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CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... nonprofit in Philadelphia, announced this week a new service aimed at connecting Philadelphians to the ... them afford food, housing, and healthcare—but applying for them can be an overwhelming and time-consuming process. ... said Rendon.  The announcement comes after Benefits Data Trust, a nonprofit that submitted thousands of applications ...

Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... report, Narrowing the Gap . Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts

Philly Counts
Thursday, October 24, 2019
... Douglas - United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey  |  adouglas@uwgpsnj.org , 856-583-1855 Irene ... Counts.png United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey joins Mayor Kenney’s Philly Counts 2020 effort ... and accurate census count in 2020, announcing a match for every new donation up to $500,000, raising $1 million in ...
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 Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch ... Philadelphia’s high rates of poverty.  Please join us for a briefing to learn more about this initiative’s key ... Officer, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Denise Gomez Delsignore , Interim Family ...

United Way launches new funding cycle

Monday, October 16, 2017
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) is happy to announce the launch of the FY 2019-2021 funding process. In order to qualify for funding, an organization must complete the ... Enter ID: 2753 Pswrd: 2443 United Way launches new funding cycle ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... models: Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Single Stop, Center for Employment Opportunities, ParentChild+, and Compass ... With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to Fund III: Firstrust Bank, Hamilton Family ... am deeply grateful for the confidence and enthusiasm our new and returning investors have shown. We expect to grow our ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... residents in the affected communities are responsible for evaluating applicants, determining funding priorities, ... our expertise in community-driven grantmaking to this new partnership with CEO.” The deadline to apply for this ... where those grants go. Learn more at breadrosesfund.org . New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... a century old, with its roots in the post-Depression era and the Civil Rights and Black Power movements .  ... income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is experiencing a ... with implementation in many cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
For more information: Jennifer Leith, Executive Director, The ... economies. “The COVID-19 crisis has created struggles for many nonprofit organizations internally while at the same ... these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In addition ...

Pew Announces $1M to Support Vulnerable Philadelphia-Area Residents Amid Pandemic

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $1 million in new grants to 13 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving local ... said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia (Pew Fund). ... Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. Two of the new grants, to Philabundance and Prevention Point ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Reposted with permission from the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls CCFWG_COVIDBlog.jpg   A juggling act In ... for many of us, this family’s now public moment is our new normal.  This new reality spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic has been more of ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in Greater Coatesville

Equity Health Network Providers
Thursday, April 6, 2023
... care model would be an accessible, effective resource for Greater Coatesville. The combined studies led The ... services the existing Coatesville LINK, will introduce a new “on-demand” service to allow community members easier ... to health and social service appointments and work. The new electronic fare system will now meet the modern ...

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

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
... cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the new Hub of Hope in the Center City sub-concourse.  The ... HOME and provides a gateway to vital services and care for Philadelphia’s homeless. The Hub of Hope is a ... visited the Hub of Hope more than 11,000 times. The new permanent facility will be open Monday-Friday from 7 ...

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

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
... 2019) – United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), along with United Way of Pennsylvania ... than the federal poverty level but still not enough to pay for essentials such as housing, food, transportation and ... and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. “When you add to that the sheer number of those ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
... of businesses and the loss of employment opportunities for the 80 percent of Americans who survive from paycheck to ... rate is expected to more than double. Acknowledging the new reality of the impact of  COVID-19 coupled with the fact ... outbreak will cause, therefore the Fund will support new ways to deliver social and behavioral health services.  ...

Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... and sustain their funds. The grants can be used to add new staff, acquire new cutting-edge technology, or address other pressing ... from the philanthropic infrastructure who advocate for some of the communities and populations being hit hardest ...
09Jun2017

The Story of a Block – A Tour of Chester’s Avenue of the States with Artists, Entrepreneurs & Urban Farmers

Friday, June 9, 2017
9:00am - 2:00pm
Chester, PA
... Place-Based ,  Arts & Culture , and  Food Funders  for an interactive site visit and tour of Chester’s ... Pennsylvania Humanities Council , and  The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage .

Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
... Brandywine Health Foundation has implemented a series of new funding strategies due to the impact of COVID-19 on the ... resiliency and center its work around racial equity, for the first time in the foundation's history, the grant ... serve our most vulnerable communities fairly and justly. For a complete list of BHF's Phase Two - Recovery Grant ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table , co-hosted by Sidney ... Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations . Taking place every other month, ... + create) a better future, ensuring we don’t settle for innovation as the future state but as an opportunity to ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... 2-year grant to continue advocacy efforts through the Here for Us Advocacy Coalition, a research and planning grant to ... be more culturally responsive, antiracist and to identify new tools to eliminate known disparities in access and that ... among their memberships. Chinwe Onyekere, HealthSpark’s new Director of Equity & Inclusion, will serve as an advisor ...

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