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Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
... Without the grant from Beech, the Walker Junior Unity Center in North Philadelphia, which delivers food to 100 to ... Alliance Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Philabundance Project Home Salvation Army Red Shield Center Self, Inc. ... to its residents.

CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... and Clarifi, a leading financial empowerment nonprofit in Philadelphia, announced this week a new service aimed at ... and Philadelphia FIGHT (for new or returning medical center patients). The BenePhilly Helpline leverages ... an ongoing issue: In Philadelphia alone, an estimated $450 million in state and federal benefits went unclaimed in 2020, ...

Pew Announces $4.5M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region’s Frail Elderly

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
... Trusts announced today that it will provide nearly $4.52 million over the next three years to 28 ... and housing-related legal assistance. Benefits Data Trust Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the ... Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance Pennsylvania Health Law Project SeniorLAW Center Surrey Services for Seniors Goal 2: ...

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 ... letter reflects an unprecedented consensus among national, state and local grantmakers and philanthropic institutions that have given a total of more than $100 million to help ensure an accurate census. The Administration ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Announces 2019 Grantmaking Programs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
In recognition of its important 100th year milestone, The ... grants will be open to nonprofits with budgets under $10 million, and the amount of the award will be no more than 7% ... for Impact, Advocacy and Leadership grants . All funding will be available on a competitive basis and will ...
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First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... Healthy Communities . The Foundation has invested over $22 million in more than 160 nonprofit organizations that work to address ... has had a long career working in government at the city, state, and federal levels and in the nonprofit sector. “No ...
01Mar2018

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

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
... determine how much federal funding is apportioned to each state, as well as the number of elected seats individual states hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Census also ... holds a B.A. from Fordham University and a J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the ...
15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. Published every five years, the Blueprint ... pressing issues facing women and girls at the local, state, and national levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. The report provides critical data to ...

$100,000 Grant Kicks off Campaign for Chromebooks for Pottstown School District

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
POTTSTOWN, May 5—With the announcement of a $100,000 matching grant, The ... are providing a way for the community to help students in the borough continue their education during the ... welcome. “Most of us are aware of the inequality of the state’s educational funding and the impact that this has on ...

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

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
... partners, today released a report that shows that 1.2 million Pennsylvania households earn more than the federal ... region’s number one challenge, with 26 percent of people in Philadelphia alone living in poverty” said Bill ... of a bare-minimum household budget for each county in the state. Referred to as the survival budget, it is not ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
... justice. Inspired by Sidney and Marcus’s conversation in July on white supremacy , this space is intentionally ... ensuring we don’t settle for innovation as the future state but as an opportunity to create radical change.  ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... alleviate poverty is nearly a century old, with its roots in the post-Depression era and the Civil Rights and Black ... concept is experiencing a resurgence, with implementation in many cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , ... in these initiatives through work by both the City and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... for Women and Girls CCFWG_COVIDBlog.jpg   A juggling act In 2017, the world laughed when the young children of a ... to keep their families afloat? In Chester County, 2 out of 5 single moms live below the poverty line ( 2016 Blueprint ... of our communities, partners like the  Domestic Violence Center of Chester County  and  Crime Victims’ Center of ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - In response to the varied, immediate and long-term challenges ... on a rolling basis and range from approximately $5,000 - $15,000 each. Donations received will be administered ... Foundation’s Board of Directors, we will ensure that the funding decisions made by our staff (president and CEO and a ...

Derrick Morgan partners with Brandywine Health Foundation to support COVID-19 Healthcare and Economic Relief Fun

Derrick Morgan
Friday, April 10, 2020
Via the Daily Local News DerrickMorgan_BHF.jpg In this file photo, former NFL player Derrick Morgan ... to the betterment of the Greater Coatesville community and in an effort to help address unmet needs resulting from the ... on the effort to build and support business growth in Greater Coatesville would be devastating,” said Morgan. ...
09Sep2021

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

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New ... business, private philanthropy, and anchor institutions in an ambitious effort to reduce the poverty rate in Philadelphia and promote an equitable recovery from the ...

Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
BY  PATRICK BILOW   for The Philadelphia Citizen In the southeast concourse at SEPTA’s Suburban Station, a ... more the artists.  The mural is the first installation in a 28 week pilot program by Mural Arts Philadelphia called ... and pay program that pays economically insecure people in Philadelphia $50 cash for three hours of public art ...

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