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

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... announced it will award an additional $1 million in total grants to more than 100 Philadelphia small businesses owned ... . This is in addition to $1 million in grants that were awarded to 100 small businesses located in Philadelphia or ... nationwide to apply.

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
... are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based organizations and emerging ... and other under-served communities. This is the inaugural program from the Forman Arts Initiative and will provide direct grants to regional artists and organizations that are ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... – who are largely underrepresented in the field. The grants, up to $2,500 per project through June 2022, are ... Navy Yard. Some of the grant-winning projects include: A program using flying drones to teach students computer coding ... our region's booming tech and science sectors. This grant program helps light the sparks to inspire them."  If we want ...

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

Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
... of PKFF, nor applied in the past, to apply for one-year grants and participate in an expedited application cycle. ... one year, mostly $25,000 general operating support grants. These mostly-new to PKFF organizations are led by a ... work.

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, ... in the Philadelphia region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of ...

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

Friday, July 1, 2022
PECO has introduced a new competitive grants program that will help community-based organizations ... to their participation.  The Powering the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 ...
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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 ... communities. In this latest round, the foundation awarded $1.3 million in continued operating support to seven ... filmmakers from underrepresented communities,” said IPMF program officer, Nuala Cabral. “These grants, along with ...

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

AMP’s model aims to improve diversity in medicine through active recruitment, retention, mentorship, and engagement, and this grant helps to further those efforts citywide.

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Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
... Eric Moody   Six local non-profit organizations received grants totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s YOUTHadelphia program. The Philadelphia Foundation provides grants to ... of the Youth Art & Self Empowerment Project. This program started in 2006 with four members, three of which ...

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
... for Journalism today announced $1.3 million in new grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support initiatives ... news and information businesses.  The newly announced grants to The Inquirer build upon its ongoing work to make ... in the Philadelphia region.  “With today’s grants, the Institute hopes to help The Inquirer rise to the ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... support they supplied along the way to get us here. This program would not be what it is without their expertise,” ... community themselves,” said  Matysik . Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national ...

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

ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership 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 philanthropy.

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 infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.

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
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to ... artifacts and, importantly, fund a new community lending program that will bring hundreds of pieces of history ...

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
... of color. The IBC Foundation Healthcare Scholars Pipeline Program will provide full four-year scholarships, which cover ... health and well-being of the community. The Foundation has awarded more than $55M in grants to nonprofits and academic institutions in the ...
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Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... the COVID-19 pandemic. The Momentum Fund will be awarding grants of up to $100,000 to 501(c)(3) organizations managing COVID-19 funds that are providing grants to other 501(c)(3) organizations that are meeting the ... country. The Fund will award a total of $8.5 million in grants to help these organizations build their internal ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... fewer cash reserves and are more dependent on government grants than white-led organizations. These factors can make ... the Black Community Leaders Fund application  here . Grants, which will fund general operating support and ... funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, ...

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

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
... launch its inaugural grantmaking cycle. PBGC will award grants for general operating support to eligible Philadelphia ... December 13, 2018 with the announcement and awarding of grants in February 2019. The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle ...
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