HealthSpark Foundation Awards Ten Innovation Lab Grants
HealthSpark Foundation awarded over $316,000 in 10 Innovation Lab grants this year.
HealthSpark Foundation awarded over $316,000 in 10 Innovation Lab grants this year.
ACEV, Global Foodbanking Network, and World Bicycle Relief have been named as honorees for the 2019 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Each is guaranteed an unrestricted financial award of $50,000 as well as executive training and support from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania, and one grand prize winner will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds.
The Brandywine Health Foundation recently distributed 30 grants totaling $834,000, bringing the Foundation’s total giving since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $17.5 million.
In recognition of its important 100th year milestone, The Philadelphia Foundation has an exciting impactful year planned. In addition to the new grantmaking programs they have rolled out over the past two years, the foundation will support special initiatives available only this year.
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism announced 13 winners of its latest grant programs, aimed at fulfilling its mission of supporting sustainable models for local journalism and information in service of democratic society.
Lincoln Financial Group announced that its employees have raised approximately $1.1 million for United Way organizations across the country during its annual month-long campaign, which took place in October 2018.
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.
The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors announces President & CEO Louis J. Beccaria’s plan to retire in 2019 after 21 years of serving as chief executive.
Local funders are partnering with the New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation on the RISE (Readiness, Implementation, Sustainability for Effectiveness) Partnership, a two-year effort to invest $3 million to build the capacity of Philadelphia-area nonprofits to evaluate their impact.