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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... at such a critical time,” Michelle Legaspi Sánchez , Executive Director of CCFWG, reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon for gender ...

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

Friday, December 21, 2018
... or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of disciplines, including folk arts, media arts, and ... recipients are (in alphabetical order):  Angela-Sadio  of Germantown, Folk Arts and Performance  Bonita Elaine ... trans queer poet and educator Kay Ulanday Barrett, and New Orleans-based cultural strategist and consultant Sage ...

A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... needs met, connect with their classmates as they start in new school communities, and remain healthy. All parents are ... beyond. Sanchez_Mcihelle.jpg Michelle Legaspi Sanchez is Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls and a ...

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

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... and local philanthropies across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 ... question included in the 2020 census,” said Gary Bass, executive director of the Bauman Foundation. “A question about ...
11Apr2019

Keystone Policy Series - CENSUS 2020 Update for Pennsylvania Funders

Thursday, April 11, 2019
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
It is hard to overstate the importance of ensuring a full and accurate count for the upcoming 2020 ... a fair and accurate census count. Jocelyn Bissonnette , Director of the Funders Census Initiative at FCCP will be with us to provide a national overview.  Erin Casey , Executive Director of Pennsylvania Voice and Jo Lin , ...
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More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... alarmed by the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to “drastically cut short” 2020 ... of America for the next decade,” said Gary D. Bass , executive director of the Bauman Foundation and chair of a national ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces $2.9 Million in Grants to Nearly 100 Nonprofit Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... and Burlington counties, will greatly benefit from these new funds. “Philadelphia Foundation is proud to announce ... across Greater Philadelphia,” said Leann Ayers, Director of Grants and Programs at the Philadelphia ...
01Mar2018

Keystone Policy Series: CENSUS 2020: What Pennsylvania Funders Need to Know

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
It is hard to overstate the importance of ensuring a full and accurate count for the upcoming 2020 ... rural households - are higher than ever. Join Erin Casey, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Voice and Keely Monroe, Democracy ...

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) ... stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of Immigrant Affairs and Office ... Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Grantmakers of Western PA, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers ... Education Voters of PA Presentation   - Susan Spicka, Executive Director Education Law Center Presentation - Deborah Gordon ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... Colmar, PA- HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the ... be more culturally responsive, antiracist and to identify new tools to eliminate known disparities in access and that ... their memberships. Chinwe Onyekere, HealthSpark’s new Director of Equity & Inclusion, will serve as an advisor to ...

Reflections on the election and our purpose

And still hope rises
Thursday, November 7, 2024
... Amy Seasholtz By Michael Kellerman, Interim Transformation Director, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia As we ... journey, we've spent valuable time with many of you—through conversations, surveys, strategy committee ... when we work together, strengthen existing bonds, create new connections, and tackle the profound challenges our ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $30K to local nonprofits promoting a complete count in the 2020 Census

Delco Counts
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
... MEDIA, PA (January 30, 2020) — In the first of three rounds of grantmaking to encourage enrollment in the ... The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the Delaware County Complete Count Committee ... information, please contact Katy Lichtenstein, Associate Director of Development and Communications, at ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation from ... also showcase a powerful, intergenerational cross-section of artists, with grantees ranging from early-20s to mid-70s. ...
05Sep2024

Philanthropic Strategies to support Democracy and Civic Engagement in Pennsylvania

Thursday, September 5, 2024
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Webinar
... healthy democracy and civic engagement in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The session will provide an overview of the ... by Emily Thielmann , Philadelphia resident and Deputy Director of the Democracy Funders Network , the speakers for the session are: Sage Cruz , Civic Engagement Director, One PA Will Fuller , Pennsylvania State Lead, ...
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Changes to charitable deduction will hurt PA and NJ nonprofits

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
... our nation, but more specifically here in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as the legislation in play would cause ... conducted by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, would cause a 5 percent decrease in overall ... during the tax year 2015. 1.53 million donors in New Jersey claimed the charitable deduction and gave more ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... several national and community organizations to help some of the families and communities feeling the greatest strain ... $5 million for relief efforts in RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, hit particularly hard by the virus.  As the ... populations. CLICK HERE to see a list of national and New Jersey-based grantees . “During this pandemic we are ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, ... caused by systemic oppression and reimagine and create a new normal that is better for the world, one where equality ... roots and wings, ancestors and the importance of imagining new (and more just) systems, I am excited about these ...

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