The ALICE® report, which stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed, is an initiative of the Pennsylvania network of United Ways to raise awareness of the challenges faced by working families and to mobilize organizations and individuals who want to support strategies and policies that move ALICE along their journey to financial stability.
Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) recently selected two organizations to receive grants totaling $15,000 to support programs that combat teen suicide in Chester County.
William Penn Foundation announced recent grant awards of more than $27 million to advance Watershed Protection, Creative Communities and Great Learning in Philadelphia.
At their 11th Annual Meeting, Impact100 Philadelphia voted to award $382,500 in grants to five organizations, including three $100,000 core mission grants and two $41,250 operating grants.
A $1.3 million grant from the William Penn Foundation will expand the national book choice and ownership program to every elementary school in Philadelphia.
Ron Bernstein, executive director or Foundations Community Partnership, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the humanitarian category from the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce.
William Penn Foundation announced $11.8 million in unrestricted operating support for 35 arts and culture organizations in the Philadelphia region.
In a first for the city, the Equal Justice Center aims to connect low-income residents in need of free legal services with Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. by putting more than a dozen civil legal aid groups under one roof (via WHYY).
YOUTHadelphia, the Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-in-Philanthropy Committee, announced grants totaling $60,000 to be distributed to five nonprofits addressing what they identified as pressing concerns for teens: Youth Leadership, Policing and Gun Violence.
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced the first-ever recipients of The Lenfest Next Generation Fund Award, Philadelphia-area journalists and students of color who will receive stipends to attend the national professional development conference of their choice and receive related support from the Institute.
