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"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

Published: 
12/2017
...  as senior program officer for arts & culture, served on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, and was the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on Racial Equity. He is also a commissioner on Pittsburgh’s Equal Opportunity Review ... with community development organizations that are "building power by engaging community in planning and ...
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Arts & CultureDiversitySocial Justice
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Equity and Social Justice

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... operated radio stations, and filmmaking, with an emphasis on supporting artists from, and films about, underrepresented ... to support the growth of its key nonprofit partners in a manner that allows each organization to grow at its own ... Nuala Cabral. “These grants, along with our capacity building initiatives, further the foundation’s goal to ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Collaborates with Temple University to Create a Pathway to Nursing for Students of Color

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
... Foundation  (Foundation) announced new grant funding for a collaboration with  Temple University’s College of ... programs for high school freshmen through seniors focused on safety and first aid, hygiene, healthy nutrition, stress ... solutions that improve the health and well-being of the community. The Foundation has awarded more than $55M in ...
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Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... and Philadelphia Foundation are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based organizations and emerging artists. Art ... and community-focused. Art Works will place a premium on work that is designed to connect, build and transform ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of ... my work as a storyteller and cultural producer existed on the fringes of news. In fact, for many years, my work as a ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... the last year. Kira-Strong-Headshot.jpg Rebuild, a signature initiative of Mayor Kenney’s Administration ... parks, rec centers, and libraries. I look forward to building on the great work our team is doing to deliver excellent ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
... help build philanthropic resources to improve the quality of life for the city as a whole. YOUTHadelphia launched in 2004 and serves as the ... is a example of programs in Philadelphia that focus on supporting the youth and their initiatives by helping to ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts

Philly Counts
Thursday, October 24, 2019
... joins Mayor Kenney’s Philly Counts 2020 effort to ensure a complete and accurate census count in 2020, announcing a ... issuing a challenge to the region’s civic and business community by matching every donation raised for the ... challenge will enable the region’s leaders focused on the census to draw in the new resources they need to ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... with racial constructs, work to unpack them and reimagine a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each ...

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
... community.   This was one of the key findings in a report entitled, “Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-based ... for Regional Funders.” The report is based on semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of sixteen ... funders and were hopeful that intentional relationship building, networking opportunities, and shared agenda setting ...
03Nov2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact

Wednesday, November 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
This session will provide a follow up to our June session, Advancing Equitable and ... by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Grantmakers of Western PA, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance ... advocacy and organizing work?   Along with updates on the status of the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit, ...

Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... Philadelphia small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian ... Comcast RISE Investment Fund initially launched in 2020 as a response to help small business owners of color who were ... small businesses nationwide to apply.

Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial ... Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced the launch of its Starbucks Community Resilience Fund, which is "focused on supporting small businesses and community development ...
28Jul2022

Funder Briefing: Reflecting Forward Report

Thursday, July 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual
Join us for a briefing on the recent report, Reflecting Forward: ... Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) with funding from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, captures ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) announced that 21 local ... These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to ... Nicole Westerman.  “These are nonprofits we can rely on to transform parks, recreation centers and libraries ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
... parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, we invite ... individual funders’ priorities while also driving change on a much larger scale. Join us to hear from a panel of ... neighborhood revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ...
16Jun2020

Montgomery County Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... Montgomery County Funders invite you to join us on Tuesday, June 16th from 9:00 – 10:00 AM. This video call ... in Montgomery County. We will also discuss the creation of a strategic plan for the Montgomery County Funders group. ...

Patricia Kind Family Foundation announces Black-led Organization grant award winners

Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The Patricia Kind Family Foundation (PKFF) initiated a new grant cycle specifically for Black-led organizations in ... PKFF funding to leverage their ongoing great work in the community and hopefully increase their foot prints both to ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
Via Generocity | By  Albert Hong  / STAFF   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in ... next one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own ... reviewing Rebuild’s progress and making recommendations on program implementation,” according to a statement. ...

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