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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle   PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (February 2018)  – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation broadened their scope of support for the legal aid ... $556,550. Grants are a fundamental part of the Bar Foundation’s comprehensive access to justice work which ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation is releasing $254,745 to be distributed ... to provide support for future needs. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation will deliver these unrestricted grants in April to ... us are only as safe as our most vulnerable citizens. The Foundation remains committed to strengthening the legal aid ...
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PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities across Pennsylvania

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
... Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. The Philadelphia Foundation hosts the pooled fund and provides technical ... and national institutional donors:  Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation , S. Albert Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation , Samuel S. Fels Fund , Philadelphia Foundation , ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation welcomes Mark A. Gittelman, Esq. and Ira Lefton, ... and commercial litigation, respectively, as the Bar Foundation advances their mission of equal access to justice ... of the Support Center for Child Advocates, one of the Bar Foundation’s nonprofit partners in Philadelphia. The ...
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Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee Reception  to ... for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia Foundation and a cohort of local and national funders ... who have provided support for  PA is Ready! :   Claneil Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, Samuel S. Fels ...

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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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
... PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s ... poverty. In addition to the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, Member Tenants in the EJC include the Center for ... work of Member Tenants at the EJC. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation provides support to these organizations through ...
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Fund Established to Support Law Student Exchange Program Between Lyon and Philadelphia

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... PA – April 24, 2018 – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation and the International Law Committee of the ... involved in the delivery of civil legal aid. The Bar Foundation is proud to be a partner in establishing this fund ... Hilburn-Holmes, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. “We are thrilled that we now have a way to ...
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