Chester County Funders Unite to Provide COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
To date, Chester County-based funders have awarded over $1.5 million in immediate grants to Chester County based nonprofit organizations.
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards COVID-19 Fund grants
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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.
William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
In its fifth special meeting since March, the Foundation's Board of Directors approved a series of grants to immediately support multiple elements of recovery, including efforts to support early learning, youth programs and employment, and food access.
PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Funds to Aid Pandemic Recovery Efforts
Thursday, June 25, 2020
In its seventh round of funding, the Fund awarded $2.1 million to 80 nonprofit organizations with specific needs pertaining to their transitions to recovery.
Ruch Family Foundation Awards Richard R. Ruch Scholarship to Deserving College Student
Thursday, June 25, 2020
The Richard R. Ruch inaugural scholarship recipient is Bethany Stern, an incoming junior at Penn State Berks, majoring in business management and marketing with an emphasis on finance.
Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-In-Philanthropy Program Awards $72,000 In Grants to Philadelphia Nonprofits
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
YOUTHadelphia grant recipients included seven nonprofits serving young adults in the areas of mental health, sexual health, education reform and youth leadership
Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual
Monday, June 22, 2020
Administered by The Fund for School District of Philadelphia, the program's goals of promoting literacy and preventing the phenomenon known as “summer slide” have been expanded to include countering the "COVID slide," this year's loss of school instruction time to the pandemic.
Brandywine Health Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, June 15, 2020
The grant is in support of BHF’s 2020-2022 strategic plan priority, "To Lead Positive Community-Driven Change."
PHL COVID-19 Fund Opens New Grant Application for Nonprofits
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced that it will be accepting new grant applications beginning at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, June 10 through 5:00 PM on Friday, June 12.
Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America
Thursday, June 4, 2020
What philanthropy needs is not a new framework, but a new endgame, racial liberation, which requires an intentional and laser-like focus on breaking systems of oppression that are based in white supremacist culture.
Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation launches COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
PAHWF launched the new fund to help the tri-county area rebuild towards a prosperous and equitable future.
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.
Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2020 – The Beech Companies, Inc., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would have been celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big dinner on May 28th. As fate would have it, the COVID-19 pandemic changed those plans.
Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants
Friday, May 22, 2020
The Leeway Foundation announces $42,500 in support to 17 individual artists and cultural producers focused in community and cultural preservation for Spring 2020.
Nine School District of Philadelphia Schools Awarded “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs
Thursday, May 21, 2020
More than $250,000 awarded through The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia will be especially critical in light of COVID-19.
FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Through its COVID-19 Response Grant program, Foundations Community Partnership approves $230,000 in grant awards benefiting 51 Bucks County nonprofits.
The Middleton Family presents PHLove, a concert for COVID-19 relief, on May 21
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Special event aims to raise funds to support rapid response effort to aid nonprofits on the frontlines of COVID-19.
PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues to Meet Deep Community Needs in Fifth Round of Funding to Nonprofits
Thursday, May 14, 2020
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.
CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls
Friday, May 8, 2020
CCFWG will present two innovative programs -- the Virtual Girls in Action Summit on May 18th and Virtual 15th Annual Making a Difference Luncheon on June 5th -- to raise awareness about the pandemic’s impacts on local women and girls.
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.