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Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Giving USA 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
... charitable giving in America, is published by  Giving USA Foundation , a public service initiative of The Giving ... 17.0%, to an estimated $88.55 billion (a growth rate of 15.6%, adjusted for inflation), reaching its highest-ever ... giving to foundations was flat at 0.8% growth.  Giving to health  is estimated to have declined by 3.0% (a decline of ...

Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness campaign highlights the stigma of addiction

IBX Foundation with Governor Wolf
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness ... You Know , an Independence Blue Cross Foundation public health awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of opioid ...

Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... Food Trust Wharton joins second-ever cohort of Culture of Health Leaders, assembled from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to ... including social policy, community development, public health and government — have been selected to participate ...

Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council Partners with Philadelphia Foundation

Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council
Friday, November 22, 2019
... Council (GPCVC) is now partnering with the Philadelphia Foundation to help strategically guide corporate volunteerism ... nonprofit partnerships. Both GPCVC and Philadelphia Foundation share a deep commitment to developing effective ... volunteerism will be bolstered by the Philadelphia Foundation’s Key Skills Hub , an online portal in which ...
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New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... equity imbalances exacerbated by the pandemic. A group of 15 grassroots representatives living and working in ... the day to day struggles they faced. To overcome this health crisis, it  is imperative to start off investing in ... be up to $25,000. Joe Pyle, president of the Scattergood Foundation , which is a lead donor to the fund, said, ...
28Sep2021

Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+

Tuesday, September 28, 2021
9:00am - 10:15am
... collaboration.  All funders in the Greater Philadelphia area are welcome to join the Regional Roundtable dialogues. ... with a focus on child welfare, homelessness, education, health, human services, public safety and was responsible for ... the Peirce College Academic Leadership Award. For five years they served as an Adjunct Professor at Cheyney ...

New report outlines the scale and scope of employer-driven philanthropy and volunteerism in Philadelphia

Report Cover - How Employers Give
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
... social responsibility report by Sabrina Vourvoulias  [May 15, 2019]  The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia ... The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia brings area businesses and civic leaders together to promote growth ...

Future-focused takeaways from the 2017 Philanthropy Network conference

Friday, November 3, 2017

Philanthropy Network's 2017 Fall Conference on November 2,  Vision | Voice | Values,  invited attendees to consider what we in the social impact sector are called upon to do differently in order to build a more equitable and resilient greater Philadelphia region.

29Sep2020

Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard: Findings and Lessons Learned

Tuesday, September 29, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
... Response Dashboard . With major support from William Penn Foundation and in collaboration with 13 shared funds launched ... philanthropic practice, including: Individual donors, foundation leaders, grantmaking institutions and other ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
... in our artists." “Supporting the arts is vital to the wellness of Philadelphia’s communities,” said ... than $500,000) can apply for grants ranging from $2,500-$15,000. This will be a competitive grant with more eligible ...
08Dec2020

2020 SPARX Conference

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 to Friday, December 11, 2020
Virtual Conference
... Association Ebony English, Program Officer, William Penn Foundation Jimmy Gastner, Community Engagement Associate, ... Edurne Irizarry, Program Officer, Philadelphia Foundation Sylvia Watts McKinney, Executive Director, Summer ... Council on Arts Joe Pyle, President, Scattergood Foundation Ann St. Claire, Independent Consultant, Community ...

Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... a big deal’ and others experiencing the impact for years,” said Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director ... girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. For 20 years, CCFWG has raised awareness about the critical needs of ...
08Oct2020

Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard: Demonstration and Virtual Tour

Thursday, October 8, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Video Conference
... Response Dashboard . With major support from William Penn Foundation and in collaboration with 13 shared funds launched ... which is free and publicly available. Who should attend: Foundation and philanthropic leaders, donors, grantmakers, ...
13Oct2020

Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard: Demonstration and Virtual Tour

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... Response Dashboard . With major support from William Penn Foundation and in collaboration with 13 shared funds launched ... which is free and publicly available. Who should attend: Foundation and philanthropic leaders, donors, grantmakers, ...

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