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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 ... - An #ArtistResource Conversation Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander ... for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb Hate Crimes, and ...

An Open Letter on Family Detention in Pennsylvania

Published: 
10/2018
Out of concern for immigrant rights, especially the health and well-being of our immigrant children, Philanthropy ... (BCRC), one of three immigrant family detention centers in United States. An Open Letter on Family Detention in Pennsylvania ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... old. He was a father of five adult children who lived in Chicago with his sister, Tameshay. He was beloved by his ... Daniel experienced a psychotic episode. Fearing for his health and safety, his sister sent him to stay with their ... put a human life in jeopardy. As a behavioral health foundation, we know that people with serious mental illness ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the ... collaborations, and organizations with budgets under $1 million. Addressing COVID and Systemic Racism Many of the  ... for youth to explore issues like COVID’s impact, mental health and the upcoming election. As someone who has worked ...

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 coronavirus pandemic, financial support ... of the STAR Reentry Court Team, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, through the Luongo Fund, purchased and ... including assistance with education, employment, housing, health care, and child care, and has attracted national ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna ... four centuries of traumatic white supremacist culture in the lives Black men, women, and families are once again ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ...
05Sep2024

Philanthropic Strategies to support Democracy and Civic Engagement in Pennsylvania

Thursday, September 5, 2024
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Webinar
... statewide funder activities in 2024 that could impact the health of our democracy, as well as explore short- and ... ; Philadelphia Health Partnership ; and William Penn Foundation . RESOURCES REPORT: Field In Focus: The State of ... - Hosted by Democracy Funders Network, September 19 at 1:00 PM - REGISTER OTHER RESOURCES: Peace Impact Framework ...
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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 ... Philanthropy Network members Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, and Douty Foundation, we ... the community grantmaking committee has made $405,500 in grants to 42 grassroots community organizing groups. ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... across the United States have shut down their operations in response to COVID-19. Many of these businesses that have ... drugstore pharmacists, childcare workers, and home health aides. The soldier on the front lines of the current ... the typical woman has only 36 cents of wealth for every $1 of wealth owned by a typical man. Nearly 50 percent of ...

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 ... Many of these residents work in service jobs in the health care and education, hospitality, and retail sectors: ... as a supporter of this statement. Chester County Community Foundation The Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation Samuel S. ...
01Mar2018

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

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
... well as the number of elected seats individual states hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Census also ... Census matters; what’s at stake, both nationally and in Pennsylvania; the value of full count efforts currently ... now to lay important groundwork for a full and fair count in 2020. Background reading: The Census is a social justice ...
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 ... wars.  You’ll also hear from Diana Doherty of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn about why that foundation ... funds public libraries as a component of their community health and inclusion strategy, and how your foundation could ...
31Jan2017

Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 1: Education Policy Advocacy

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
Philanthropy professionals in Pennsylvania understand how state policy affects the ... Speakers: Kristen Burns, Associate Director, Grable Foundation Michele Figlar, Vice President of Learning, The ...

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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market Street in West Chester, P A. The mural honors the 100th anniversary ... Voters, Cheryl Miles of Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA), Althea Mae Hutchinson of CCFWG’s GirlGov ... the occasion. CCFWG Suffrage Mural Photo Final.jpg “In the spirit of the Suffragists who braved so much more, we ...

Reflections on the election and our purpose

And still hope rises
Thursday, November 7, 2024
... their families, and their community.   Yesterday in conversation with numerous members and colleagues from ... policies on marginalized communities, threats to public health, and other topics.    Today, one thing is clear: philanthropy is in a unique position to be a steady hand and a strategic ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... communities, leaving them underrepresented locally and in Congress and cutting their fair share of federal funding ... that shortening the census in the face of national public health and economic crises will result in inaccurate data, ... said Gary D. Bass , executive director of the Bauman Foundation and chair of a national philanthropic ...

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

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... small businesses and community development projects in Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) ... small business growth and community development projects in neighborhoods with historically limited access to capital. ... investments will initially focus on 12 metropolitan areas in the U.S. and their surrounding regions: Atlanta, Detroit, ...

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

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Gary Bass, The Bauman Foundation 202/328-2040 | gbass@baumanfoundation.org ... across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 philanthropy-serving ... ahead of an August 7 deadline, the large collection of foundation presidents and chief executives, trustees and ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... of women and girls throughout the Philadelphia region. In response to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit ... to philanthropy. By doing so, NCT has chosen to invest in long-term partnerships with organizations by providing ... board development, fundraising, etc.). By engaging in an ongoing conversation with organizations, NCT believes ...

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, ...

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