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

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... and recovery funds that are helping communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Momentum Fund will be ... who have been historically marginalized and underserved in our country. The Fund will award a total of $8.5 million in grants to help these organizations ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Announces 2019 Grantmaking Programs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
... for the announcement. Following is what you can expect from Philadelphia Foundation's ongoing discretionary ... and that serve high poverty and vulnerable populations in our region, primarily in the five Pennsylvania counties of ...
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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
... reality of many women. To address this challenge, a grant from JPMorgan Chase will enable WOMEN’S WAY to bolster ... region. “We believe that economic justice is crucial to our work to advance gender and racial equity,” said  Diane ...

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
... joins Mayor Kenney’s Philly Counts 2020 effort to ensure a complete and accurate census count in 2020, announcing a ... President and CEO of UWGPSNJ . “This challenge invites our region’s community of civic and business leaders to ... County residents and all Pennsylvanians will benefit from this funding to nonprofit community-based ...

Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2020 – The Beech Companies, Inc ., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged ... this national emergency.

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 ... would be devastating,” said Morgan. “I felt that as a business member of this community it was important to act ... goal of the Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund is to help our nonprofit partners on the frontlines of serving the ...

IBX Foundation supports nearly 60 Nonprofit Health Centers

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
... population in Southeastern Pennsylvania access care at a health center supported by the IBX Foundation. Since 2011, ... hospitals, and traditional treatment centers. However, our patients are often hesitant to go there because of the ... public or private health insurance, therefore keeping them from becoming uninsured. Annually, health centers serve more ...

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
... response to the 2022 Brandywine Hospital closure, leaders from the community and in nearly 20 local and county ... PA 19320. The Equity Health Center will serve as a connecting point for health services across the community. ... improve health outcomes, and provide the healthcare our region deserves”. – Rev. Dr. Linwood Smith Jr., ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Press release from Brandywine Health Foundation   Coatesville Food Truck.jpg (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) – Using a targeted regional commitment to address food insecurity, in ... Executive Director of Health Partners Foundation.  “Our foundation has made food insecurity a priority within the ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... announced today that 17 local organizations will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots ... Plan, passed last March, increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over ... are already serving families with low incomes will enhance our outreach by adding trusted messengers who have a track ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... Foundation is now Philadelphia Health Partnership: a Foundation for Healthy Communities . The Foundation has ... local assets and challenges and to apply knowledge gained from research, practice, and community experience. For more ... Hospital Foundation, is a private independent foundation. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of ...

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

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
... capacity to respond to changing community needs resulting from an already high poverty rate combined with widespread ... (Pew Fund). “Pew’s latest grants aim to help our region’s social services agencies respond to the ... critical community needs during the pandemic. Following is a list of the Pew Fund’s June 2020 grants. For more on the ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... Initiative. The grants include 11 Innovation Lab grants, a 2-year grant to continue advocacy efforts through the Here ... “HealthSpark Foundation is incredibly grateful to our community partners for identifying projects with true ... in access and that inhibit housing insecure individuals from achieving their desired outcomes. Second, the Foundation ...

CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Clarifi, a leading financial empowerment nonprofit in Philadelphia, ... partner and a clear plan. After a simple intake call, our expert navigators can assess a resident’s needs and ... Other providers that make up BenePhilly with funding from CEO include Utility Emergency Services Fund (UESF), ...
09Sep2021

The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
... Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch a first of its kind collaboration between government, ... rate in Philadelphia and promote an equitable recovery from the pandemic. This collective strategy, entitled The ... the Philadelphia Poverty Action Plan, to design and build a community-informed, evidence-based strategy that addresses ...
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 ... this series invites guests to the virtual table to discuss a range of issues at the intersection of philanthropy, racial ... think bravely and “imaginate” (imagine + create) a better future, ensuring we don’t settle for innovation as ...

FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
... created the COVID-19 Response Grant program to provide a source of funding to organizations serving Bucks County children, youth and families in need. Following a $10,000 emergency donation to the Bucks County United Way ... revenue for the organizations working tirelessly to serve our most vulnerable populations, including the homeless, ...
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
... Center for Arts & Heritage . We’ll also talk about our grantmaking practice and what it means to “let go” in ... assets and organizational capacity with – not for – a community.

Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
... In the southeast concourse at SEPTA’s Suburban Station, a poorly-lit and once stained white wall now welcomes commuters with a 57-foot hand painted mural boasting big bright flowers and ... which launched on April 23 and is funded by grants from The Barra Foundation and The Sheller Family Foundation, ...

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, ... city. Earlier this year, Council issued Narrowing the Gap, a report identifying strategies to alleviate poverty. Now, ... hearing, which took place at City Hall, featured testimony from a number of experts who research poverty and who provide ...

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