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

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
... across Pennsylvania. PA is Ready!  is an innovative, community-led network and participatory grantmaking fund ... over $594,000. This year’s grant recipients will educate community members and allies about immigrant rights, build ... and distributes national funds.      PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities across ...

The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards

The Nelson Foundation
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... that our Board of Directors has awarded the 2024 Core Grants as well as several Change Champions, and Grace Nelson Awards. All core grants are three-year general operating awards in the amount ... Extracurricular Collaborative ($10,000) and Kensington Community Resilience Fund ($10,000).  The Nelson Foundation ...

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... 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 ... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ...

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
... and purpose-built location for the city’s legal aid community to call home. The EJC will increase access to ... free or low-cost legal services for all members of the community regardless of an individual or a family’s ... for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, Community Legal Services, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance ...
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New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

In a first for the city, the Equal Justice Center aims to connect low-income residents in need of free legal services with Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. by putting more than a dozen civil legal aid groups under one roof (via WHYY).

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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... Health and Human Services in Philadelphia. “With these grants, Pew is supporting organizations that are dedicated to ... to reach an additional 5,000 older adults annually through community education events. ### Founded in 1948, The Pew ... in poverty, encouraging a thriving arts and cultural community, and pursuing civic initiatives to strengthen the ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... $254,745 to be distributed immediately in emergency grants. These funds are intended to alleviate some of the unexpected economic pressure on the public interest community and to provide support for future needs. The ... “The pandemic reveals very clearly what the legal aid community has long understood – that all of us are only as ...
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COVID-19

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ... discrimination. We accomplish this mission by providing grants and technical assistance in support of quality legal ... partnerships, we remove barriers to justice, engage the community to support legal aid, and build system-wide ...
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Fund Established to Support Law Student Exchange Program Between Lyon and Philadelphia

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ... discrimination. We accomplish this mission by providing grants and technical assistance in support of quality legal ... partnerships, we remove barriers to justice, engage the community to support legal aid, and build system-wide ...
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