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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 ... Mural Arts Philadelphia called Color Me Back, a same day work and pay program that pays economically insecure people in Philadelphia $50 cash for three hours of public art making. The program, which ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... is now Philadelphia Health Partnership: a Foundation for Healthy Communities . The Foundation has invested over ... $22 million in more than 160 nonprofit organizations that work to address the health needs of the most vulnerable and ... gained from research, practice, and community experience. For more information about PHP, visit ...
01Mar2018

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

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
... the importance of ensuring a full and accurate count for the upcoming 2020 Census. The results of this ... on to inform decisions about how resources are allocated. For 2020, the risk and consequences of an undercount - ... brings many years of field organizing experience to her work with PA Voice, including roles as National Partnership ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is experiencing a ... has been a leader in these initiatives through work by both the City and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of ...

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

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
... HOME and provides a gateway to vital services and care for Philadelphia’s homeless. The Hub of Hope is a first-of-its-kind engagement center for homeless created via a partnership with a social services ... This kind of partnership shows what we can do when we all work together. I hope other businesses will take SEPTA’s ...

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
... and accurate census count in 2020, announcing a match for every new donation up to $500,000, raising $1 million in ... and business community by matching every donation raised for the region’s grassroot census efforts, up to $500,000. ... community-based organizations doing census outreach work in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties. ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Fund III fuels the next phase of GreenLight’s work in Philadelphia: partnering with communities to identify ... models: Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Single Stop, Center for Employment Opportunities, ParentChild+, and Compass ... and portfolio management. “This is an exciting day for GreenLight Philadelphia and the Advisory Council, and a ...

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 ... to support the development of a social justice curriculum for safety net system providers working in the Montgomery ... efforts to advance greater racial and social justice work among social services providers. First, HealthSpark ...

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 ... baby in his walker went viral. Three years later, for many of us, this family’s now public moment is our new ... women who bear the brunt of caregiving, homeschooling and work-from-home responsibilities all at once. With women ...

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, ... The community-driven process, the first of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the community so that people affected by the issues work toward their own solutions. “Not only has the COVID-19 ...

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
... “We believe that economic justice is crucial to our work to advance gender and racial equity,” said  Diane ...

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 Alliance to apply for Chester County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) ... access to health and social service appointments and work. The new electronic fare system will now meet the modern ...

Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
New funding priorities for Union Benevolent Association target organizations helping ... struggle on a daily basis to obtain the basic necessities for survival. Philadelphia is the nation’s poorest big city ... the board acknowledges and respects the incredible work being done by the organizations we have funded in the ...

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

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
... than the federal poverty level but still not enough to pay for essentials such as housing, food, transportation and ... struggling to survive. The ALICE® report, which stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed , is an ... living above the poverty line but still unable to pay for basic needs and essentials, the trend is simply ...

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 paycheck has the potential for a devastating impact. Coatesville, the only city in ... surviving on wages from vulnerable temporary jobs and day work, the unemployment rate is a staggering nine percent. ...

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

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
... effort to support organizational 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
... 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 ... Conversations will grapple with racial constructs, work to unpack them and reimagine a system that centers and ...

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