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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded ... of community stories to advance social justice, build power, and strengthen local information networks. “The ... community members with deep relationships and expertise in the fund’s focus areas reviewed all the proposals and ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... – Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, elected officials, community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County ... the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market Street in West Chester, P A. The mural honors the 100th anniversary ... process in order to pass the baton and legacy of the power of the vote.” CCFWG Mural Collage.png Top left: ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... four centuries of traumatic white supremacist culture in the lives Black men, women, and families are once again ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their ... from real discussions about race and intersectionality, power, and advocacy. It will require rigorous self-reflection ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Photo courtesy 215 People's Alliance   By Casey Cook In the last two months, we’ve all tried to adjust to seeing ... and interconnected. It’s the weekly convening of our community grantmaking committee for our Solidarity Fund for ... Fund grantees : I promise you’ll join me in feeling the power and ingenuity of our community.   Casey Cook.jpg Casey ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each conversation, Sidney, Marcus and their guests explore ... conversation to be inspired and challenged along with a community of peers.

As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
By Patricia Eng of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Eric Stegman of Native Americans ... communities. The authors say that grantmakers can use the power of their voice and their dollars to make a difference, ... ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a ... propose a project that impacts a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Greater ...

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that activate social change within their communities. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation is ... students - because they are the trusted entity in their community.” said Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of The ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net ... and planning grant to support anti-racist practice in homeless services, and planning to support the development ... “HealthSpark Foundation is incredibly grateful to our community partners for identifying projects with true ...

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... sector’s response, both nationally and here in Greater Philadelphia. This spirit of “we are all in this together” taps into a collective sense of hope and ... most by COVID-19. As philanthropy continues to respond to community needs, we must be intentional in our embrace of ...

More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 philanthropy-serving ... out WASHINGTON — Reflecting an unprecedented consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national ... by increasing the hesitancy of nonprofits and trusted community leaders to encourage participation in the ...
29Jun2023

Libraries Under Attack- How Funders Can Help Defy Bans and Discrimination

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... function but also an important human service role in our communities, what can private funders do to support ... institutions as they cope with unprecedented threats? In this session you’ll hear directly from two public ... foundation funds public libraries as a component of their community health and inclusion strategy, and how your ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 in grants to nine women and trans* artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, acknowledging their commitment to ... art and social justice that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... stuck wondering what they can do to help curb the issue. In response, the Philadelphia Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater ... consisting of 70 groups representing a cross-section of community and faith-based organizations, nonprofits and the ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a highly-anticipated decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization . A leaked ... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... reliant on local property values, which has resulted in deep inequality and inequity that disproportionately ... of color. Black and Latino students are concentrated in the least wealthy districts, with 50 percent of Black ... and 40 percent of Latino students attending schools in the lowest 20 percent of local wealth. A  study ...