GALAEI
Thursday, December 16, 2021
"We hold the key... And we, as the folks who are in charge at this point, have the ability to say, “This hasn’t been working, let’s try something new." "
Newsroom
Here you’ll find our latest news posts. Use the "Filter by" options to the right to narrow down what you’re looking for.
New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations
Friday, May 7, 2021
The Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund is a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund that will support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit organizations that serve communities of color and those with low incomes, which have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19
Friday, April 9, 2021
Support includes first-ever ‘growth grant’ to Benefits Data Trust, plus pandemic recovery assistance for Visit Philadelphia and Philadelphia Zoo.
New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access
Thursday, April 8, 2021
The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund will employ a rapid response, trust-based philanthropy model, prioritizing communities hardest hit by the pandemic.
Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
As tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were being distributed for emergency COVID-19 response in this region, the William Penn and Lenfest Foundations funded Philanthropy Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to gather and examine data about the relief grantmaking.
Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Grantees of Bread & Roses Community Foundation's Solidarity Fund for COVID-19 Organizing demonstrate the power, resilience and ingenuity of our community.
Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.
Friday, May 8, 2020
With the deep and ever-widening economic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 crisis, it's time we come together to invest in strategies and policies that decrease and eventually eliminate the gender and racial wealth gap.
Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
This immediate deployment of resources represents more than 25 percent of the foundation's endowment to area nonprofits and immigrant & worker relief funds.
Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
The Douty, Fels and Scattergood Foundations invite their fellow funders to sign-on to this statement committing to actions supporting our immigrant and refugee communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
