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Can one business improve schools with a single donation? It's happened before | Donna Frisby-Greenwood

Thursday, April 5, 2018
... more than 16,500 public schools across the country (about one in six public schools nationwide) felt the generosity in ... the universal online fund-raising concepts: individual and business donors want to give to something specific and know ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... support local social services organizations, and foster a vibrant civic and cultural life. A recognized leader with extensive experience in the city, Frisby-Greenwood joins ... resources to leverage investments in the city’s public schools. “Donna shares our long-standing commitment to ...

FCM Hospitality and 8 Philadelphia restaurants donate to School District’s Culinary Arts Program in 12 schools

Thursday, February 17, 2022
... Hornik is making the donation to address the difficulty schools are currently experiencing with timely delivery of ... and George Washington High School. “We’re happy we can support the District’s Culinary Arts program with our ... Fund and the public schools have been fortunate to have business leaders like Avram Hornik find innovative ways to ...

76ers Donate Funds to Purchase 10,000 Chromebooks for School District of Philadelphia Students

The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 30, 2020
... helping our students get computers in their homes so they can continue to learn during what is an unprecedented time ... that all students who attend the 220 District-led public schools across Philadelphia have the tools they need to learn ... have been great partners to the District over the years with the team’s focus on supporting the youth in our ...
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Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

Wawa and The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 15, 2021
... PHILADELPHIA—(March 12, 2021)--To mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wawa and The ... As a company dedicated to serving the community with essential services as well, Wawa donated 3,000 of the ... eight million meals to students.” “As an essential business, Wawa understands firsthand the importance of ...
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Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... deadlines, our comfortable ways of making grants and doing business.  We retreat to our own familiar systems because ... benefit of our grantees.  The Premise: To have more than one foundation work together to deliver a professional ... from the community.  Seeing as our foundation funding can be fickle and inflexible, we thought that a workshop ...

The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia School announces $5M gift for laptops to get students online

The Fund for the SDP
Friday, March 27, 2020
... family, to give laptops to Philadelphia students so they can begin learning from home by mid-April. According to a ... that all students who attend the 220 District-led public schools across Philadelphia have the tools they need to learn ... great example of what's possible when we work together to improve educational supports for all of our young people. I ...

Nine School District of Philadelphia Schools Awarded “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

The Fund for the SDP
Thursday, May 21, 2020
... grants to nine School District of Philadelphia elementary schools to strengthen early literacy instruction for students ... development and coaching to support teachers so that they can improve performance of kindergarten and first grade students ...
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Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations

Developed in partnership with United Philanthropy Forum and Northern California ... ways to mobilize resources to sustain their organization’s work. The guide features perspectives from dozens of ... and board members. Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations ...
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24May2017

Education Funders Roundtable: School Funding

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
8:30am - 10:30am
Philadelphia, PA
... understand how budgeting decisions are made in our local schools and the fiscal outlook for public schools in ... Philadelphia.

Roadmap for Growth event highlights business and school partnerships

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
... Chamber of Commerce hosted Roadmap for Growth: Exploring Business Engagement in Philadelphia's Schools. Nearly 200 people were in attendance to hear about ... always mean writing a check . Businesses and individuals can assist in after school programming, curriculum ...

Rebuild Receives Grant to Support Needed Improvements to Vare

Thursday, July 12, 2018
... initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to improve parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries ... that have been approved so far for Rebuild, Vare is one of four that have been selected to move forward this year ... is already at risk for closure and we hope our funding can help avoid that from happening. We encourage other ...
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The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... The GIANT Company today announced that together with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to ... their CHOICE points into a donation for their local public schools’ food programs. The GIANT Company matched the first ... of Philadelphia continues to add partners from our business community; The GIANT Company’s commitment through ...

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... Philadelphia has awarded grants to 10 district elementary schools to enhance literacy instruction for students in ... early-learning initiative is well under way, and we can expect to see more improvements in grade-level reading ... using school data, lessons learned, and collaboration with different stakeholders. “The Fund for the School ...
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Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s operations, services, and impact ... bring thousands of pieces of our region’s history to schools, community centers, and library branches to engage ... Philadelphians in more meaningful, inclusive ways.” With the $1 million grant, the Free Library and the ...

Guidance for Place-Based Funders to Address Political Violence Before and After the 2020 Election

Democracy Fund
Published: 
10/2020
... on international violence and peacebuilding reveal that a great deal can be done to prevent (and, if necessary, de-escalate) ... violence and increase resilience — if leaders with influence and resources are ready to face these ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... are traditionally underrepresented in STEM professions, one barrier simply is exposure to the possibilities and the ... "We have so many bright students in Philadelphia who can make an impact in our region's booming tech and science ... the opportunity to connect our students to these fields, improve student success and bolster STEM participation by ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... the history of women’s suffrage and draw passersby in with bold and engaging imagery, so that the “audience can see themselves” represented in the mural. Althea Mae ... ahead of us is a colorful, intersectional, and bright one.” *** CCFWG leads and unites the community through ...

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