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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... to provide support to BIPOC-owned, small businesses.   NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Comcast today announced the ... Comcast Corporation and president, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. “Through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, we ... more effective and easier to execute. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Effectv has a ...
01Apr2020

Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #3

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... Houstoun, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Philadelphia Emergency Fund for Stabilization of Early Education - Hilary Rhodes, William Penn Foundation South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund - Andy Fraizer, Community Foundation South Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Fund - Brian ...

Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Momentum Fund.jpg United Philanthropy Forum announces the launch of the Momentum Fund to support ... and sustain their funds. The grants can be used to add new staff, acquire new cutting-edge technology, or address ... made possible by a grant from the  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .  Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity ...
10Jun2020

Biweekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #12

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... as an opportunity for funders to update each other on new and existing COVID-19 funding efforts in the five-county ... of our communities - Vanessa Briggs, Brandywine Health Foundation >>> Community Voices Fund - Molly de Aguiar, Independence Public Media Foundation Out-of-School-Time (OST) Update - Cynthia ...
31Mar2021

COVID-19 Funder Briefing #22

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... and steps they are taking to respond, and explore new initiatives and opportunities for collaboration. COVID-19 ... - Ann Torregrossa, PHFC Executive Director Leeway Foundation WOO (Window of Opportunity) Community Care Fund in ... Director and Melissa Hamilton, Program Director, Leeway Foundation Esperanza - Rev. Danny Cortes, Executive Vice ...

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... pandemic.  Created by The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and The Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ... the Knight-Lenfest Fund in September 2019 that enabled new product development at The Philadelphia Inquirer ...

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Asian Americans United students
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... began earlier for our community because of connections to family and friends in Asia. As early as January 2020, ... with language skills to help communicate and started a new youth leadership development program. In 2021, we shifted very ...

BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... one-time grants outside its mission focus of education and leadership opportunities to preserve important community ... emergency unrestricted grants to some of its Education and Leadership Impact grantees, such as Bucks County Opportunity ... has committed more than $600,000 in Education and Leadership Impact grants in 2020.   About BLBB Charitable ...
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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and William Penn Foundation funded Philanthropy ... with some exceptions. For example, Cumberland County in New Jersey had the lowest grant awards per capita ($0.62) but ... if funders asked for demographic data for organizational leadership, we would understand how well the demographics of ...

Union Benevolent Association’s unrestricted response bolsters Philadelphia nonprofits amidst COVID-19

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... AFRICOM hosts a variety of programs that center on leadership, culture, education, and civic engagement. ... Emergency Solutions Grant program," says Kevin Musselman, Foundation Relations Manager. The Philadelphia Chinatown ... elderly, and youth of Philadelphia. In recent years, the foundation has also begun providing timely support to address ...

FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
... Conservatory of Music Comprehensive Learning Center Family Service Association of Bucks County Lenape Valley Foundation NGA-Needlework Guild of America Snipes Farm & ... Inc. Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless Family Promise of Lower Bucks HealthLink Dental Clinic ...
16Jun2020

Montgomery County Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... on MontCoPA COVID-19 response fund, group sharing on new grant initiatives or changes to giving, and ... RECOMMENDED READING Book: From Generosity to Justice: A new Gospel of Wealth (Darren Walker, Ford Foundation) RELATED PHILANTHROPY NETWORK READING & EVENT ...
04Jun2020

Out-of-School Time (OST) Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Thursday, June 4, 2020
10:30am - 12:00pm
Video Conference
... 12:00 AM. We will hear from Phil Fitzgerald, Philadelphia Foundation , on how COVID-19 has impacted their grantmaking ... more flexible and responsive. Mindy Aldridge, The Nelson Foundation , will provide an update on how she is seeing ...
22Jul2020

Biweekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #15

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... as an opportunity for funders to update each other on new and existing COVID-19 funding efforts in the five-county ... AGENDA Montgomery County - Emma Hertz, HealthSpark Foundation Chester County - Vanessa Briggs, Brandywine Health Foundation Delaware County - Joanne Craig, The Foundation for ...
27Jan2021

COVID-19 Funder Briefing #19

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
2021 presents new challenges and opportunities for the funder community to engage as COVID-19 case rates continue to climb, new federal leadership is established and vaccine distribution ramps up. ...

County Commissioners Approve $3.5M in COVID-19 Grants for Resilient, Innovative Chester County Nonprofits

CCCF Grant
Friday, October 9, 2020
... Fund will be administered by the Chester County Community Foundation, with input from regional funders, United Ways, ... notes Karen Simmons, President/CEO of the Community Foundation On behalf of the County Commissioners, Chair ... constituency, and are governed and managed by diverse leadership. To obtain grant guidelines and submit ...
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19Mar2020

Chester County Funders Group Meeting

Thursday, March 19, 2020
8:30am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... a video conference. Topics for this meeting will include: NEW TOPIC: Chester County and COVID-19 ( Jeanne E. Casner, ... County Health Director) Funder dialogue on “what’s new in your neck of the woods and/or what keeps you up at night” Discussion of your foundation’s specific focus on Chester County and relevant ...

COVID-19 Nonprofit Continuity Grants available for Berks County nonprofits

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
  READING, PA (April 1, 2020) – Berks County Community Foundation has launched an emergency grant program to help ... President for Programs and Initiatives at the Community Foundation. “The broad guidelines and range of grant size ... ### Berks County Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that serves as a civic ...
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15May2020

Montgomery County Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Friday, May 15, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... to share and collaborate, and the momentum to envision our new normal post COVID-19. UPCOMING MEETING DATES: June 16, ...

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