Following their participation in a roundtable chat on giving circles at the 2019 SPARX Conference, we invited the Asian Mosaic Fund to answer a few questions about their structure and how they build a sense of community through giving.
The Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council (GPCVC) is now partnering with the Philadelphia Foundation to help strategically guide corporate volunteerism throughout the Greater Philadelphia region.
At SPARX 2019, Liz Dozier talked about her journey from a troubled Chicago school to social-impact investing and shared lessons for social justice-minded do-gooders on what worked and what didn’t.
GSK awards $400,000 to ten Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making an IMPACT on health outcomes.
The “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural commemorates Philadelphia Foundation’s 100 years of service and honors greater Philadelphia region residents.
The Communications Network's annual gathering offers some lessons on how to create and support an inclusive community.
EAST MT. AIRY (11/5/2019) – The East Mount Airy Neighbors (EMAN) Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in grants to six nonprofits providing services to Northwest Philadelphia, with an emphasis on programs serving the East Mt. Airy neighborhood.
Periods of stability are the perfect time to assess risk and initiate transition planning, leadership succession or consider changing an investment strategy.
Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein announced his retirement effective June 30, 2020 after a forty-year career of leadership and development.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 39 grants totaling $8.4 million in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists.
As we prepare for the 2019 SPARX Conference on October 31, we asked members of our Conference Planning Committee to reflect on the meaning of "community."
Donor collaboratives are being used to fund creative solutions to some of today’s most complex social problems.
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.
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.