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Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – Reinvestment Fund joins the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in ... have dignified and easy access to nourishment and looks forward to continued opportunities to support innovative food ... create programming and events at the Cocina sin Fronteras, an open-air community kitchen within the garden. “This ...

$3.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief Awarded to Help Chester County Nonprofits Recover with Resiliency & Innovation

CCCF Grant
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Press Release via the Chester County Community Foundation For further information, contact: Beth Krallis, Marketing & ... of COVID-19. Through the Restore Chester County Nonprofit Innovation & Resiliency Fund , the Commissioners obtained $3.5 million in federal ...

Barra Foundation Announces $520,000 in Immediate Funding

Thursday, April 2, 2020
... increase in funding to Food Connect , a current Catalyst Fund grantee that is at the center of the food rescue effort ... and act quickly, with less bureaucracy, and, we also have an opportunity to balance a more rapid response with some ... About The Barra Foundation The Barra Foundation invests in innovation to inspire change that strengthens communities in ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... providing services to Northwest Philadelphia, with an emphasis on programs serving the East Mt. Airy ... will be celebrated at the “A Toast to Mt. Airy” event from 7 to 11 p.m. Sat., Nov. 9 at the United Lutheran ... for skill-building to better access healthy foods through growing, cooking, tasting and eating.   Jumpstart ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues to Meet Deep Community Needs in Fifth Round of Funding to Nonprofits

Thursday, May 14, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its fifth round of grants, totaling more ... Fray, CEO of Maternity Care Coalition. “We’ve seen an increased need for emergency supplies and have created a safe, contact free ...

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

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its fourth round of grants, totaling ... populations. Those populations, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are at a disproportionate risk to ... quickly to safeguard our patients, because they are not in an optimal position to defend themselves against this ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Responds to Urgent Community Needs, More than $12 Million Pledged to Date

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: PHL COVID-19 Fund earmarks more than $2 million in first round of grants to nonprofits By Mike Narducci for the Philadelphia Inquirer Image_FundPartners.png   ... of our nonprofits to continue to show up and step up in an unprecedented crisis.  Thank you to all who have donated. ...

First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
... (CEO) today announced the first round of grant recipients for the Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund, a partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund to ... “For CEO, the community grantmaking process was an intentional shift from our traditional approach to ...

Experiments in the Innovation Lab

Food Pantry
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
... get to a food pantry?  Stu Bush, Executive Director for The Open Link (a HealthSpark Foundation grantee) has long ... December 2018, HealthSpark Foundation awarded a $50,000  Innovation Lab  grant to the MontCo Anti-Hunger Network, in ... for Positive Aging in Lower Merion - $15,000 to begin an action planning process to create a healthier, ...

The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local public school districts in the communities it serves. ... the help of The School District of Philadelphia School and Fund, who received more than $414,000 from the effort . ... dollar or convert their CHOICE points into a donation for their local public schools’ food programs. The GIANT ...

24 Delaware County Nonprofits Receive Funding for Emergency Services

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The Foundation for Delaware County established the  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund on March 13, 2020, realizing that the impact of the ... just a sampling of the work we can and must support moving forward.” You can find the full list of Response Fund ...

An emergency COVID-19 fund in Delco fights to feed the newly needy in the ’burbs

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... Food banks from Chester to Upper Darby are dealing with growing lines filled with faces they’ve never before seen. ... working a minimum-wage job. Minimum wage is not even $10 an hour in Pennsylvania,” said Frances Sheehan, who as ... has established a  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund  to help with immediate food aid in recent weeks. ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards COVID-19 Fund grants

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... totaling $71,950 through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund. The fund supports social services in the Foundation’s ... supporting minority-owned businesses.  Award amounts for social services and micro businesses ranged from $1,250 ... Skitko and Twila Fisher of The Hill School. “There’s an urgent need to address the impact of coronavirus in the ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... Department of Public Health and the Reinvestment Fund have awarded more than $443,500 to fund several ... to create more healthy food options. This is part of an effort to find and fund community-driven solutions to ... of long-term relationship building, resource sharing, and growing food together as a community exploring new and ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) , Reinvestment Fund has joined the Philadelphia Department of Public Health ... your own neighborhood. Bunnyhop administrators shared, "As an entirely volunteer-run group, we envision community ... growers, as well as the Church of the Redeemer Baptist’s Growing Together Garden and the Attic Youth Center’s ...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... are as follows: Heights Philadelphia  was awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund)  growth grant ... expand its capacity to provide low-income students—with an emphasis on Black, Latino, and first-generation ...

Union Benevolent Association’s unrestricted response bolsters Philadelphia nonprofits amidst COVID-19

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... Philadelphia, PA, -- Like most cities, COVID-19 has had an unprecedented and profound impact on Philadelphia's local economy, available resources, and the ability for its residents to cover basic needs such as food, housing, ... the highest rate of poverty in the city, and now their growing immigrant population, that have especially felt the ...

FCM Hospitality and 8 Philadelphia restaurants donate to School District’s Culinary Arts Program in 12 schools

Thursday, February 17, 2022
... to officially present the company’s donation to The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia and participate in a ... LGBT Community Center, Attic Youth Center and many other local and regional organizations. For more about FCM ...
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U.S. Farm Bill Reauthorization and the Role of Pennsylvania Funders

Friday, May 13, 2022
9:00am - 10:30am
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Join the Philanthropy Network Food Funders on May 13 for a conversation about the U.S. Farm Bill, its impact on ... funders are already doing in this space and how local funders can engage.

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

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
... clients we serve already have to balance the need to pay for medication, healthcare services, basic needs like rent or ... the Coatesville Food Truck Project in October 2020 through an unrestricted grant to the Melton Center in the amount of ... since then has raised an additional $52,500 to address the growing number of families challenged with getting adequate ...

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