Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    CAPACITY BUILDING PROVIDING NONPROFITS WITH RESOURCES, THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND COHORTS, AND LEARNING FORUMS TO ENABLE THEM TO MANAGE A DISRUPTIVE EVENT, REFRAME THEIR THINKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT IMPACTS OPERATIONS, AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY.THE FUND HAS INTERACTED WITH OR CONVENED APPROXIMATELY 1,500 THOUGHT LEADERS WITHIN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR THROUGH THE GREATER PITTSBURGH NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP (GPNP), ACADEMY FOR CAUSE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP (ACCEL) LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2, EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE (EIR), MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANTS (MAGS), CATALYTIC COMMUNITY COHORTS (C3), PERFORMANCE IMPERATIVE AND LARGE AND SMALL AGENCY COHORTS. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS NEARLY HALF THE NUMBER OF CURRENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND OVER 25% OF THE TEN-COUNTY REGIONAL'S NONPROFIT SECTOR.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.3M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    THE FUND SITS AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN FUNDERS AND THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY. THE FUND'S WORK HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS TO BUILD A MORE SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATIONAL MODEL ANCHORED IN A NEARLY 40-YEAR HISTORY OF ADVANCING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR REGION. THE MISSION OF THE FUND FOCUSES ON BUILDING THE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AND IMPACT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS BOTH AS INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AS A UNIFIED COALITION OF LEADERS, FUNDERS AND ADVOCATES WORKING COLLABORATIVELY THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE FUND HAS ALIGNED ITS TRADITIONAL PROGRAMMING TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND TO IDENTIFY WHERE GAPS AND OVERLAPS OF SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS EXIST. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2020, TFF'S BOARD APPROVED A RACIAL JUSTICE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT INFORMS OUR PROGRAMMING TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. THIS FRAMEWORK INCLUDES INVESTING IN DIVERSE LEADERSHIP, INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF MINORITY-LED ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING SCENARIO PLANNING AND INCREASING COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THIS HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-RACISM INSTITUTIONAL COHORT (ARC) THAT IS BEING LAUNCHED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE FUTURE IN SOUSSE, TUNISIA. BY CO-DESIGNING SOLUTIONS, OUR GRANTMAKING HAS INCREASED OVER 400% AND FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED IN TFF, THE RESULT IS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF MORE THAN $7 OR APPROXIMATELY $28MIL WORTH OF CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCES IN THE TEN-COUNTY, SW PENNSYLVANIA REGION.SINCE THE ONSET OF COVID-19, TFF HAS HELD MORE THAN 1,100 VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH MORE THAN 14,000 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE REGION AND ACROSS THE STATE, NATION, AND GLOBE.FINALLY, AS A RESULT OF COVID-19, TFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL NONPROFIT SECTOR TO NOT ONLY HELP ORGANIZATIONS SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC BUT TO PREPARE FOR THE CHANGES THAT WILL LIKELY OCCUR INCLUDING CHANGES TO FUNDING CYCLES, PHILANTHROPIC PRIORITIES, AND AN INCREASE EMPHASIS ON COLLABORATION. THIS HAS LED TO THE LAUNCH OF VARIOUS LEARNING COHORTS WITH NONPROFITS ON TOPICS LIKE HUMAN RESOURCES, EQUITABLE ENTREPRENEURISM, FUNDRAISING AND ADVOCACY, AND SCENARIO PLANNING. TFF ALSO WORKED WITH A GROUP OF SKILLS PRACTITIONERS, EDUCATORS, DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS, AND PHILANTHROPISTS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT ON THE PANDEMIC ON RESILIENT BLACK, BROWN, AND LGBQTIA+ COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WORK WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PA SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND IS FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING CURRENT HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE INEQUITIES, EQUIPPING FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS WITH RESOURCES LIKE CONTACT TRACERS, AND SUPPORTING WORKFORCE AND SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENTS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT THE DISEASE.THE FUND NOW ALIGNS ALL SERVICES WITH THE SOCIAL DETERMINATES OF HEALTH AND UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS) TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE REGION. THIS NEW APPROACH TO SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT REQUIRES LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIP AND TOOLS AND ESTABLISHING SHARED GOALS. THE GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS BUT TO ENSURE THAT THE POPULATIONS SERVED BY ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT BENEFIT AS WELL. THE PREMISE IS THAT INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT ARE OFTEN TIMES DEALING WITH MORE THAN ONE ISSUE AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH IS NECESSARY THAT INVOLVES MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS.TFF'S WORK IS CENTERED AROUND MORE THAN TRANSACTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND APPROACHES; THE AIM IS TO FOSTER TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND TO OPTIMIZE HOW THE NONPROFIT ECOSYSTEM INTERACTS WITH FUNDERS, GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND OTHERS IN THE PITTSBURGH REGION. THE FORBES FUNDS IS EXPLORING CO-DESIGNED APPROACHES THAT ARE ITERATIVE AND AGILE, ESPECIALLY AS OUR SECTOR ADDRESSES THE REALITIES OF SCENARIO PLANNING - ECONOMIC STRESSES AND SHOCKS TO THE REGION THAT WILL PUT UNTOLD STRAIN ON SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $453.9K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    GREATER PITTSBURGH NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP (GPNP) - LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTH OF THE SECTOR TO INFORM POLICY, GIVE INPUT TO COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES, AND INCREASE THEIR PURCHASING POWER. BI-ANNUALLY GPNP ORGANIZES THE GREATER PITTSBURGH NON-PROFIT SUMMIT WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL NONPROFIT STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS PLUS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO DISCUSS VARIOUS TOPICS OF INTEREST FOR NONPROFITS THAT FOSTERS CAPACITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL INNOVATION.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $186.7K