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Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... region. The directory was produced in partnership with Progressive Images Marketing Communications. “This ... and digital data that provide valuable information on a variety of subjects. It includes detailed descriptions of ... from local, regional and national sources that are just a click away when you need them.” Included is the civics, ...

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
... The Independence Blue Cross Foundation announced a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the ... Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority Physicians (AMP). The diversity of the healthcare workforce is lagging in ... President of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation. “With one out of every six U.S. doctors trained in ...
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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 ... of investment and deferred maintenance.  “Rebuild is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in our ... an outstanding leader able to drive these projects forward with a sense of urgency and deep commitment to equity, ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... across Philadelphia. The announcement comes following a request from the Mayor to City Council to fund Rebuild through the City’s capital budget in an effort ... like this, we’re putting our communities at risk. With two unprecedented commitments from the building trades ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
... Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and Comcast NBCUniversal in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced the launch of a virtual Nonprofit Finance Accelerator for regional ...

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 ... arts, culture and creativity working in partnership with Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other ... their own perspectives.” Art Works investments will fund organizations and individual artists whose work is ...
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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: ... was commissioned by the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) with funding from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and ...

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
... enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular focus on communities that have been historically ... with the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, will provide support to Philadelphia-area news ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to apply for Rebuild grants.  Grantees will work closely with the City and with local businesses to make improvements ... construction and deep engagement with neighborhoods, and a commitment to our historic diversity and inclusion ...

Talent Justice Toolkit

Published: 
06/2019
... nonprofit career lifecycle. In addition to this toolkit, Fund The People has also released a report that offers important findings on the challenges and ...

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 ... announced the launch of its Starbucks Community Resilience Fund, which is "focused on supporting small businesses and ... The company also announced that it is partnering with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

How African-American-Led Organizations Differ from White-Led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organizations in Philadelphia

PAALF Report (2016)
Published: 
04/2016
... Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum (PAALF), with funding from the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, commissioned a study of African American-led nonprofits in Philadelphia. ... nonprofits. In 2014-2015, Branch Associates, Inc., a Philadelphia-based research and evaluation firm, conducted ...

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 Philadelphia. The Foundation made a concerted effort to reach out and to encourage many smaller ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... equity, and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long ... working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of ... information, resources, and access. As the founder of a Black, woman, LGBT+ led media organization, I am committed ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... AHE) launched the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute , a series of learning sessions designed to support the ... on helping them work to solve complex community issues with an equity lens that seeks to produce sustainable ... by these Chester County funders: CCCF Grantmaking Fund for Chester County Social Justice, Phoenixville ...
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 to join a conversation about how collaborative funding can advance ... from a panel of partner organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s impact. The ...

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
... nonprofits in Philadelphia are still struggling to connect with the region’s philanthropic community.   This was one of the key findings in a report entitled, “Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-based ... report is based on semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of sixteen Black nonprofit leaders with the ...

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 Public Health and Department of Nursing  to create a direct pathway to nursing from high school to college for ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... exposed to the world. These cases are not simply due to “a few bad actors,” but rather a pervasive culture of white ... warned me about.  This is the America that I discuss with my children and now the one they discuss on their ... agree that the philanthropic sector has a propensity to fund research and create new frameworks and models for ...

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