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City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
  IMG_1680.jpg Monica Munn, Senior Director of the WES Mariam Asefa Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office ... city through this partnership with Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.” Welcoming Center for New ...

Regional Foundation LLC Takes Next Step In Evolution With New Leadership

Kevin Dow
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
... -- The Board of Managers of the Regional Foundation LLC announced today the appointment of Kevin ... and $100 million in charitable assets into the new foundation operated as a component of the Philadelphia ... Nutter, Dow served the City of Philadelphia as the Senior Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
In November 2019, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 ... Foundation) to engage and educate a network of senior business leaders in Pennsylvania about the benefits of ... Philadelphia, Inc. ($495,000 over 24 months) to support a new, world-class design for park and transportation ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... . With support from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and The Kresge Foundation, the network of ten cities will work together over ... be an opportunity to sharpen these strategies, develop new and innovative ideas, and amplify what is working so that ... leaders, including local mayors and city councilmembers, senior city staff, and community leaders. Philadelphia’s ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ... Penn Foundation. With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to Fund III: Firstrust Bank, Hamilton Family ...
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The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch ... Officer, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Denise Gomez Delsignore , Interim Family ... three content-specific advisory groups, and independent staff to provide guidance and direction throughout the grant ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... Brian Abernathy today appointed Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. ... for Design and Construction, leading over $126 million of new investment in 61 parks, recreation centers, and ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... COATESVILLE, PA. October 7, 2019 - The Brandywine Health Foundation recently distributed 36 grants totaling $322,340, ... and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million. “Our new strategic plan and approach includes engagement of our ... Centers Coatesville Area Public Library Coatesville Area Senior Center Coatesville Center for Community Health ...

Regional Foundation Announces $1.95 Million in Grant Awards

Thursday, July 13, 2023
Today the Regional Foundation announced $1,950,000 in Implementation Grants to three organizations throughout New Jersey. The Neighborhood Implementation Grants program ... growing the community’s Resource Hub, coordinated by staff and a local resident, to support connections to ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
[ Philadelphia, PA ] – Today, the Regional Foundation announced $4,750,000 in Implementation Grants to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Neighborhood Implementation ... Community Center, providing early learning education and senior citizen engagement. The WRK Group’s revitalization ...

Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... Airy Neighbors (EMAN) Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in ... has provided community support through the Philadelphia Foundation. This year’s funding brings the total grant ... asked to share full proposals.

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Philadelphia, PA (Dec 20, 2023) – Today the Regional Foundation announced $2,000,000 in Neighborhood Planning and ... to 11 organizations throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. After several years, the foundation returned to investing in neighborhood ...

Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); Pedro Ramos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); and Andrew Frishkoff , ... report, Narrowing the Gap . Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Press release from Brandywine Health Foundation   Coatesville Food Truck.jpg (Coatesville, ... and limited access to healthy food, the Health Partners Foundation has awarded the Brandywine Health Foundation a ... the Coatesville Food Truck project contact Sophia Hanson, Senior Program Officer - Brandywine Health Foundation at ...

Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, project ... by a $4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced on  Sunday , the public engagement ... with little regard for citizen protests. Knight Foundation officials said that’s the point. “Not to get ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our ...

Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
... HeartAndSoulNJ.png Haddonfield, NJ - The Community Foundation of South Jersey, whose mission is to inspire ... South Jersey is a collaboration between the Community Foundation of South Jersey, the  Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Health Initiatives (the statewide grantmaking ...

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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... our expertise in community-driven grantmaking to this new partnership with CEO.” The deadline to apply for this ... where those grants go. Learn more at breadrosesfund.org . New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for ...

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