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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,” says Chinwe Onyekere, HealthSpark’s Director of Equity & Inclusion. “In partnership with the ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
...   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have ... in recent months about how the whole process is going to roll out. Like how  local nonprofits can get involved ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role in an ... hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements to neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Press release from Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (5/12/2021) – Philadelphia ... the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit organizations serving Black ... Foundation as its regional partner in the company’s $20 million “Supporting Black Communities” initiative. ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In ... Leeway Foundation awarded $180,000 in unrestricted support to 12 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and ... Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants, this year’s cohort includes artists who have showcased years of ...

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

Published: 
12/2019
... for Black Communities (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional ... from a partnership between ABFE and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation . In March of 2017, BSCFN released The Case for ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
... received grants totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s YOUTHadelphia program. The Philadelphia Foundation provides grants to low-income non-profit organizations in Philadelphia to ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... August 2, 2022—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for ... region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of ... “These grants represent the majority of IPMF’s grantmaking for the year, while the foundation takes some ...

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
Press release via Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (3/25/ 2021) – Forman Arts ... and emerging artists. Art Works is designed to support arts, culture and creativity working in ... organizations that are critical to Greater Philadelphia’s rich diversity. Art Works was designed to support the arts ...
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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
... October 12, 2021 — Today, the  Independence Blue Cross 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 ...
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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
Press release via Independence Blue Cross Foundation The Independence Blue Cross Foundation announced a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority ...
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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 ... in Philadelphia. The Foundation made a concerted effort to reach out and to encourage many smaller Black-led ...

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... December 15, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round ... awarded $1.3 million in continued operating support to seven key nonprofit partners as well as $400,000 to ... $9.4 million in grants in 2021 to advance the foundation’s mission to build and strengthen networks of people who are ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the ... Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation . The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is ... that less than 2 percent of funding by the nation’s largest foundations is specifically targeted to the Black ...
22Sep2021

Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... and the world. In this conversation on September 22, GEO’s President & CEO, Marcus Walton and Philanthropy Network ... and Chief Operating Officer for the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE), where he oversaw its ... Consultants, and A Child for All. Brookins was recently elected to serve on the leadership committee of Connect 313, ...
26Oct2017

Equity in Philanthropy Event

Thursday, October 26, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... Network Greater Philadelphia, indicate they want to learn more about and work towards. But it's not so simple. DEI means different things to different ... us as we discuss how our region is: Adding to the ranks of foundation trustees and staff groups that have been ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Hosts "Yes, All Women!" Dialogue

Yes, All Women!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... 17, at the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester to discuss how women from all generations can leverage ... body image and racial tension in America; the President’s war of words with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz; the ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of women and ...
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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 Adequate School ... School funding in Pa. is about to go on trial — here’s what you need to know by Avi Wolfman-Arent via WHYY ... and grantees on a variety of topics related to advocacy Foundation Advocacy Grants: What Grantees Need to Know Mays ...

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

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... Forum announces the launch of the Momentum Fund to support nonprofit organizations managing active COVID-19 ... long before the virus hit. A five-member advisory board has guided the design, management and operation of the ... made possible by a grant from the  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .  Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... in ways that serve the greater good. Or, maybe it’s their belief that funding programs and supporting ...

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