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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce second-round COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Friday, July 16, 2021
... Fund awarded its second round of grants totaling $668,885 to 84 individuals and nonprofit organizations working to increase COVID-19 education, vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in Philadelphia, ... resource materials as well as logistical and operational support.  There are bi-weekly calls to help support, connect ...

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 ... materials, rent stabilization work and academic support for local students - because they are the trusted ... and others calling on the philanthropic sector to deploy resources immediately beyond the traditional 5% of corpus.  ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... million in more than 160 nonprofit organizations that work to address the health needs of the most vulnerable and ... PHP identifies young children and their families and immigrants and refugees as priority populations ... strategic initiatives on a rolling basis. Allocation of resources will be informed by ongoing engagement and analysis ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Announces 2019 Grantmaking Programs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
... has an exciting impactful year planned. In addition to the new grantmaking programs they have rolled out over the past two years, the foundation will support special initiatives available only this year. These ... populations and connect those they serve to multiple resources.
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Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
... Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund. Over $373,000 will support general operations of twenty-two local organizations responding to the increase demands and organizational stressors of the ... all about - ensuring that our nonprofit partners have the resources and capacity to serve our most vulnerable ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots outreach to maximize the number of ... $2,000 to $3,600 for children under the age of six. Many families received advance Child Tax Credit payments between ... or no income. “At the Thomas Scattergood Foundation, we support organizations and programs that incorporate ...
09Sep2021

The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
... New Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch a first of its kind collaboration between ... and anchor institutions in an ambitious effort to reduce the poverty rate in Philadelphia and promote an ... to streamline evidence-focused grantmaking processes and support high-performing community organizations and ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... as men, the reality is that more women can directly relate to the professor’s experience. Even during the best of ... women and their families have always faced. We continue to support our grantee partners on the front lines of providing ... essential care. These lifelines are essential given that resources are often shifted away from routine, critical ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and ... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by ...

United Way of PA Sheds Light on Financial Hardships: The ALICE Report

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
... more than the federal poverty level but still not enough to pay for essentials such as housing, food, transportation ... Ways to raise awareness of the challenges faced by working families and to mobilize organizations and individuals who want to support strategies and policies that move ALICE along their ...

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 ... the census…would hurt a diverse range of rural and urban communities, leaving them underrepresented locally and in ... including people of color, low-income and immigrant families, and young children,” said Jocelyn Bissonnette , ...
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 ... funders and others rely on to inform decisions about how resources are allocated. For 2020, the risk and consequences ... As the state leader on this issue, PA Voice has engaged communities across the commonwealth to build a broader ...

CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... this week a new service aimed at connecting Philadelphians to the BenePhilly program. BenePhilly connects thousands of ... These Helpline staffers will determine what services and support residents need before transferring them to one of ... need, increasing their awareness of and access to vital resources. "Philadelphia families deserve easy access to the ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - In response to the varied, immediate and long-term challenges facing our ... provides for rapid identification of community needs that support essential health, safety and sanitation supplies and ... and Economic Relief Fund. In addition, dozens of individuals throughout Chester County have already ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
... has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move to positively impact the economic security of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Philadelphia, PA (April 13, ... Cornman-Levy , Chief Disruptor at WOMEN’S WAY. “With support from JPMorgan Chase, WOMEN’S WAY is more strongly ...

Philadelphia opens a ‘Hub of Hope’ For Those in Need

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
... and SEPTA held a ribbon cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the new Hub of Hope in the Center ... Center City. That is why SEPTA and our Board are proud to support the Hub of Hope to help those struggling with ... treatment and other housing options. In 2017, 1,462 individuals visited the Hub of Hope more than 11,000 times. ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brandywine Health ... the 10th anniversary of this landmark that has helped to improve the health of the greater Coatesville area. ... most concrete examples of the impact BHF has had, thanks to our donors, our volunteers, our grantees, and our ...

Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
... announced it has changed its funding priorities to better focus on alleviating the burden of poverty. ... time, UBA provided money, food, clothing, and medicine to families all around the city, regardless of race, religion, ... they receive no general operating funds.  We want to support organizations that demonstrate strong impact by ...

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