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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 ... public sector and others rely on to inform decisions about how resources are allocated. Second, Pennsylvania’s ... You must be logged in to to GWP's website register for an event.  If you have not registered for previous webinars via ...
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Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

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 ... to 20 percent of their endowment for flexible support of nonprofit and even as their endowments decreased in a ... is made up.  For example, the definition of “risk.” How many times have foundation boards used the word "risk" as ...

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 , ... and storytelling, the project will address questions like: How did existing structural inequalities further impact their lives during this time? How did changing policies regarding policing, loitering ...

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 and polarized our communities are, but also how ... As we come together as a Network and reinvigorate our common purpose, we have an opportunity—and consistent with ...

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 ... We Are Not Your Flavor of the Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation ... an Intersectional Justice Movement via Inside Philanthropy How Funders Are Fighting Anti-Asian Hate via Inside ...

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 ... Centering the dignity and value of human life must guide how we create policy and build systems of care. The ... in our Think Bigger Do Good Policy Series : Improving Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness and ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and political power of women and girls throughout the Philadelphia region. In response to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit community, New ... burden usually associated with grant writing and reporting. New Century Trust is currently seeking to build a ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... Knight’s investment in Code for America and its mission to nearly $10 million since 2010. Code for America’s ... so that they can be resilient and sustainable in improving how the government serves the public in a digital society.” ... residents. ### About Code for America Code for America, a nonprofit founded in 2009, believes that government can work ...

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in 2017 totaling $556,550. Grants are a ... part of the Bar Foundation’s comprehensive access to justice work which strengthens the delivery of civil legal ...

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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... Chester Public Arts Commission (PAC), and Zukin Properties to unveil the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market ... of the 19th Amendment, which granted many women the right to vote, and celebrates the suffrage movement of the past, ... Beitzel, and CCFWG Board Chair Judi Bell shared remarks to honor the occasion. CCFWG Suffrage Mural Photo Final.jpg ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 organizations and projects. These grants will support ... sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, and strengthen local ... focus areas reviewed all the proposals and decided how to allocate the $800,000 fund. The panel’s decisions ...

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

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... will provide $50 million in immediate short-term relief to several national and community organizations to help some ... grantees . “During this pandemic we are seeing how important it is that everyone has access to high quality ... able to live a healthy life can depend in large part on how much money you make, where you live, and the color of ...

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 ... grief. It’s clear to me that we will not be returning to how things used to be. But each Friday afternoon, I have a ... and admire, wrote beautifully before the pandemic on how she connects her work to larger movements:  “I think ...

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 ... will be hurt most by COVID-19. As philanthropy continues to respond to community needs, we must be intentional in our ... let’s ensure that we are supporting relief funds and nonprofit organizations that are inclusive of the people who ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 ... a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to Norristown, Overbook to Port Richmond, and neighborhoods in between. They also ...

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 6, 2020. CLICK HERE to add your name.   WASHINGTON — More than 500 ... announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to “drastically cut short” 2020 census operations amid a ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Pennsylvania Grantmakers invite funders and practitioners to join us on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:15 PM to discuss the lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school ... of procedural arguments, this historic lawsuit is on track to go to trial this September.   Plaintiffs will argue that ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... – Since 1968, The Douty Foundation has awarded grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in ... social change within their communities. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation is immediately ... “The COVID-19 crisis has created struggles for many nonprofit organizations internally while at the same time ...

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