To meet the immediate and long-term challenges of COVID-19, Brandywine Health Foundation creates the Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund and issues $350,000 match challenge.
Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein announced his retirement effective June 30, 2020 after a forty-year career of leadership and development.
The Brandywine Health Foundation recently distributed 36 grants totaling $322,340, bringing the Foundation’s total giving since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million.
Barra Foundation was a lead funder for a 28 week pilot program by Mural Arts Philadelphia called Color Me Back, a same day work and pay program that pays economically insecure people in Philadelphia $50 cash for three hours of public art making.
HealthSpark's Innovation Lab grants support R&D for Montco health and human service nonprofits to test ideas and pilot projects that strengthen the county's safety net system.
The ALICE® report, which stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed, is an initiative of the Pennsylvania network of United Ways to raise awareness of the challenges faced by working families and to mobilize organizations and individuals who want to support strategies and policies that move ALICE along their journey to financial stability.
Ron Bernstein, executive director or Foundations Community Partnership, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the humanitarian category from the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce.
Antihunger agencies helped create online ordering from food pantries to help people overcome some of the barriers to access, including limited hours, the stigma of lining up for charitable food, difficulty finding adequate transportation, and physical disabilities.
Allentown-based Rider-Pool Foundation awarded $376,000 to Lehigh Valley organizations focusing on addressing and improving quality of life for residents through education, housing, culture, arts and human services.
