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Philanthropy Day of Action Resources
United Philanthropy Forum's Philanthropy Day of Action Resources page includes important links, social media graphics, logos, and other resources for member-PSOs to use in promoting the October 4th Day of Action for the Charitable Act to their foundation members. It also includes graphics for advocating on the Day of Action to post online and ask Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Charitable Act, or thank them for their support.
Member Recruitment Letters and Other Tools
A collection of sample member recruitment letters and other tools.
Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust
Join us for a conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the United States Military Academy, West Point about understanding, preventing, and responding to extremism, and empowering individuals, communities and organizations as they chart new paths forward.
State and Local Budgets - the Next COVID-19 Battlefront
Foundations on the Hill: Leave Behind Policy Packets
Sample handouts and leave behind packets developed for Foundations on the Hill.
Giving Studies
The following Giving Studies were produced by regional associations to report on organized giving in their service areas, identify and understand the impact and matters of philanthropy, and provide a broad picture of a region's private charitable resources.
Conference Agendas and Brochures
Explore brochures and agendas from past conferences and annual meetings.
New Releases Roundup: May 2019
Check out the latest releases from around the nonprofit sector featuring items from Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group, Candid, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Fund for Shared Insight, Maine Philanthropy Center, Media Impact Funders, Peace and Security Funders Group, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity, Race to Lead, The Foundation Review, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Funders Together Virtual Training: Understanding Power
Housing Rights for Survivors: How Public Policy Can Address Housing Instability for Domestic and Sexual Assault Survivors Webinar
Funding Black Prosperity: How Foundations can Support Black Businesses and Strengthen Black Communities
Leading By Example
Latest Releases from the Field- Early February 2017
2016 Forum Annual Conference
The Forum’s 2016 Annual Conference, #ForumCon16, will be the nation’s largest gathering of the CEOs and staffs of philanthropy-serving organizations in the field. The conference will bring together—for the first time—the leadership and staff of all organizations serving the nation’s philanthropic sector, including regional philanthropy-serving organizations (i.e. regional philanthropy associations) as well as national philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs), primarily issue-based, identity-based and practice-based national affinity groups.
Grantmaker Education
A template to help you get started creating your own logic model. As you fill in the logic model template, start by filling in the “problem” that the program addresses and the goal that the program has set relative to that problem, as well as corresponding sub-problems and sub-goals. Next, note any resources that are available to the program. Work from right to-left to fill in long-term outcomes, short-term outcomes, output measures, and finally program activities.
About Us
United Philanthropy Forum connects a diverse network of more than 90 regional and national philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) to lead change and increase impact in philanthropy. We are the largest network serving philanthropy in America.
Knowledge Management Collaborative
Over the past decade, United Philanthropy Forum has been leading a Knowledge Management Collaborative powered by an integrated Drupal-Salesforce technology platform. Over 30 national and regional philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) around the country and the Forum work closely together in a thriving peer support and learning community. By deploying cutting edge technologies and collective purchasing power, we build/support robust and responsive association websites that are fully integrated with Salesforce-powered membership databases.
Tribal Leaders Speak: The State of Indian Education, 2010
Report generated by the U.S. Department of Education following six official consultations with tribal leaders and American Indian educators across the country in 2010.
Communicating the Value of Membership
Many philanthropy-serving organizations create value of membership documents or value proposition statements to help showcase what organizations will get out of becoming a member of that PSOs. The techniques and tactics vary across the network.