Grants were divided among five program areas: Healthy Behaviors-Schools, Healthy Behaviors-Parks, Healthy Behaviors-Networks, Physical and Emotional Health, and Strengthening Nonprofits.
In its second round of grants, the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund made grants totaling $668,885 to 84 individuals and nonprofit organizations working to increase COVID-19 education, vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties.
Twenty grassroots organizations and community groups will receive $10,000 grants for general operations; applications were reviewed by residents of Kensington.
As we take our first steps toward some semblance of post-pandemic normalcy, we are at the crossroads of recovery and equity. How we define the success of our recovery is contingent on both our collective ability to move forward and how we actively demonstrate the value of equity.
New grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular focus on communities that have been historically underserved or misrepresented by journalism in the region.
Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The GIANT Company announced that together with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local public school districts in the communities it serves.
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.
Knight Foundation announced their latest commitment of $1 million to help Code for America Brigades in cities where Knight operates — including Philadelphia — to build sustainable business models for civic technology.
Through this new public-private-community partnership, grants will support grassroots organizations and community groups in Kensington through community-driven, participatory grantmaking process.
The initiative has awarded over $620,000 in grants in the last two years to advance community-driven solutions to historic food injustice.
