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New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and ... In response to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit community, New Century Trust is transitioning to a ... unnecessary administrative burden usually associated with grant writing and reporting. New Century Trust is currently ...

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 to 33 organizations ... and experiences of marginalized communities,” said IPMF Program Associate Samíl Jimenez-Magdaleno. This year, nine ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ... are able to creatively show their impact in reports and grant proposals.  However, the meritocracy frame means the ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their ...

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 ... leadership, and the Fund for Children, will support our community partners to continue their vital work in breaking ... services. => CONTINUE READING for a complete list of grant recipients, Philadelphia Foundation Announces $2.9 ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... caused by systemic oppression and reimagine and create a new normal that is better for the world, one where equality ... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting ... urgency, trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out ...

Guidance for Place-Based Funders to Address Political Violence Before and After the 2020 Election

Democracy Fund
Published: 
10/2020
... squarely now. This guide is designed to help local place-based funders invest quickly in leaders and organizations who’ve been preparing for this moment for years. This guidance is based on the ...
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First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
...   PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) today announced the first round of grant recipients for the Neighborhood Equitable Recovery ... The Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund is a community-driven grantmaking process in which residents in the affected ...

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 ... Althea Mae Hutchinson of CCFWG’s GirlGov Chester County program, Jimmer Breen of PAC, mural artist Kendra Beitzel, ... reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon for gender ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... from early-20s to mid-70s. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides project-based funds of up to $2,500 to women ... propose a project that impacts a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Greater ... and poet M. Nzadi Keita (ACG ‘14). Applications are made available on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... consisting of 70 groups representing a cross-section of community and faith-based organizations, nonprofits and the ... Danielle Outlaw have expressed their appreciation for the coalition, welcoming the support in efforts to end ... Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic. >>CONTINUE READING New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence ...

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle   PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (February 2018)  – The ... Bar Foundation broadened their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net ... “HealthSpark Foundation is incredibly grateful to our community partners for identifying projects with true ... be more culturally responsive, antiracist and to identify new tools to eliminate known disparities in access and that ...
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Small Foundations and the New Administration: State & Federal Laws to Watch

Thursday, March 9, 2017
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
... legal topics that are most likely to be the focus of the new administration, as he reviews state and federal laws that ... and your grantees well informed.

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

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
... Fund, purchased and distributed $100 Visa gift cards for necessities such as groceries, toiletries, and other ... to ensure that funds were immediately accessible to program participants. "All of the participants were so ... the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and various community partners in Philadelphia. Founded in 2015, the ...

Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... Most organizations received a two-year commitment for general support. Fels' Arts & Culture grants totaled $330K this year and $325K next year. Grant recipients are: African American Museum in Philadelphia ... Mural Arts Advocates Philadelphia Young Playwrights Program, Inc. Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement Scribe Video ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... students - because they are the trusted entity in their community.” said Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of The ... these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In addition ... a small foundation to fund and fuel grassroots, community-driven opportunities and aspirations for social change with a ...

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

Friday, December 21, 2018
... art and social justice that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of ... trans queer poet and educator Kay Ulanday Barrett, and New Orleans-based cultural strategist and consultant Sage ... the Transformation Award, Leeway offers the Art and Change Grant two times per year. These project-based grants of up to ...

Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... executed by Philly Counts, that addressed individual and community outreach on the ground and engaged partner ... the initial phases of the 2020 Census. Understanding the new reality and limitations due to COVID-19, Philly Counts’ ... Developing the COVID Community Response Captain (CRC) program in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of ...

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
... The largest grants of $10,000 each went to Multicultural Community Family Services and the Urban League, to ... The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the Delaware County Complete Count Committee ... Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s $50,000 grant that has been matched by contributions from Franklin ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ... and subject to a natural waning of engagement. This new investment will give local tech Brigade leaders training ... is the preeminent organization that promotes resident-driven government in the digital age,” said Lilian Coral, ...

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