In two letters posted on election day (Nov. 6, 2018), seven members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Human Services Secretary Teresa D. Miller to shut down the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC). The BCRC is one of only three centers in the United States that detains migrant families.
Philanthropy Network Board president Jennifer Pedroni will join FMA as a Senior Consultant in January 2019.
In its first major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County announced $1,165,000 in awards through 46 grants to 42 area non-profits.
The Philadelphia Foundation will award up to $50,000 in grants to help transform ideas generated during November 8th’s On the Table Philly into tangible initiatives that improve the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Nina L. Cohen, Director of Endowment & Foundation Advisory at Glenmede, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Exponent Philanthropy.
The Genuardi Family Foundation elected Beth Genuardi Borrelli as President of the Board, and named Marisa Ferst as their new Executive Director.
A newly funded citywide public engagement campaign will be designed to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing.
The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation announced the selection of Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) as the winner of the 2018 George Bartol Arts Education Award.
The new "Talk It Up" program seeded by the William Penn Foundation seeks to make grocery shopping an opportunity for interaction and learning between parents and children.
