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Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding Community ... we proposed Rebuild and passed the beverage tax in the first place,” said Mayor Kenney. “We know that every day ... these improvements” said Michael DiBerardinis, Managing Director for the City. “By formally launching Rebuild, we ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
...   Rebuild2.jpg PHILADELPHIA - Managing Director Brian Abernathy today appointed Kira Strong as the ... growth and strengthens neighborhoods.” Strong marked her first day as Rebuild Executive Director by celebrating the ... workforce development, and fundraising. Since the first bonds were issued for Rebuild in November 2018, Rebuild ...

The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) Launches its Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
... the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) will launch its inaugural grantmaking cycle. PBGC will award grants for ... while also promoting a culture of charitable giving and philanthropy within the Black community. Recognizing that ... in Philadelphia. For more information about the PBGC and its grant application, please go to www.phillyblackgiving.org ...
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26Oct2017

Equity in Philanthropy Event

Thursday, October 26, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... and Inclusion (DEI) remains a major issue, that members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, indicate they want ... , Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation, & Board Member, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Sulaiman Rahman: ... Network Greater Philadelphia Casey Cook:  Executive Director, Bread & Roses Please  Click Here  to register.  ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disperse those advocating for change. This is America and Philanthropy Operates in It This is America in 2020. This is ... and intentional steps to dismantle white supremacy in all its forms and embrace a new endgame of liberation. For ... and prioritizing liberation as a philanthropic goal. First, philanthropy must acknowledge the white supremacist ...

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

Published: 
03/2017
... and CEO Susan Taylor Batten and Hill-Snowdon Executive Director Nat Chioke Williams, indicates that less than 2 ...

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
... Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy. The research had two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and ... released The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change — its first case statement. In accordance with its primary goal ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... facilities.   The following nonprofits will serve as the first cohort of Project Users: Asociación Puertorriqueños ... diversity and inclusion goals,” said Rebuild Executive Director Nicole Westerman.  “These are nonprofits we can ... year.”   In total, Rebuild received 31 responses to its Request for Qualification (RFQ) for Project Users and ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
Co-hosted by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Grantmakers for ... of color Powerful Communities: What we learned in our first year of grantmaking via the Group Health Foundation ...
22Sep2021

Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
NOTE: Philanthropy Network members who would like to sign-up for ... of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE), where he oversaw its operations, HR and staff development functions, including ... in the City. In 2018, promoted to be McGregor’s first director of operations, she became the 94 year old ...

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
... Philadelphia’s civic identity and have deep roots in its communities. “We’re looking to create long-term ... of the Forman Arts Initiative. “Through FAI’s first initiative, developed in partnership with the ... manages more than 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... from Facebook, which selected Philadelphia Foundation as its regional partner in the company’s $20 million ... nationwide to receive a grant from Facebook as a part of its broad-based commitment to support Black businesses, ... in Greater Philadelphia,” said Marcy Scott Lynn, Director of Global Impact Partnerships at Facebook. ...

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 Beech ... charge of your community,” said Christine Brown, its director. “The directory provides information to help ... beyond. Following the tradition of Floyd W. Alston, our first president, Beech always strives to inform, educate and ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... made to their libraries, recreation centers and parks . To its credit, the Rebuild team has been regularly hosting ... are the board appointees: Michael DiBerardinis , managing director of the  City of Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy ... about the initiative or ask questions. The board’s  first meeting  is coming up quick too, set for this ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... where equality and justice are the norm. Both media and philanthropy play important roles in supporting movements ... learn together and be affirmed. The Role of Media and Philanthropy I see IPMF’s legacy as amplifying community ...

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

Yes, All Women!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls hosted its second ‘Yes, All Women!’ multi-generational dialogue on Tuesday, October 17, at the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester to discuss how ... said Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, CCFWG’s Executive Director. CCFWG continues to lead and unite the community on ...
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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
... Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA , hosted by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Grantmakers of ... efforts. SPEAKERS: Deborah Gordon-Klehr , Executive Director, Education Law Center  Kate Locke, MPH , Associate ... Opinion:  On school funding, Pennsylvania is not doing its job. That’s why we’re in court by Deborah Gordon ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... Recreation and Park Association  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together ... McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild ... our team has spent the summer preparing to launch a first round of projects, which we expect to announce before ...

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