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15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
Join the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with Kimberly Andrews, Executive Director ... and Opportunity; Reproductive Rights; Health and Well-Being; Violence and Safety; and  Political ... Health   PA Coalition for Sex Education   Family Care Act   Subscribe to the Women and Girls Fund’s ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year grant award in the amount of $225,000 to the Opportunities ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Releases $657,500 in Grants to Greater Coatesville Nonprofit and Grassroots Organizations

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... Innovation Fund (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (The Alliance) is proud to release $620,000 in ... inclusive, and resilient Coatesville. Alongside the funding, the partnerships will receive personalized capacity ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... workforce development and job training opportunities for nearly 2,000 Philadelphians, as well as continued support ... supports, such as young people aging out of the foster care system and people returning from incarceration. Many ... the support of funders in the region:   African Family Health Organization   Bread & Roses Community ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... areas of focus, along with funding opportunities that are available. We’re incredibly energized by the work ahead and ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed ... in the difficult months ahead.” Organizations Awarded Funding The following four organizations have been selected ... using funding from the Workforce Solutions Grant is available online . Workforce Respond and Recharge 2021 ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... experiences and priorities, placing the power to make funding decisions in the hands of those who know best – ... and Fairhill neighborhoods. The KCR Fund is a game changer for empowering civic groups and residents by providing them ... and not cared about.” More information about the fund is available online . A second round of funding is anticipated ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... that are focused on improving the quality of life for residents in the communities that have been impacted by ... those who know best – community members – to make funding decisions. “The Kensington Community Resilience ... grant: Alyssa Bigbee DBA Rebel Arts By Faith Eternal Health Care DBA By Faith Health And Healing Centro Nueva ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... Association  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together more than 7,000 park and ... trails and public spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high ... improving a park helps improve the local economy and the health and wellbeing of local residents. We’ve seen this ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a dynamic IMPACT on health outcomes

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... employment opportunities and other social determinants of health. [Philadelphia, PA, Nov 15] GSK today announced the ... highly competitive program, in its 22 nd year, highlights organizations that are working hand-in-hand with the ...
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City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... today announced the launch of the 2023 grant cycle for the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a ... community.  The KCR Fund anticipates $300,000 in new funding will be distributed during the 2023 grant cycle, ... p.m. All materials and the funding application will be available in Spanish. A printable copy of the March 2023 ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to ... a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations it is interested in funding, to how groups may apply for money. Some of these ...

Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Initiative to help create paths to economic mobility for nearly 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three ... Skills Initiative (WPSI) has been awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling ... to determine their long-term success. With Pew’s funding, these three programs will not only provide and ...

Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... including those struggling with homelessness, mental health issues, and extended unemployment. The funding will help organizations address these residents’ ... said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia, which has ...

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and diverse chambers of commerce to provide ... grant program or the marketing and technology services are available at  www.ComcastRISE.com . About Comcast ...

Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... Philadelphia, Providence while expanding pilot program for career development NEW YORK and PROVIDENCE, RI (November ... need to compete for jobs in fast-growing fields such as health care. ”It is vital that we work together to ensure ... for new opportunities. To address post-employment needs, funding from the Citizens Charitable Foundation is also ...
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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is playing catch-up. According ... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air ... for choosing Rebuild sites include data on poverty, health, drug offense, and economic growth potential. As the ...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... Construction can offer family-sustaining careers for workers without college degrees, but women and people of ... enterprises in Philadelphia.”   The AdvancingCities funding is the second-largest commitment awarded to the ... Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com . About PIDC  PIDC is ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely the same. A ... in part based on factors like a neighborhood’s poverty, health data, drug offense rates and the potential for ... that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and research and is also a ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, ... Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring Garden CDC; The Enterprise ... City and to Philadelphia residents.  Collectively, these organizations have decades of experience in design and ...

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