According to a report funded by The Philadelphia Foundation that examined the financial health of local nonprofits, more than 40 percent are running at a loss or producing no surplus at all.
Alyson Ferguson, Manager, Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program Director of Grantmaking, Scattergood Foundation, is a do-gooder with a mission.
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls hosted its second ‘Yes, All Women!’ multi-generational dialogue on Tuesday, October 17 to discuss how women from all generations can leverage commonalities rather than remain divided by differences.
Mel Heifetz is donating cash and real estate valued at $16 million to The Philadelphia Foundation to support GLBT causes.
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) recently announced the launch of the FY 2019-2021 funding process.
On October 10, The Philadelphia Foundation hosted a Funder/Grantee Reception to celebrate the accomplishments of PA is Ready!
Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest and seven other recipients accepted the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
The National Recreation and Park Association's annual conference highlights the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative.
Dwayne Wharton joins second-ever cohort of Culture of Health Leaders, assembled from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Lenfest Institute again made news by awarding $2 million in new grants to support innovation in local journalism, with $1 million earmarked for Innovation Grants to 12 for-profit and nonprofit newsrooms across the country.
Supported by a record $100 million grant from the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed, seven-year, $500 million initiative called “Rebuild” to revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the city.
With services and supports to the community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk, First Hospital Foundation (now the Philadelphia Health Partnership) asks how it can most effectively target its resources to make a difference.
With an additional donation of $1 million, Comcast NBCUniversal has made direct cash contributions to $2.5 million to support hurricane relief efforts.
William Penn Foundation has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income neighborhoods to informal literacy-rich learning opportunities.
As the City's Rebuild initiative lays the groundwork for a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right.
On Friday night, 256 miles from Philadelphia, hundreds of neo-Nazi, white supremacists descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The Barra Foundation shares advice for other foundations interested in getting started with mission investing.
Elizabeth Killough, Director of the Untours Foundation, offers a 10-step guide for getting started in impact investing.
Philanthropy Network names the former leader of the Community Foundation of South Jersey as its new executive director.
For the third consecutive year, Philadelphia has dominated the Knight Cities Challenge, winning more than $1 million out of $5 million in urban-revitalization grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation offers annually to 26 cities.