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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
... Months of escalating violence against Asian Americans came to a head on March 16th in Atlanta when a white gunman shot ... - 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 ... on Governor Wolf and the Department of Human Services to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC), one of ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... Joe Pyle “A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect.”  -W.E.B. Du Bois Last week we saw yet another ... 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 ...

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

Democracy Fund
Published: 
10/2020
... and peacebuilding reveal that a great deal can be done to prevent (and, if necessary, de-escalate) violence and ... — if leaders with influence and resources are ready to face these challenges squarely now. This guide is designed to help local place-based funders invest quickly in leaders ...
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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
... United States have shut down their operations in response to COVID-19. Many of these businesses that have been deemed ... drugstore pharmacists, childcare workers, and home health aides. The soldier on the front lines of the current ... to ensure our safety and well-being as they risk their own health. Yet prior to this pandemic, this unseen labor force ...

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

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... as communities, organizations, and governments mobilize to meet critical needs. We have been humbled by the ... 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. ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... are very few actions that make up the “must dos” for foundation to be in compliance with the IRS or the founding ...
28Jul2022

Funder Briefing: Reflecting Forward Report

Thursday, July 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual
... with funding from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, captures three overarching ... provided at the end of the event.

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... truth, and fostering healing. Arundhati Roy speaks to this in her recent article  The pandemic is a portal , ...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in 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 from the Judge ... 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 ...
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 ... effort determine how much federal funding is apportioned to each state, as well as the number of elected seats ... provides critical data that funders and others rely on to inform decisions about how resources are allocated. For ...

Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Human Services ... administration further endanger the physical and mental health of children and their families. Each day BCRC is ...
29Jun2023

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

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... the culture wars.  Just as many libraries are striving to ensure that their collections are relevant to the growing ... 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
... and the public sector that are permissible and can serve to build relationships and advance important issues.   A ...

Reflections on the election and our purpose

And still hope rises
Thursday, November 7, 2024
... across our region and nation had a wide range of reactions to the results, we can all appreciate not only how divided ... Philadelphia, this news brings deep fears about what is to come for themselves, their families, and their community. ... policies on marginalized communities, threats to public health, and other topics.    Today, one thing is clear: ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
...   By Casey Cook In the last two months, we’ve all tried to adjust to seeing our friends, family, and coworkers mostly ... Philanthropy Network members Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, and Douty Foundation, we were able to launch the fund with $350,000. ...

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

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
NOTE TO FUNDERS: Sign-ons are being accepted until COB on August ... 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 ...

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 ... consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national grantmaking organizations, 304 philanthropic ... ahead of an August 7 deadline, the large collection of foundation presidents and chief executives, trustees and ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... Naiser Warren-Robinson As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, ... do to help curb the issue. In response, the Philadelphia Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, ...

Govenor Wolf Creates Commission to Ensure Fair, Accurate Count in 2020 Census

Governor Wolf
Friday, September 14, 2018
... us, from the number of seats Pennsylvania has in Congress to the amount of federal funds we revive, to the decisions government, businesses and non-profits ... community and nonprofit organizations, religious and health care communities, elected and appointed officials, ...
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