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Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Grantees of Bread & Roses Community Foundation's Solidarity Fund for COVID-19 Organizing demonstrate the power, resilience and ingenuity of our community.
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The Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund Provides Immediate Support for Reentry Program Participants
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, financial support from the Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund at the Philadelphia Bar Foundation was released to participants in court programs dedicated to supporting individuals in reentry.
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Restore and Reopen Program Grants Awarded
Thursday, July 16, 2020
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Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
New funding supports operating expenses and promotes racial equity at 22 local organizations responding to increased demands and organizational stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement
Monday, August 24, 2020
In light of Independence Public Media's recent Community Voices Fund grants, program officer Nuala Cabral reflects on the role of media and philanthropy in supporting movements that challenge oppressive systems without co-opting or containing them.
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A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID
Thursday, September 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges faced by working mothers, but it has also provided an opportunity to not only address longstanding inequities but to strive for healing and change of systems that have consistently put women at a disadvantage.
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Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life
Thursday, September 10, 2020
The tragedy of Daniel Prude's killing is an example of how our systems fail to center the dignity and value of human life and why we must apply a racial justice lens and trauma-informed practices to build better systems of care for people with behavioral health disorders.
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia
Monday, September 14, 2020
With $3.5 million in support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and supporters, the GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III will scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by communities that are experiencing poverty.
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Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Rebuild, PIDC, and Philadelphia Works join to help women and people of color access well-paying jobs and strengthen diverse-led small businesses across the city.
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If not now, when? Transforming philanthropy’s approach in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
As philanthropy continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, foundations, corporate giving programs and others have an opportunity to redirect and commit resources to rebuild a system desperately begging for change.
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