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

Friday, December 21, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 ... women and trans* artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, acknowledging their commitment to art and ... The next Leeway Transformation Award deadline is May 15, 2019. In addition to the Transformation Award, Leeway ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... Foundation 215-620-1869  jennifer@doutyfoundation.org Philadelphia, PA (April 6, 2020) – Since 1968, The Douty ... grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that activate social ... Foundation is supporting with $500,000.00 each are the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund and the PA Immigrant Relief ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | By Naiser Warren-Robinson As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, faith-based ... what they can do to help curb the issue. In response, the Philadelphia Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle   PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (February 2018)  – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation broadened their scope of support ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024 -Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Foundation has announced a significant funding ... serving vulnerable populations throughout Greater Philadelphia. Nonprofits in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, ...

Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Via the Philadelphia Business Journal By Chris Fuhrmeister   Philadelphia will be one of the first cities to benefit from ... Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... and political power of women and girls throughout the Philadelphia region. In response to overwhelming feedback ... be multi-year general operating support in the $8,000-$15,000 range depending on the number of partners. Those ... with NCT are invited to complete a short survey by June 15, 2018. To learn more, visit New Century Trust online or ...

Changes to charitable deduction will hurt PA and NJ nonprofits

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
... according to Giving USA’s 2017 Report on Philanthropy. Years of research have shown that although individual reasons ... is interim president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.  ... Pedro A. Ramos is president and CEO of  the Philadelphia Foundation.  president@philafound.org . The ...

First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
PHL CEO.jpg   PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and ... first round of grants, which totaled $450,000, provided $15,000 to 30 community-based organizations focused on issues ...

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
... foundation has partnered with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the Delaware County ... in Delaware County thanks to the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s $50,000 grant that ...
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Census 2020
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 ... to join us on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:15 PM to discuss the lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s ... not meet the standard set by the state constitution. After years of procedural arguments, this historic lawsuit is on ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... through a two-year, $300,000 grant. Over the next two years, PHAN will continue to build out the infrastructure of ... Net .  The project awards include: Access Services , $15,000 for a proof-of-concept project to implement a visiting ...
05Sep2024

Philanthropic Strategies to support Democracy and Civic Engagement in Pennsylvania

Thursday, September 5, 2024
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Webinar
Join us September 5 from 2:00 - 3:15 PM for a remote gathering focused on Philanthropy’s role ... civic engagement work. Facilitated by Emily Thielmann , Philadelphia resident and Deputy Director of the Democracy ... ; Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania ; Heinz Endowments ; Philadelphia Health Partnership ; and William Penn Foundation ...
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Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... 6, 2018), seven members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ... be held indefinitely at BCRC – children as young as 2-years-old have been held in detention there for more than a ...

An Open Letter on Family Detention in Pennsylvania

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10/2018

Out of concern for immigrant rights, especially the health and well-being of our immigrant children, Philanthropy Network members authored this open letter calling on Governor Wolf and the Department of Human Services to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC), one of three immigrant fam

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, November 21, 2024—The Independence Public ... women and transgender and gender nonconforming people in Philadelphia jails to share their stories and build power ... engagement, and networking needs of Afghan refugees in the Philadelphia region. “We’re excited to continue ...

The Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund Provides Immediate Support for Reentry Program Participants

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 7, 2020) –  In response to the ... At the request of the STAR Reentry Court Team, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, through the Luongo Fund, ... during their transition from prison life. In recent years, the Fund has expanded to provide additional support to ...
27Jul2022

Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... organization in new budget by Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer (08.03.22) Biden signs executive order ...

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