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Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
... through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s ... in engaging students underrepresented in medicine to support the diversity of medical students throughout the ... Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift ... this pioneering collaboration. IPMF is providing continued support, with three-year, $1 million grants each to MAP, Free ... English language instruction with digital literacy and workforce development. BlackStar was awarded a three-year, ...

HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Via HealthSpark Foundation As part of our efforts to build a more thriving Montgomery County, it ... with an opportunity to think and act differently in how we support movement building and grassroot advocacy in ... for HealthSpark Foundation (then called the North Penn Community Health Foundation). Dr. Boston is relatively ...

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
... Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (3/25/ 2021) – Forman Arts Initiative (FAI) and Philadelphia Foundation are ... and emerging artists. Art Works is designed to support arts, culture and creativity working in partnership with Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other under-served communities. This is ...
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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 ... as the Youth Advisory Committee for the Philadelphia Foundations Fund for Children. The mission of YOUTHadelphia is to give Philadelphia teens opportunities ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... – Philadelphia Foundation today announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify ... selected nonprofits with operational and capacity-building support to enable strong leadership, resilient operations and ... Support Philadelphia Foundation is one of 20 community foundations nationwide to receive a grant from Facebook as a ...

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered journalism, digital equity ... for a full  life. YES! (Your Empowered Sexuality) - is an initiative that provides intersectional, consent-based, ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... $1.3 million in new grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular ... Editor for The Inquirer. The past year has compelled major institutions in the United States, including The ...

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

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... Journal By Chris Fuhrmeister   Philadelphia will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial equity and environmental ... Fund is committed to investing $100 million by 2025 to support small business growth and community development ...

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

Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
... organizations that may not have previously known of PKFF, nor applied in the past, to apply for one-year ... Black-led organizations were selected to receive a total of $760,000 one year, mostly $25,000 general operating support grants. These mostly-new to PKFF organizations are ...

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
... for a collaboration with  Temple University’s College of Public Health and Department of Nursing  to create a ... to full scholarships, students will receive academic support including paid internships, learning communities and ... nursing school admissions criteria. “A diverse nursing workforce is essential to providing culturally competent care ...
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Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Jim Kenney was joined by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to ... Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in parks, recreation centers, and ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities.   The following nonprofits will ... for Public Land; and Urban Roots. “We’re excited to announce the first cohort of Project Users. We believe that ... experience working meaningfully with communities in the support and development of projects; Project relationship: a ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and to preserve and highlight the region’s ... in the region. “The Pew Charitable Trusts is pleased to support two of our city’s most important institutions—the ... first time in the collection’s history; and with Pew’s support, the university will expand that number to 7,200 over ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, August 3, 2020 -- In celebration of its 30th Anniversary in service to the community, the ... resources that can help uplift and improve the quality of life for families, individuals and communities in the ... . Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... 2024, Leeway Foundation awarded $180,000 in unrestricted support to 12 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming ... Greater Philadelphia region, working at the intersection of art and social change for the past five years or more, ... applicants are encouraged to attend one of the many support sessions offered throughout the year or schedule an ...

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
Contacts:   Abby Douglas - United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey  |  ... Subcommittee, intends to generate the funding necessary to support community-based organizations doing census outreach ... biggest issues we face is the decreased federal funding to support engagement efforts by community-based ...

PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based Organizations in Southeastern PA

Friday, July 1, 2022
... the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of $20,000 over two years to support new or ongoing efforts to attract diverse audiences ... Community Impact, PECO. “This new grant will not only support recovery efforts in our region but will also further ...
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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities ... Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is aimed at large foundations, social change grantmakers, and Black charitable ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

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12/2019
... (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States ... research had two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black ... of Black-led social change groups, and what are the major needs that institutional philan- thropic funding should ...

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