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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness invests $215,000 to promote culturally-centered strategies to promote mental health

Fund for Immigrant Wellness
Thursday, December 12, 2019
... Chinese Immigrant Family Wellness Program , a partnership of Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and ... Wellness Program , a partnership of Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians and African Family Health Organization ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
  IMG_1680.jpg Monica Munn, Senior Director of the WES Mariam Asefa Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office ...

After federal cuts, Philly funders are stepping up for this refugee service nonprofit

Generocity
Thursday, January 11, 2018
... executive decision last January to bar the entry of refugees from seven primarily Muslim countries was only ... its recent struggles. At the end of last year, Executive Director Margaret O’Sullivan and Board Chair Alicia Karr ... to our need.” READ MORE...   After federal cuts, Philly funders are stepping up for this refugee service ...
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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness announces first grantee cohort

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A partnership of funders and community-based, immigrant-serving ... aim to support,” said Oni Richards-Waritay, Executive Director of AFAHO and a member of the Community Fund granting ... (a Mural Arts program), SEAMAAC, and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians. It is supported by the Scattergood ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... R. Hargro From the disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent ... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ... agree that the philanthropic sector has a propensity to fund research and create new frameworks and models for ...

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 ... and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), has secured $15.8 million in gifts ... health and social outcomes," said Oni Richards, Executive Director of AFAHO. "Doing this with very little resources is ...
30Sep2024

Immigration Trends and Economic Impact: New Research from The Pew Charitable Trusts

Monday, September 30, 2024
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Virtual
... PM, for a presentation by Tom Ginsberg and Mari Gonzalez of The Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia Research and ... insights from their  latest research on immigration .

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... 24 non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Chester County. Nearly 100 community ... and her family; Dwayne and Amy Walton, the Executive Director and Volunteer Coordinator of Parkesburg Point , ... violence and sexual assault. This year, CCFWG introduced a new two-year funding program , pledging to award three ...

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
For more information: Jennifer Leith, Executive Director, The Douty Foundation 215-620-1869  ... the Foundation is immediately releasing more than 25% of its investment corpus, $1.5 million, to respond to the ... these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In addition ...
17Apr2018

Post-Conference Learning Session--United We Rise: Newcomers, Neighbors, and America’s Next Generation

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
9:00am - 11:00am
Philadelphia, PA
The Merchants Fund, the Welcoming Center, The Scattergood Foundation, and ... interests to discuss emerging challenges and opportunities for newcomers and receiving communities.   We would like to invite you to a post-conference learning session where we will share with ...
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Immigration and Refugees
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Pennsylvania (state)

PA is Ready! receives $150k in funding to support immigration services

Friday, April 6, 2018
A total of $150,000 in grants from the Ford Foundation , JPB ... also supported the 2018/19 match include the  S. Albert Fund (a component fund of The Philadelphia Foundation), ... of PICC. Over the past two years, PA is Ready!
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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 ... have been forced to furlough or lay off a large percentage of their workforce and limit services, while striving to ... With much gratitude, Will Gonzalez, Esq., Executive Director, stated that "this funding will allow them to ...
23Sep2022

Delaware County Funders’ Community of Practice: Funders’ Tour of Upper Darby, Our Region’s 2nd Largest Municipality

Friday, September 23, 2022
9:30am - 1:30pm
Tour
... on Friday, September 23 from 9:30 - 1:30 pm for a tour of Upper Darby, the second largest municipality in our ... 0.1 mile to 7016 Terminal Square) Portia Kamara, Executive Director, Multicultural Family Services  Layla DeLuria, ... 11:00 AM Workforce Development Panel (bus ride to site of new Upper Darby campus for Delaware County Community College, ...

Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... years to 38 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the region’s most vulnerable adults, including those ... such as food and shelter,” said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia, which has ...
27Feb2017

Rapid Response Convening: Addressing the Immediate Needs of Immigrant & Refugee Communities

Monday, February 27, 2017
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Philadelphia, PA
... rights to learn more about the evolving implications of federal and local actions related to immigrants and ...

Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... posted on election day (Nov. 6, 2018), seven members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to ... it was founded.

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Fels_ImmigrantCommunity.png The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly shifted the fundamentals of our daily lives. The challenges we face are unprecedented ... The Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation Samuel S. Fels Fund Independence Foundation The Merchants Fund Nonprofit ...

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