Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Communications and member serviceswe continue to find new ways to stay engaged with our members and through various communications tools, sustained full membership outreach and opportunities for feedback, collaboration and support. Leveraging previous surveys regarding expectations and needs from our membership as a philanthropy serving organization. We were able to better understand our members' priorities and emerging trends in the funder community. We incorporated these learnings into our programing and overall engagement strategy.engagement with the united philanthropy forum in an effort to learn from national community of philanthropy serving organizations and leverage best practices in an effort to align with national practices and in support of philanthropy in our region.

Philanthropy network staff and leadership worked to raise the organization's profile and enhance awareness about the philanthropic sector through speaking engagements and other outreach and interaction with regional nonprofit and community organizations and civic leaders and by representing philanthropy in the media. There were also opportunities for staff to share their knowledge and experience with partner groups, with staff members invited to speak at both the annual candid convene (that organization's yearly all-staff gathering) and the leading philanthropy conference.

Made to measure- after receiving a 2-year grant from the bill & melinda gates foundation, philanthropy network successfully developed a pilot platform designed to test and explore the question of whether and how digital tools might engage and influence high-capacity giving, including both the quantity and the quality of that giving. Staff worked with platform development partner capshift, and the online tool was launched in september 2022. By the end of year, it was being tested by a group of 10 pn member organizations. These early adopters supplied over 200 grantee opportunities for the platform, while also participating in guided user experience modules and providing feedback on both the functionality and underlying concept of the platform via surveys and one-on-one interviews. A full launch to the entire philanthropy network membership is planned for 2023.