Values, Guiding
Principles and Best Practices for DVG Members
DVG’s Board of Directors
officially adopted the organization’s
Statement
of Values, Guiding Principles and Best Practices
for DVG Members (PDF) in September 2004.
Establishing these principles demonstrates DVG’s
commitment to sustaining the public trust by promoting
the highest standards of accountability, transparency,
and governance for grantmakers in our region.
DVG has already incorporated many of the tenets
of this statement into its programming and communications,
and will continue to provide members with ongoing
education and information about sound approaches
and best practices for effective and responsible
philanthropy.
This statement is meant to be used as a guideline
for grantmakers to benchmark their own activities
in developing principles and practices for their
own grantmaking.
As of February 2008, these DVG members have
signed on to the statement:
• 1675 Foundation
• Dexter F. and Dorothy
H. Baker Foundation
• Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation
• Eleanore Bennett Charitable Trust
• Brandywine Health Foundation
• James H. Bryson Fund
• Campbell-Oxholm Foundation
• Capmark Financial Group
• Carlisle Area Health & Wellness Foundation
• Cervelli Charitable Trust
• Chester County Community Foundation
• Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation
• Claneil Foundation Inc.
• Connelly Foundation
• Emergency Aid of PA Foundation
• Samuel S. Fels Fund
• Ferree Foundation
• Genuardi Family Foundation
• The HBE Foundation
• Independence Foundation
• Inglis Foundation
• Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
• Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation
• Lincoln Financial Foundation
• The Lumpkin Family Foundation
• Montgomery County Foundation
• National Philanthropic Trust
• Nonprofit Finance Fund
• The Oxford Area Foundation
• PECO, An Exelon Company
• William Penn Foundation
• Pennsylvania Humanities Council
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• The Philadelphia Foundation
• L.W. Pierce Family Foundation
• PNC Foundation
• Quaker Chemical Foundation
• Rohm and Haas Company
• St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children
• Scholarship Foundation of the Union League
• TD Commerce Bank
• Union Benevolent Association
• United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Valentine Foundation
• WOMENS WAY
• The Woods Charitable Foundation
DVG members are strongly encouraged to bring
this statement to their boards and trustees for
discussion and endorsement. View a Sample
Board Resolution to present to your board.
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