to announce that we have been selected as a partner in the 100Kin10 coalition. 100Kin10 is a multi-sector,non-partisan mobilization that responds to the national imperative to prepare, deploy, and support 100,000 excellent STEM teachers over the coming 10 years. The mission of 100Kin10 is to reverse our country’s decades-long decline in STEM subjects, to ensure that all children have the basic STEM literacy to be full participants in our economy and democracy, and to enable our country’s students to address the most pressing national and global challenges. Read the press release.

Advisory groups and roles

Guidestar Board of Directors
Catalytic Women Advisory Board
Charity Navigator Advisory Panel
Money for Good (Guidestar/Hope Consulting) Advisory Council
Philanthropedia Expertise on Demand Steering Committee

Initiatives

Wharton Social Impact Initiative
Alliance for Effective Social Investing
Opportunity Collaboration
Social Impact Exchange (SIEX)/Growth Philanthropy Network
The Last Mile: How Can the Global Health Field Help Philanthropy Assess Its Work?
Charting Impact
Valuing Impact: Building an Association of Nonprofit Analysts
Investment in America Forum (IAF)

Our Work Distributed

Global Philanthropy Forum Annual Conference
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy National Conference
Social Capital Markets Conference
Independent Sector Conference
Center for Nonprofit Management 30th Anniversary

Our Work Mentioned and Published

Women's Health and the World's Cities, Ch. 14: Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health
Giving While Living: Atlantic Philanthropies
The Nonprofit Marketplace: Hewlett
The Guide to Intelligent Giving: Town & Country
Measuring the Value of Corporate Philanthropy: Terence Lim (CECP)
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Stephen Goldberg
The Difference: Jean Chatzky
Philadelphia Magazine
Knowledge@Wharton
Bloomberg News
MSNBC
The Philadelphia Inquirer
CBSNews