As a direct response to survey findings on workplace sexual harassment in Chester County, the Chester County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls recently hosted a public #ChescoKnows Summit.
Donor collaboratives are being used to fund creative solutions to some of today’s most complex social problems.
The Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund announced its second round of grants, awarding a total of $238,080 across 24 trusted organizations since the launch of the Fund just 12 weeks ago.
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.
The Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, to support their work addressing a range of social change issues.
The grant to FINANTA is part of the company’s national push to increase access to capital and technical assistance for Diverse Small Businesses.
The Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative will bring together more than a dozen collaborating partners in an effort to reduce the 9% unemployment rate in the area.
In recognition of National Recovery Month, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation joined Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf in the State Capitol Rotunda to discuss the opioid crisis and to showcase Someone You Know, an Independence Blue Cross Foundation public health awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of opioid addiction.
Happy hour event seeks to help change the funder-nonprofit dynamic for the better.
Chester County Commissioners approved a resolution calling for the formation of a countywide Census 2020 Complete Count Committee (CCC) to encourage all residents’ participation in the Census survey.
