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Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The initiative has awarded over $620,000 in grants in the last two years to advance community-driven solutions to historic food injustice.
Equity and Social Justice
Event
29Apr2021
Reflections on Justice: An Open Forum
Thursday, April 29, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual
The Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts for the murder of George Floyd have left many of us struggling to process what the outcome of the trial means for us personally, as well as for our community and our work in philanthropy.
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City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Through this new public-private-community partnership, grants will support grassroots organizations and community groups in Kensington through community-driven, participatory grantmaking process.
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City Awards $200K to Community Organizations to Support Criminal Justice Reform
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
With funding from the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge, the Ciminal Justice Microgrant Fund administered by the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia awarded microgrants to 20 community organizations advancing racial equity in the criminal justice system.
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Love & Equity in News
Thursday, May 13, 2021
When philanthropists are deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, it's important for them to understand and consider the diversity of paths, perspectives and entry points into the world of news and media making.
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia
Thursday, May 13, 2021
With a lead gift from Facebook’s $20 Million “Supporting Black Communities” National Initiative, the new fund will fortify Black-led nonprofit organizations serving Black communities in Greater Philadelphia.
Event
19May2021
Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
Co-hosted by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Setting the Table webinar series explores ideas at the intersection of philanthropy, racial equity and social justice
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Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald
Friday, May 21, 2021
Following the launch of the Black Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for Grantmaking to give us some insights about how and why the fund was created and what the foundation hopes to achieve through this initiative.
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations
Thursday, June 3, 2021
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media organizations and projects.
Event
11Jun2021
Creating a Culture of Change: A panel discussion on diversifying boards
Friday, June 11, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Video Conference
Join this session as we take a deeper dive into why board diversity is so important to your foundation's mission and what is needed for an evolving board and its new members to be successful.
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