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"All you can do is continue to have conversations and be encouraging. Have open dialogue with them, share as much information as you have, try to break up myths."
"All you can do is continue to have conversations and be encouraging. Have open dialogue with them, share as much information as you have, try to break up myths."
"It is our obligation to lift as we climb. To try to move things in a positive direction in which everyone is encompassed in the American dream."
"Our communities aren’t separate from us; they’re our families, the young people we work with in school every day. If it’s your community, you can’t step away from what’s impacting it."
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.
Support includes first-ever ‘growth grant’ to Benefits Data Trust, plus pandemic recovery assistance for Visit Philadelphia and Philadelphia Zoo.
In response to the unprecedented and profound impact of COVID-19 on the local economy, available resources, and the ability for its residents to cover basic needs, Union Benevolent Association has awarded $25,000 grants to four community-based nonprofit organizations who are addressing the critical challenges affecting Philadelphia.
Funding will address needs exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic.
New funding supports operating expenses and promotes racial equity at 22 local organizations responding to increased demands and organizational stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The foundation awarded 34 grants totaling $71,950 through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund. Applications for the next round of micro business grants will be accepted July 6-13.
With this latest round of funding, more than $13 million has been deployed in eight weeks to nearly 400 regional nonprofits addressing critical community needs.