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Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Friday, May 4, 2018
Donors, stakeholders, public officials, and residents celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center.
Economically disadvantaged populations
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Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Event
25Jun2019
Southwest Philly 2019: Tour of the Neighborhood and What We Can Do Next
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
9:00am - 4:30pm
Bartram's Garden
Please join us for our third session in our series on Southwest Philadelphia.
Event
13Nov2019
Food Funders Meeting #1- Reality Bites: Hunger on the Rise in Philadelphia and What We Can Do About It
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
9:00am - 12:00pm
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
In response to data about the rise of hunger and food insecurity in Philadelphia, Philanthropy Network's Food Funders Affinity Group is holding a series of meetings to discuss what we can collectively do to reverse this trend.
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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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Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The Health Partners Foundation has awarded the Brandywine Health Foundation a $25,000 grant to expand the Coatesville Food Truck Project in providing culturally nutritious meals to Coatesville families struggling with food insecurity.
Event
11Jun2020
Community-led Philanthropy during Crisis: How Giving Circles of Color Can Transform Traditional Philanthropy
Thursday, June 11, 2020
10:15am - 11:30am
Video Conference
Join us for a panel discussion with local leaders about how giving circles of color have responded to the current crises and how their giving circle models can intersect with traditional philanthropy. How can the community-centered lenses of BIPOC-led/BIPOC-serving giving circles inform, or transform, traditional grantmaking? Non-members are welcome to attend this session.
Event
07Oct2020
Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table. Taking place every other month, this series invites guests to the virtual table to discuss a range of issues at the intersection of philanthropy, racial equity and social justice. This session will welcome guests Rodney Foxworth, CEO, Common Future and Erika Seth Davies, Founder, Racial Equity Asset Lab. Their discussion will focus on reimagining wealth and ideas to radically change capitalism as we know it. Open to members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).
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New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations
Friday, May 7, 2021
The Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund is a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund that will support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit organizations that serve communities of color and those with low incomes, which have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event
09Sep2021
The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery
Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
Join this briefing about The Promise, a collective effort to design and build a community-informed, evidence-based strategy that addresses Philadelphia’s high rates of poverty.
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