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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
... social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the Philadelphia Equal ... said Jessica Hilburn-Holmes, Esq., executive director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. “The Member ...
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New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
... the city’s civil legal aid groups under one roof — a first in Philadelphia. It’s hoped the one-stop-shop model ... for a lawyer,” said Jessica Hilburn-Holmes, executive director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundatio n, the ...
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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... is too often overlooked,” said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in ... The organization will also use the funding to expand its substance use disorder recovery support and diversify ... training and work opportunities offered through its Work First program. Health Federation of Philadelphia  promotes ...

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

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
PA-is-Ready-Logo-1-300x100.png   Now in its sixth year, PA is Ready! is thrilled to announce its 2021 grant awards, totaling $339,313, to 22 groups ...

The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards

The Nelson Foundation
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... . Additionally, four organizations received the very first grants of the Change Champions grant program, a new ... of $12,500 are:  Public Interest Law Center , Children First (formerly PCCY) , Education Law Center , and Mad Beatz ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... distancing," said Philadelphia Bar Foundation Executive Director Jessica Hilburn-Holmes. "Our Trustees recognize that ... financial support, the Bar Foundation takes seriously its obligation to tell the stories of the unfolding programs, ...
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17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
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In partnership with Philanthropy Network members Gender Justice Fund and Homeless ... Discuss Their Work Amid the Backlash By Dawn Wolfe (Inside Philanthropy, 03.31.25) Under Threat: The State of Support ...

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... Philadelphia,” says Jessica Hilburn-Holmes, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. “We are ... Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, founder and co-director of the Lyon-Philadelphia Bar Association Internship ... . For further information: Contact:  Laura Powers Director of Marketing & Development 215-238-6372 ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... occur at any time. Previously, the Bar Foundation recorded its largest grant allocation increase of 20 percent from 2010 to 2011 and its largest historical increase of 60 percent from 1997 to ...