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FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic as community need is greater than ever. In an effort to quickly respond to the crises, Foundations ... Foundations Community Partnership has awarded nearly $6 million in grants and scholarships in Bucks County since ... and technical assistance to non-profit organizations, awards scholarships to Bucks County high school seniors, ...

Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
... nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would have been celebrating its ... compassionate response.” Each week Beech provided $1,000 micro-grants to five selected non-profits. Bazelon, ...

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

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... in Chester County." Patients like Jana, a mother of a 1-year old baby boy who receives services from LCH's ... called the office, an LCH nurse was able to screen her over the phone for her son's symptoms and determined that it ... by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit  philafound.org. ...

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

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
... regional partners, today released a report that shows that 1.2 million Pennsylvania households earn more than the federal ... and the bare minimum single adult budget by 26 percent over that same time period. During that 10-year period, ...

CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... Centers, where they will receive assistance with over 20 public benefits, including SNAP, LIHEAP, Medical ... run Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs), which serve over 1,000 Philadelphians each year to help them open consumer ... an ongoing issue: In Philadelphia alone, an estimated $450 million in state and federal benefits went unclaimed in 2020, ...

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 ... by Steve Weinik In the first 13 weeks of the program, over 430 participants received payments totaling more than ...

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
In response to the 2022 Brandywine Hospital closure, leaders from the community and in nearly 20 local and county organizations convened to ... funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health Center in Greater Coatesville. ...

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

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
... today to celebrate the opening of the new Hub of Hope in the Center City sub-concourse.  The 11,000-square-foot ... shelter, treatment and other housing options. In 2017, 1,462 individuals visited the Hub of Hope more than 11,000 ... Monday-Friday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and on weekends, year-round, not just during winter’s cold months. “Project ...
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 , ... and gender inequality.  Four key Philadelphia programs fall within the guaranteed earned income rubric:  PHL ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center opening in Coatesville. Ten years ago, the opening of the Brandywine ... Health and Housing Center changed the healthcare landscape in the greater Coatesville area. A decade later, more than ... Brandywine Health Foundation pulled together more than $13 million in public and private funds to build the Brandywine ...

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 ... institutions that have given a total of more than $100 million to help ensure an accurate census. The Administration ... 2020 census timeline as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States. The philanthropic leaders that signed ...
25Jun2019

Southwest Philly 2019: Tour of the Neighborhood and What We Can Do Next

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
9:00am - 4:30pm
Bartram's Garden
Please join us for our third session in our series on Southwest Philadelphia. This session will ... discussions on various issues and the ways in which funders can help revitalize the community. Topics ...
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 ... staff to provide guidance and direction throughout the grant process.  Learn more about The Promise here .  ...

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 ... a strutting four-year-old, and the nonchalant baby in his walker went viral. Three years later, for many of us, ... needs that will keep growing even after the pandemic is over Analyze the data measuring the impact of COVID-19 by ...

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. ...

United Way launches new funding cycle

Monday, October 16, 2017
... announce the launch of the FY 2019-2021 funding process. In order to qualify for funding, an organization must ... Before you register, partners must visit our Impact Fund grant application page to read the RFP Guidance Letters and ... UWGPSNJ staff at fundingprocess@uwgpsnj.org or by calling 1-866-636-8673.   Information Sessions Philadelphia Friday, ...

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