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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... Partnership (FCP) recently announced the award of a $75,000 grant to Souderton-based Along the Way in support ... program. Along the Way has expanded to partner with local employers who work collaboratively to address ... growing needs. About BLBB Charitable BLBB Charitable, the giving arm of financial advisory firm BLBB Advisors, invests ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... students are concentrated in the least wealthy districts, with 50 percent of Black students and 40 percent of Latino ... schools in the lowest 20 percent of local wealth. A  study  released in October 2020 found that 428 of PA’s ... an additional $4.6 billion to close education gaps  - Spotlight PA School Funding Lawsuit  – The Public Interest ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... children and their parents and caregivers. PHP awarded a three-year $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to help fund local implementation of HealthySteps , a program of ZERO ... and enhanced family engagement and support. Concurrent with pilot implementation, PolicyLab will advocate for policy ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... announced today that 17 local organizations will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots ... to claim the full credit they are owed by filing with the IRS beginning Jan. 24. “The expanded Child Tax ... $1,000 to $20,000 and will come from the City's General Fund. A full list of recipients can be found below. “For ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
...  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block ... have created neighborhoods of concentrated poverty with immense inequities. For example, in West and Southwest ... funding for CHOP’s Center for Health Equity and enable a targeted health housing invention, Block Builds, which will ...

Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot program today aimed at improving the health and ... in primary care settings, while also providing families with child development education and enhanced support for ... generous employees support this work through our workplace giving campaign, and we couldn't think of a better partner ...
19Apr2021

Education Funders Meeting

Monday, April 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... , CFO for the School District of Philadelphia, to provide a high-level overview of how the American Rescue Plan Act ... be allocated. Donna Frisby-Greenwood, President & CEO, The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia will facilitate ... money on building repair, academic recovery, and dealing with trauma by Dale Mezzacappa (03.26.21) Philadelphia ...

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... specific student populations. The funded initiatives have a particular focus on grade-level proficiency by third grade. ... using school data, lessons learned, and collaboration with different stakeholders. “The Fund for the School ... said Elliot Weinbaum of The William Penn Foundation. “By giving individual schools the resources to implement the ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, with a possibility of a much larger implementation grant within ...

William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... meeting since March, the Board of Directors approved a series of grants to immediately support multiple elements ... alter the way they offer services and interact with families, from designing new online delivery models to ... access.   Grants were awarded to: Philly Summer Jobs Fund (Philadelphia Youth Network)  to expand and adapt the ...

The Starting Line: Behind a Push by Foundations to Expand Access to Childcare in Their Cities

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... Inside Philanthropy | By Caitlin Reilly The Reinvestment Fund is coordinating efforts in several cities to expand ... of policy solutions, describes the Reinvestment Fund as “a financial institution with a public purpose.” “We lend money, we make grants, ...
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National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... involved in the effort to share successful practices in a series of presentations, discussions and panels. ... nearby sites. “GLR Week in Philadelphia is more than a conference — it is a collaborative opportunity for people ... in Philadelphia features a multi-staged agenda, beginning with the Funder Huddle for those who support early literacy ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

William Penn Foundation
Thursday, June 17, 2021
... by the Covid-19 pandemic. Through the  Family Recovery Fund , a one-year, $10 million initiative supporting both direct ... grants we relied on the expertise of peers and colleagues with experience in these fields, and are grateful for their ...
27Jul2022

Listening and Learning Session with SDP Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington, Sr.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
11:30am - 1:00pm
Philadelphia School District
... of Philadelphia.   Please join Dr. Watlington for a Listening & Learning Session with funders on Wednesday, July 27, from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm ... Boxed lunch will be served.

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our ... the changing needs of communities across the region. After a comprehensive process that strongly centered stakeholder ... more details about the specific areas of focus, along with funding opportunities that are available. We’re ...

Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
... harder than ever. COVID-19 has not only proven to be a public health crisis, but it has exposed the existing ... for the daily needs of their children, and helping with virtual school at home. The responsibilities and ... for their child care. According to the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ most recent Blueprint Report, on ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... 22, 2020) — The Read to Succeed Summer Program (R2S), a free program with a track record of boosting reading skills among ... said Donna Frisby-Greenwood, President and CEO of The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia , which serves ...
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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... 2019] The School District of Philadelphia and Book Trust, a national organization supporting book ownership and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today announced a four-year partnership that will expand Book Trust’s ...
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Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, speaks with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for ... Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program recently presented a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West ... in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone, according to a press release. In addition to Vanguard’s grant, the ...
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