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PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities across Pennsylvania

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
...   Now in its sixth year, PA is Ready! is thrilled to announce its 2021 grant awards, totaling $339,313, to 22 ... to ensure that immigrant communities have the skills and resources necessary for building safe and welcoming ... pooled fund and provides technical assistance, fundraising support, and coordination around donor education. In the 2021 ...
17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... about the current legislative and policy threats to trans communities across Pennsylvania, how organizations and communities are responding, and what can be done to support them. RELATED CONTENT: On Transgender Day of ...

Fund Established to Support Law Student Exchange Program Between Lyon and Philadelphia

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... Bar Association (“ILC”) have established a fund to provide stipends to students participating in the Lyon-Philadelphia Bar ... in this program. This new fund will provide financial support for the exchange program. In addition, the ILC will ...
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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today $4 million in awards to three Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations that are ... to improve the lives of older residents. With Pew’s support, the grantees—Pathways to Housing PA, Health ... of Philadelphia  promotes health equity for marginalized communities by advancing access to high-quality, integrated, ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 20, 2020) – In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation ... pressure on the public interest community and to provide support for future needs. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation ... have access to necessary information, services, and resources needed during this stressful time. They have ...
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Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
... civil legal aid agencies and social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration ... The EJC will increase access to information and legal aid resources by simplifying the task of finding free or low-cost ... at the EJC. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation provides support to these organizations through grantmaking, training ...
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Legal AidSocial Justice

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... The Philadelphia Bar Foundation broadened their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in ... position to identify sector-wide needs and marshal the resources to address issues in effective and timely ways,” ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... welcomes Mark A. Gittelman, Esq. and Ira Lefton, Esq. to join their Board of Trustees. Gittelman and Lefton will ... the Bar Foundation advances their mission of equal access to justice and develops the Equal Justice Center project in ... served as President of the Board of Directors of the Support Center for Child Advocates, one of the Bar ...
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The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards

The Nelson Foundation
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Nelson-Foundation logo.png The Nelson Foundation is excited to announce that our Board of Directors has awarded the 2024 ... and are making a positive impact for young people and the communities in which they live. This year’s eleven core ... piloted as an invitation-only initiative in 2024, to support organizations doing work in advocacy, policy, and/or ...

New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
... need of free legal services will soon be better connected to Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. That’s the aim of the Equal Justice Center, ... costs for member tenants, make it easier for people to access the pro-bono help they provide, and reduce the ...
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Equity and Social JusticeLeadership, Culture and Community