On May 27. 2015, GPNP held its Annual State Budget Briefing with Budget Secretary Randy Albright, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny), Representative Brian Ellis (R-Butler), Hillman Family Foundations President David Roger, and Forbes Funds President Kate Dewey.

The Forbes Funds recently convened approximately 150 nonprofits leaders to participate in sessions designed to examine their process of service delivery: the joys of this work and the pain points that get in their way.

The design team Truefit led these participants through a series of activities to learn why they do what they do and how creative technological innovation could help them provide services better.

Check out Kate's latest piece in Smart Business magazine as she explains the 4 questions to ask yourself before committing to serve on a board:

If the fit is right: Four questions prospecitve board members should ask themselves

What’s in a word? Everything.  Words matter.  And, today we celebrate!

In July of 2011, GPNP and the Campaign for What Works (C4WW) learned this lesson the hard way. After campaigning together to restore half of the $168 million in human service cuts, we were told how lucky we were to get half since no politician wants to fund “welfare.” That was our epiphany — making sure a nursing home eligible poor widow who worked all her life in the school cafeteria now needing long term care is NOT welfare.

Kate Dewey, President of The Forbes Funds, will have a quarterly feature in Smart Business Pittsurgh magazine over the next year!

Check out Kate's advice to the business world in her first article: "Are you neglecting a huge opportunity in the nonprofit market?"