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Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2020 – The Beech Companies, Inc ., a ... became a vivid reminder of our purpose and mission from day one of providing vital services to the community,” ... would our founding CEO, the late Floyd Alston do? That’s when we decided to commemorate his memory by providing ...

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 ... viral. Three years later, 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 a juggling act for women ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation launches COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
... development, and education. Last week, the Foundation’s board approved a total of $100,000 towards establishing COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund for Social Service and Micro Business at PAHWF ... that the Tri-County comes through this stronger.” Grants from the fund will focus on programs that will have an ...

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
Find our more about the Fund's second round grant recipients PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia’s Philly Counts ... COVID-19 PR Fund_Web.png of the second round of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund . The Fund ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Reaches $10M in Funds Deployed, Continuing to Amplify Regional Community Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
PHLCovid19Twitter.png PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The PHL COVID-19 ... of needs faced by communities across the region. This week's round includes grants to several organizations providing ... FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC $        50,000 Treatment And Recovery Partnership (TARP) $          2,500 Urban Tree ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
  PHILADELPHIA – February 1, 2018 – After 20 years of ... and between practitioners and community members.” PHP’s emphasis on partnership reflects its belief that collective ... local assets and challenges and to apply knowledge gained from research, practice, and community experience. For more ...
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 ... the poverty rate in Philadelphia and promote an equitable recovery from the pandemic. This collective strategy, ... evidence-based strategy that addresses Philadelphia’s high rates of poverty.  Please join us for a briefing to ...

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

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... Fund to support nonprofit organizations managing active COVID-19 relief and recovery funds that are helping communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Momentum Fund will be ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... Foundation 215-620-1869  jennifer@doutyfoundation.org Philadelphia, PA (April 6, 2020) – Since 1968, The Douty ... social change within their communities. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation is immediately releasing more ... who enable our economy to produce while being excluded from its relief programs and rewards need extra support.” ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... Foundation CEO Frances Sheehan (l) joins the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center opening in Coatesville. Ten years ago, the ... Health Foundation. “Our community has benefited greatly from this medical home, which provides integrated, quality, ...

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 ... latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with greater clarity and purpose,” said Omar ...

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

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 30, 2018) —  Project HOME , the ... a gateway to vital services and care for Philadelphia’s homeless. The Hub of Hope is a first-of-its-kind engagement ... in a 150 square-foot storefront in Suburban Station from January-April—has    placed thousands of those ...

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

Derrick Morgan
Friday, April 10, 2020
... and in an effort to help address unmet needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Derrick Morgan, Managing Partner of KNGDM ... an initial $10,000 to Brandywine Health Foundation’s Health and Economic Relief Fund . “As this crisis began ...

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

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... residents who are vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, including those experiencing hunger, adults with ... capacity to respond to changing community needs resulting from an already high poverty rate combined with widespread ...

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
WOMEN’S WAY has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move ... of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Philadelphia, PA (April 13, 2023) – WOMEN’S WAY is ... reality of many women. To address this challenge, a grant from JPMorgan Chase will enable WOMEN’S WAY to bolster ...

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

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Despite a recent deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to see the ... hearing, which took place at City Hall, featured testimony from a number of experts who research poverty and who provide ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... .  Guaranteed income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is ... cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of guaranteed income programs.  ... City Fund;  Will Hall , Director of Financial Inclusion, from the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity;  ...

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
Contacts:   Abby Douglas - United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey  |  ... Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey joins Mayor Kenney’s Philly Counts 2020 effort to ensure a complete and accurate ... County residents and all Pennsylvanians will benefit from this funding to nonprofit community-based ...

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