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Financing Dreams: CDFI 101
More than one in four households in Greenville County have zero or negative net worth. Almost 20% of households are underbanked (using pawn shops, payday loans, or non-bank money orders to get by). It would take 228 years for black families to accumulate the same amount of wealth as whites. If our community is serious about promoting economic mobility, addressing this wealth disparity is fundamental.
Major Gifts
All nonprofits are interested in boosting their success in fundraising to bring more revenues in for the work that they do. But not enough nonprofits strategize around truly transformational gifts
Annual Giving
Many local nonprofits indicate that they do not conduct an annual giving campaign or a concerted major gifts effort. If they do work on annual giving, it usually takes the
Local Impact Investing
Private foundations are required to spend at least 5% of the average market value of their net investment assets on charitable purposes. Foundations then invest the remaining 95% in ways that will maximize returns to enable them to award more grants in the years to come.
OnTrack Greenville expands in year four!
August 2018 began the fourth academic year of OnTrack Greenville (OTG), the broad collaborative to boost middle grade success at Berea, Lakeview, and Tanglewood Middle Schools and Greenville Early College.
GPP and NPA members celebrate the holiday season
Members of the Greenville Partnership for Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Alliance gathered on December 11th at the Warehouse Theatre to toast the holidays and each other. Dawn Dowden (Homes of
Opportunity Zones and what they mean for Greenville County
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 included a provision for Opportunity Zones, which are a new community development program to encourage long-term private investments in select low income
Inclusive Grantmaking
Neuroscientist Dr. Steve L. Robbins believes that our responses to encounters with difference can best be explained by the way our brains are wired. Our ancient ancestors survived by quickly
Successful reentry after incarceration
Jerry Blassingame’s story is now familiar to many people working in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector in Greenville County. He was studying to get his architecture degree from Greenville Tech
Growth in Greenville County
There’s no doubt that Greenville County, South Carolina is growing rapidly. Last year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the city of Greenville is the fourth fastest growing city in
GPP – History and Progress, 2014 – 2018
Background In the spring of 2013, several dozen community leaders from business, nonprofits, neighborhood associations, government, education, and philanthropy gathered to consider the successes of Greenville county’s past and discuss
We Got a Beer and Undid Nonprofit Power Dynamics (GBUNPD)
On June 21 (summer solstice), GPP members and nonprofit staff got together with no agenda other than having a beer and building relationships. Following the guidance of Vu Lee, author
