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

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... -- The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its fourth round of grants, totaling more than $3.25 million to 101 ... against this pandemic," said Dr. Mariana Izraelson, CEO of La Comunidad Hispana. "They are still working, their ... COVID-19 is having across our region," said Pedro Ramos, President & CEO of Philadelphia Foundation. "Our health ...

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

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Philadelphia, PA (June 18, 2019) – United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), ... alone living in poverty” said Bill Golderer, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New ...
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 count for the upcoming 2020 ... and Why Philanthropy Should Care - David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, United Philanthropy Forum REGISTER via the Grantmakers ...

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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... May 7, 2021 | The City today announced the launch of the N, a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots ... The community-driven process, the first of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the community so ...

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  |  ... is key to making that a reality,” said Bill Golderer, President and CEO of UWGPSNJ . “This challenge invites our region’s ...

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
... American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health ... in the community. With an Oversight Committee composed of local community leaders and other physical and mental ... Equity Health Center will be housed on the fourth floor of the Brandywine Center at 744 East Lincoln Highway, ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... and Black Power movements .  Guaranteed income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  ... , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of guaranteed income programs.  Philadelphia has been a ... presentation deck PHLHousing+ presentation deck Article | CEO Launches Pilot Program to Provide Extra Income to Work ...

FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
... the COVID-19 Response Grant program to provide a source of funding to organizations serving Bucks County children, ... Bucks County United Way in March, this week FCP’s board of directors approved $230,000 in COVID-19 response grant ... Family Service Association of Bucks County Lenape Valley Foundation NGA-Needlework Guild of America Snipes Farm & ...

Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
... and radiant summer colors. But the real significance of the mural, unveiled this week, is less the art—and more ... insecure people in Philadelphia $50 cash for three hours of public art making. The program, which launched on April 23 and is funded by grants from The Barra Foundation and The Sheller Family Foundation, holds a lottery ...

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

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major U.S. city. Earlier this year, Council issued ... Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); Pedro Ramos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); and Andrew Frishkoff , ...

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

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
... PA (January 30, 2018) —  Project HOME , the City of Philadelphia and SEPTA held a ribbon cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the new Hub of Hope in the Center City sub-concourse.  ... of America ; Lynne and Harold Honickman; Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation ; Leigh and John Middleton; Aileen and Brian ...

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

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... Fund.jpg United Philanthropy Forum announces the launch of the Momentum Fund to support nonprofit organizations ... pandemic. The Momentum Fund will be awarding grants of up to $100,000 to 501(c)(3) organizations managing ... made possible by a grant from the  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .  Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... alarmed by the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to “drastically cut short” 2020 ... “Rushing the census…would hurt a diverse range of rural and urban communities, leaving them underrepresented ... said Gary D. Bass , executive director of the Bauman Foundation and chair of a national philanthropic ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... act In 2017, the world laughed when the young children of a professor burst into his home office during his  live interview with the BBC . The clip of flustered parents, a strutting four-year-old, and the ... children, according to a  study from the Kaiser Family Foundation . The closure of schools, childcare centers, small ...

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