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The Philadelphia Foundation and Catchafire Announce Partnership to Provide Volunteer Skills to Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... formalized partnership with Catchafire, an online service that connects social good organizations with a network of ... Greater Philadelphia nonprofits benefited from over 5,100 hours from Catchafire's pool of skills-based volunteers. ... to nonprofits," said Pedro A. Ramos, President and CEO of The Philadelphia Foundation. "Whatever a nonprofit's ...
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Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... By Nadya K. Shmavonian & Russell Johnson In 2015, Philanthropy Network and the Philadelphia Foundation ... Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund , an initiative that is now housed within SeaChange Capital Partners.  In ... SeaChange Capital Partners; Russell Johnson is President & CEO, HealthSpark Foundation, and Past Chair, Greater ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... effort, we want to raise awareness of the critical roles that highly effective Black organizations play in Black ... and leadership,” said Pedro A. Ramos, President and CEO, Philadelphia Foundation. “The Philadelphia Foundation ... has been provided by the Barra Foundation, as well as $100,000 from the S. Albert Fund of the Philadelphia ...

Bridgespan Group Announces Launch of Leadership Program to Serve Philadelphia-Area Nonprofits with Support of $4 Million from Harris Philanthropies and The Pew Charitable Trusts

Thursday, August 13, 2020
... firm, The Bridgespan Group (Bridgespan), announced today that it is expanding its Leading for Impact (LFI) and ... city, following the program’s successful implementation in cities such as Boston, Chicago and Detroit. Through these programs, 100 Philadelphia nonprofits will address important management ...

New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... — (Dec. 8, 2020) — The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund , in partnership with its members from HealthSpark Foundation , ... Network Greater Philadelphia’s SPARX Conference that details the financial health and resiliency of the ... before 2020,” said Russell Johnson, President and CEO of the HealthSpark Foundation and Chair of the Nonprofit ...

Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... and how did Philadelphia Foundation come to be involved in this initiative? The Black Community Leaders Fund ... know from our own work in the community and from the data that there’s a need for this kind of support. Black-led ... year. We anticipate the amounts will range from $5,000 to $100,000, depending on the nonprofit’s needs and budget. To ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit organizations that serve communities of color and those with low incomes, ... Recovery Fund is a community-driven grantmaking process in which residents in the affected communities are ...

Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-Based Black Leaders’ Recommendations For Regional Funders

Report: Reflecting Forward: Philadephia-based Black Nonprofit Leaders’ Recommendations for Regional Funders
Monday, June 13, 2022
... PA, June 13, 2022– Despite the heightened awareness that was amplified during the racial unrest that exploded during the pandemic, Black-led nonprofits in Philadelphia are still struggling to connect with the ... according to Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) and one of the ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
... Financial Health of Philadelphia-Area Nonprofits, revealed that over forty percent of our nonprofit sector in the five county region have net operating margins of zero ... funding differently” says Vanessa B. Briggs, president & CEO of Brandywine Health Foundation. “It was apparent that ...

An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... As many of you know, most mid-sized arts organizations in the United States have less than three months of cash in ... of the cultural sector post-COVID-19 and feel strongly that successfully getting arts and cultural activity back up ... Safety-net organizations, including food banks, direct social services, hospitals and childcare need to take ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
... and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and Comcast NBCUniversal in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced ... “Nonprofits are central to driving economic and social recovery,” said Kristine Alvarez, Director, NFF. ... recovery efforts and this program aims to help ensure that organizations can continue to serve the pressing needs ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
... Pew Fellowships, awarded to 12 individual artists working in music, visual art, dance, theater, film, and poetry. $9.3 ... challenges and opportunities for transformation that have been heightened by the pandemic and calls for greater social justice over the last year and a half. They include ...

New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia nonprofits

Friday, October 27, 2017
...  / STAFF   Here’s the thing: When looked at broadly or in aggregate, the nonprofit sector in Philadelphia actually isn’t doing too bad ... when you get to the nitty gritty details of the report that look at the individual organizational level — and the ...
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Education Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Thursday, June 11, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... for a discussion on the education-related inequalities that youth are facing due to COVID-19. We are already witnessing how the pandemic is increasing social inequalities, particularly for people of color and ... This discussion will focus on two major current concerns in education: the digital divide and mental health in K-12 ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Enters Second Phase of Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund

Thursday, May 7, 2020
... Recovery Phase of its Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund. In phase one, the Foundation provided rapid-release grants to ... up businesses county by county, the Foundation has decided that it is the appropriate time to begin the next phase of ... Foundation is a responsive philanthropic organization that focuses on changing the persistent inequities in health ...
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New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... of more than a dozen shared philanthropic response funds in the Greater Philadelphia region, whose giving is measured ... and in a companion report. One of the key lessons is that funders need better and more standardized demographic ... to understand how well their grantmaking aligns with their social justice goals. Given the urgent community needs and ...

The New FAQ: What Do Our Nonprofit Partners REALLY want from the Funder/Grantee Relationship?

VNA Foundation Grant Partners
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
... 85 of our nonprofit partners to share their perspective on that relationship, to ensure that we were on the same page.  ... for their thoughts about “What Works/What Doesn’t in the Grantor-Grantee Relationship,” enlisting their ... Philadelphia because we are always looking to improve (I love that about our membership!) so we thought we’d share ...

Foundations Community Partnership Joins Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
... Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership. Press release ... effectiveness, and financial sustainability of nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia area. “While FCP already offers ... average grant size of $25,000, and Implementation Awards that average $35,000. These grants support technical ...
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Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... managing active COVID-19 relief and recovery funds that are helping communities recover from the COVID-19 ... The Momentum Fund will be awarding grants of up to $100,000 to 501(c)(3) organizations managing COVID-19 funds ... who have been historically marginalized and underserved in our country. The Fund will award a total of $8.5 million ...

Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
... launching three new programs aimed at guiding nonprofits in our region into a post-pandemic period. These programs ... at connecting community members to each other in ways that help Berks County residents get to know their neighbors, ... whether in the same town or across the county. Up to $100,000 in grants may be awarded through each of these ...

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